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Articles tagged “sustainability”

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Meetings

Executive Q&A: How Destination Canada Is Leading the Way in Sustainable Business Events

As sustainability becomes increasingly vital in the world of meetings and events, planners and destination marketing organizations must adopt a strategic approach to improving their practices. Trends indicate that this work will become more important than ever in 2023.

Executive Q&A: How Destination Canada Is Leading the Way in Sustainable Business Events
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Luxury

Skift Global Forum East Video: The Role of Culture and the Arts in Destination Place-Making

In this video from Skift Global Forum East 2022, we hear from Annette Gibbons-Warren, cultural planning director, Royal Commission for AlUla, and Melanie de Souza, the company’s executive director of destination marketing, about Saudi Arabia’s ambitious international arts and culture capital of the future.

Skift Global Forum East Video: The Role of Culture and the Arts in Destination Place-Making

Startups

Welcome Pickups Raises $5.6 Million for Personalized Taxi Rides

The taxi drivers of Welcome Pickups double as tour guides, while Cabana is offering vacation rentals in high-tech camper vans and Customcells wants to create a next-generation battery for airplanes.

Welcome Pickups Raises $5.6 Million for Personalized Taxi Rides
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Meetings

Meet the CEO Accelerating the Oil and Gas Industry’s Sustainability Efforts in St. John’s

St. John’s, a beautiful and dynamic coastal city surrounded by notable natural sites, is a center of innovation for Canada’s natural resources and energy sector and is leading the way on reducing the industry’s environmental footprint.

Meet the CEO Accelerating the Oil and Gas Industry’s Sustainability Efforts in St. John’s

Meetings

Global Business Events Matter More Than Ever for Driving Regional Economies

Despite the significant benefits, not all destinations are able to develop successful global event strategies. Those that do demonstrate a relentless focus on supporting business.

Global Business Events Matter More Than Ever for Driving Regional Economies

Hotels

Will a Luxe Wilderness Lodge Play in the Land of Tuscan Villas?

Sustainable, high-end nature lodges have been popping up worldwide. Making the concept succeed in Italy, however, may be a challenge, given that it has to out-compete so many established attractions.

Will a Luxe Wilderness Lodge Play in the Land of Tuscan Villas?

Startups

Le Collectionist Raises $63 Million for Luxury Vacation Rentals

It seems like there's a short-term rental platform for everyone. Le Collectionist's niche is people who want to rent top-tier houses for tens of thousands of dollars per week.

Le Collectionist Raises $63 Million for Luxury Vacation Rentals

Business Travel

Business Travel Accelerates Sustainable Aviation Fuel Momentum

More companies are buying the fuel, which of course reduces their carbon footprints. But for how long will they pay this premium, and will governments further incentivize purchases?

Business Travel Accelerates Sustainable Aviation Fuel Momentum

News Blog

Hawaii Cancels U.S. Tourism Marketing Contract with Native Community Group

The Hawaiian government this week rescinded the Hawaii Tourism Authority's U.S. tourism contract with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, a community non-profit, providing a potential setback for the authority's sustainable tourism efforts. The reason for the government's rescission was that the contract needed to be separated into two, one for marketing and the other…

Overtourism

Yosemite Ends Park Reservation Requirements to Evaluate Impact on Communities

Yosemite National Park is breaking a national park trend by not reinstating a summer reservation system. What happens to the park's visitor experience and local ecosystems could influence other national parks to reconsider theirs.

Yosemite Ends Park Reservation Requirements to Evaluate Impact on Communities