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The travel and tourism sector must manage its environmental impact better or face a consumer backlash, industry leaders have admitted.
Posted: 17 May 2007 | 15:15
Galapagos and Antarctic tour operator, Lindblad Expeditions, scooped the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Tourism Business Award last week.
Posted: 14 May 2007 | 11:30
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to run a delivery vehicle on fish and chip oil from June and plans to convert others to reduce its carbon footprint.
Posted: 08 May 2007 | 11:27
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and green advisory body Hospitable Climates have launched new green guidance for hospitality companies looking to become more environmentally friendly.
Posted: 03 May 2007 | 10:30
Marriott managers and staff joined forces with environmental charity Thames 21 last week to clear litter from the River Thames as part of the hotel group’s environmental awareness month.
Posted: 25 April 2007 | 16:09
More than a third of travellers are prepared to pay more to stay at an environmentally friendly hotel or resort, according to research from TripAdvisor.
Posted: 19 April 2007 | 15:15
Supermarkets have wooed customers for years now by pushing sustainable policies, and now an organisation has been set up to help restaurants do the same. Kerstin Kühn looks at how Ethical Eats will get its message across
Posted: 19 April 2007 | 00:00
Acorn House, London's first environmentally sustainable restaurant, has launched a campaign to attract backers to fund its restaurant training facility.
Posted: 06 April 2007 | 11:00
All of Marriott's 2,800 hotels across the globe are taking part in activities to mark Environmental Awareness Month during April, the company has announced.
Posted: 05 April 2007 | 10:04
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched an international campaign to encourage debate on climate change, ahead of its tourism summit next month.
Posted: 03 April 2007 | 12:00
Joe Levin, managing director of the Capital Group of hotels and restaurants, is setting off on a charity trek to the North Pole next week.
Posted: 30 March 2007 | 00:00
Fast food giant Burger King has announced it will start buying eggs and pork from suppliers who keep their animals in more humane conditions.
Posted: 28 March 2007 | 12:30
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts is launching a fish-friendly campaign where all of its Scottish hotels will serve the same species in line with a seasonal fish calendar.
Posted: 19 March 2007 | 11:00
Hilton Hotels is planning to introduce carbon-free electricity for 69 of its hotels in the UK and Ireland this year.
Posted: 14 March 2007 | 12:20
Nearly 90% of UK consumers believe hotels and tourism companies have a responsibility to operate in a way that protects the environment, research has revealed.
Posted: 13 March 2007 | 16:06
The Government has been urged to offer hospitality businesses more support on implementing green business practices, after research revealed the majority of operators in England and Wales are unhappy with the level of advice currently on offer.
Posted: 22 February 2007 | 13:00
Work has begun on a £100m development in the west of Scotland centred around an eco-friendly hotel.
Posted: 22 February 2007 | 09:00
Launched by brothers Paul and Steve Randall, the company aims to provide energy- and cost-saving solutions to businesses while conserving the local environment
Posted: 21 February 2007 | 12:16
The green movement may have captured the public imagination in a big way over the past 18 months, but some parts of the British Isles have been following an environmentally aware agenda for over a decade. Tom Vaughan reports on Scotland's claim to be the greenest destination in Europe
Posted: 15 February 2007 | 00:00
The Scottish hospitality industry has been set a target of boosting tourism value by 50%. Rosalind Mullen spoke to Philip Riddle, chief executive of VisitScotland
Posted: 15 February 2007 | 00:00
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