In a groundbreaking effort to help safeguard Khao Lak's stunning natural beaches, lessen the impact of rising sea levels and combat coastal erosion, Thailand's luxurious boutique resort, The Sarojin, is researching the viability of a new and innovative sustainability project. Using locally sourced oyster shells and by-products from the local fishing industry, research test sites were created in late November to assess the viability of a possible new natural offshore reef. If successful, it's hoped the scheme will improve the area's environmental resilience and enhance its marine ecosystem.

Billnäs Gård, the six-room luxury boutique hotel set in a restored 1912 manor house an hour from Helsinki, announces an exclusive culinary partnership with Sami Tallberg, Finland's foremost foraging expert and acclaimed chef. This collaboration marries Tallberg's two decades of wild food expertise with Billnäs Gård's commitment to local produce and French-Finnish culinary heritage.

UNESCO and the Relais & Châteaux Association announce having signed a partnership agreement to develop and implement joint projects supporting the sustainable conservation and use of biological diversity through the world's hospitality and culinary traditions and savoir-faire.

An exclusive whitepaper produced for Arabian Travel Market (ATM) by Digital Tourism Think Tank (DTTT) has highlighted that only 15% of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to tourism are on track to be achieved by 2030 according to the body, underscoring the need for more action to be taken across the sector.

All the surveys and forecasts say it: sustainability is at the core of urgency and of every future strategy, for society and businesses worldwide. At Ecomondo 2024, the international event on the green and circular economy, organised by Italian Exhibition Group and which ended today at Rimini Expo Centre, this affirmation was translated into a record-breaking edition. +5% total attendance compared to the previous edition (and +4% foreign attendance), 1,620 exhibiting brands occupying 166,000 square metres inside the Expo Centre, which was extended by two new halls in response to companies’ growing demand (+10% of exhibitors compared to 2023). A meeting place for corporate technological innovation, the world of research, industry professionals and international delegations that attended the more than 200 conferences and workshops scheduled, also accessible online thanks to the GreentechInsights b2b platform. While the number of accredited journalists from all over the world reached 650 putting the trade show and Rimini in the international limelight.

For the very first time, World Travel Market is placing Regenerative Tourism at the forefront of its Sustainability Summit, taking place at Excel London on Wednesday 6 November 2024. Overseen by the show’s sustainability advisor Tina O’Dwyer, a leading expert in sustainable tourism and driving impactful campaigns, the three-hour Summit will focus on the core theme of using travel as a force for good, coinciding with the show’s overarching theme of ‘TravelPower’.