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U.S. Travel launches Sustainable Travel Coalition

U.S. Travel launches Sustainable Travel Coalition

27 July 2022 Press Release Organisations & Operators

The U.S. Travel Association announced today the launch of its new Sustainable Travel Coalition, which aims to align the travel, transportation and technology sectors in developing and advancing strategies to enable a more sustainable future for the U.S. travel industry.

Bel Ombre in Mauritius is launched as benchmark for sustainable tourism

Bel Ombre in Mauritius is launched as benchmark for sustainable tourism

Mauritian company Rogers Group launches ‘Bel Ombre’ in southwest Mauritius as a territorial brand and announces its intention to make it a mecca for ecotourism, highlighting local know-how and protecting its ecosystem. It will be a destination where people and nature thrive together; a resilient region that includes and values its community.

Hilton to open first net-zero hotel in the US this spring

Hilton to open first net-zero hotel in the US this spring

21 April 2022 Press Release Hotel News Travel Technology News

Hotel Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, will soon make history as what is believed will be the first net-zero hotel in the United States. The revolutionary property will utilise renewable solar power sources on site to generate the electricity needed for its common areas, restaurant, laundry, meeting rooms, 165 guest rooms and suites.

Europe’s first solar-powered rail tunnel opens

Europe’s first solar-powered rail tunnel opens

8 June 2011 Rail & Coach News

Europe’s first solar-powered rail tunnel has opened in Belgium. The two-mile-long stretch of high-speed track, near Antwerp, has been covered with 16,000 solar panels that will generate sufficient energy to power the country’s entire train network for one day per year, as well as cutting C02 emissions by 47kg million over the next 20 years.