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Online toolkit set to help hotels reduce energy footprint and costs
Following three years of testing and extensive research, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and its partners have launched an online tool to help hotels evaluate their energy consumption and assist in improving their energy management and cutting costs.
Zagreb to host 1st UNWTO International Conference
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) would like to remind the media of the opportunity to participate in the first UNWTO International Conference on Tourism and the Media, which will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, on September 12-13.
VisitBrussels signs up for Global Sustainable Tourism Council
VisitBrussels has joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), an international initiative dedicated to promoting sustainable tourism practices around the world. The GSTC was founded in partnership by the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, UN Foundation, Rainforest Alliance, Sabre/Travelocity and others.
UNWTO and SNV partner to advance tourism training
UNWTO and SNV partner to advance tourism training for the informal sector in developing countries
UNWTO, SNV in tourism training project
Capacity building and knowledge transfer are at the center of competitive destinations and sustainable development efforts. A new project, High Impact Tourism Training (HITT), implemented by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation with support from UNWTO, will provide training to 8,000 tourism workers and entrepreneurs from the informal sector in 7 developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
Heritage receives UNWTO affiliation
The Heritage Environmental Management Company (Heritage) has become one of only two environmental certification standards worldwide to be affiliated to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), it was announced today.
Heritage Environmental Management Company secures UNWTO recognition
The Heritage Environmental Management Company has become one of only two environmental certification standards worldwide to be affiliated to the UN World Tourism Organization. Heritage’s membership of the UNWTO was approved during the 90th session of the UNWTO’s Executive Council held in Mombasa, Kenya, in June this year.
Egypt to host UNWTO World Tourism Day
The Egyptian city of Aswan will host the official 2011 World Tourism Day celebrations, which will include a high-level think tank on this year’s theme: ‘Tourism – Linking Cultures’. Illustrating a remarkable turnaround for the Egyptian tourism industry following the political unrest seen earlier in the year, World Travel Awards has also confirmed it will host its annual Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony in the country in September.
UNWTO extends its condolences to Norway
Following the terrible events in Norway, the UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, made the following statement:
UNWTO offers support to Norway following terrorist attacks
Officials at the United Nations World Tourism Organisation have offered their support to Norway following the worst atrocity in the country since World War II. Anders Behring Breivik on Friday detonated a bomb in the government district of Oslo, killing seven, before launching a two hour shooting rampage on at Utoeya Island which claimed a further 69 lives.
UNWTO secretary general Taleb Rifai to attend WYSETC
Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), has been confirmed as a speaker at the World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation. Also in Europe today, City.Mobi is celebrating the success of its new guide to Barcelona.
UNWTO Secretary-General to attend World Youth and Student Travel Conference
The World Youth Student and Educational Travel Confederation (WYSETC) is pleased to announce that Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), will attend this year’s conference in Barcelona, September 20-23.