Travel Trends
Mallika Naguran
Asia Pacific Traveller Trends, Behaviour ...

A recent Amadeus survey unveils huge diversity among travellers within the Asia Pacific region, with further findings of personalisation-privacy paradox, the need for genuine travel recommendations and the opportunity for creating the right content, through the right channel and at the right time. Mallika Naguran reports.

Asia Pacific Traveller Trends, Behaviour Revealed
Agriculture, Climate Change, Sustainable Development
Gaia Discovery
Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Can We Trust the ...

An independent Swiss monitoring group has cast doubt on official greenhouse gas emission figures from at least two major nations. Problem for global emission control, climate change management. By Jeremy Torr.

Greenhouse Gas Reporting: Can We Trust the Figures?
Community Engagement
Gaia Discovery Web Editor
Bali Students Think Waste Not

A group of students from Bali recently set out to clean up some local beaches. They came up with just as many questions as answers to Bali’s ongoing rubbish problem and waste management. 

Bali Students Think Waste Not
Gaia Discovery Web Editor
Industry Leaders at Asia Clean Energy Summit ...

08 August 2017, SINGAPORE – In 2017, the Asia Clean Energy Summit (ACES), Asia’s leading thought leadership platform that brings focus to clean energy technology, policy and finance, will take place from 24-26 October 2017 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. It also includes an exhibition, which is a marketplace for companies to showcase latest clean energy technologies and solutions.

Sustainable Development
Gaia Discovery Web Editor
FSC Reaches 10,000 Chain of Custody ...

Hong Kong, 25 Jul 2017 The number of FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certifications in the Asia Pacific region has reached a record high number of 10,077, according to the facts and figures of FSC International released in July. T

FSC Reaches 10,000 Chain of Custody Certificates Milestone

Sustainable Tourism

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Holiday Romance – the Sustainable Lover

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Many people go on holiday with a twinkle in their eye. Either for somebody they already love, or somebody they haven’t yet met, but definitely want to love. Either way, there’s an issue – sustainability. The eco-savvy traveller will be prepared for this and will have packed suitable accessories for almost any romantic occasion.

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FairBnB: the Sustainable Alternative

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Billing itself as Community Powered Tourism, a startup called FairBnB is aiming to bring a change to the way short term, internet-based rentals are offered in cities and tourist destinations worldwide. Into a way that benefits the community as well as the landlords.

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Air Travel: Keeping it Eco

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News from the aviation world has not been encouraging of late. Increased overall emissions, worries about safety and peripheral noise – but some airlines are making sustainable, safe operation part of their marketing pitches.

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Banyan Tree Hotels Reject Single-use Plastic

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The Banyan Tree Group has taken the bold but necessary step of addressing plastic menace and pollution by first saying no to single-use plastic, then thinking of ways to overcome common operational habits. Mallika Naguran reports.

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Sustainable Business Grants: Funding Increases for 2018

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Increased interest in sustainable tourism has seen increasing numbers of major companies and organisations  buying into the startup culture – with big money grants to innovative operators

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PATA Award Winners 2017

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Bangkok, 27 July 2017 – Winners of the 2017 PATA Grand and Gold Awards of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). These awards, supported by the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO),  recognise the achievements of 28 separate organisations and individuals in sustainable tourism, heritage, culture, environmental management.

 

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