Everyone in the tourism system has a stake in sustainability. While destinations must develop strategies to ensure sustainability in host communities, and travelers must take personal responsibility for their action - it is critical that the companies engaged in tourism do their part as well. Many companies have developed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs and Green programs to meet the challenge of sustainability.
There is real action taking place in the business travel supply chain as corporations and their tourism suppliers work to address climate change. Businesses are signaling the importance of sustainability – and particularly carbon emission r...
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What does it look like when climate change starts to impact the tourism system? The conversation about the impacts of climate change on the economy has begun. Often these conversations talk about impacts on a wide range of businesses, but t...
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It made a splash! Earlier this summer, the Business Roundtable (BRT) redefined the purpose of a corporation. The corporations of the business roundtable stated: While each of our individual companies serves its own corporate purpose, ...
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Sustainable tourism management is more than picking a few eco-things and doing them when you remember. Sustainable tourism management requires a range of actions that must be actively managed. It requires a long-term commitment to performan...
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Sustainable tourism is not a niche, suitable only for a small group of specialist travelers traveling to out of the way places. Sustainable tourism principles can be applied to all tourism destinations and all tourism businesses. Whi...
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There is an excitement about the power of social entrepreneurship. Unleashing the power of entrepreneurial thinking on social problems provides “out of the box” solutions after years of “standard” responses these challenges. Ho...
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