Category: News

NORWAY: Scandic Hotels, Norway’s largest hotel operator, has signed an agreement for a new 220-room hotel in Ski, just outside Oslo.

AUSTRALIA: Qantas Frequent Flyers who live in Australia will now be rewarded for making sustainable hotel choices. 

JAPAN: The Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) has produced a new brochure featuring sustainable destinations, experiences and accommodation across the country.

NORTHERN IRELAND: Andras House Hotels, has gained Green Tourism certificates for all seven of its properties.

UK: The Twelve Hotel in Galway has been nominated for the European tourism sustainability awards

UK: The National Geographic Traveller (UK) has announced the winners and runners up of its hotel awards.

US: WayAway, the recently founded price comparison app for travel, has announced the launch of ‘A Green Way To Travel Initiative’.

WTS Travel and partners (LHN Group and Sky Win Holding Pte Ltd) are launching a sustainability-focused resort with guest rooms made from recycled public buses.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) will release its benchmarking reports this summer for members of its Hotel Sustainability Basics initiative.

Two Voco hotels in Oxford have been awarded the Green Key accreditation for their environmental and sustainability efforts.

Easyjet has launched a new part of its website, which helps those looking for hotels to choose the sustainable option.

UK: Plans have been submitted to Harrogate Borough Council for a carbon neutral aparthotel, to be operated by Beyond Aparthotels.

SLOVENIA: Bohinj ECO Hotel, in Triglav National Park, was the first hotel in the country to be awarded the Green Globe certification.

What are the UN’s Sustainability Development Goals and how do they impact the hospitality sector?

NORWAY: Luxury hotel group Six Senses Hotels & Resorts is launching a “net-zero travel” hotel in Norway.