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Check Your Carbon Footprint - Support WWF and Earth Hour 2008

Posted on March 18th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism , No Comments

Being in the travel business, we are naturally very concerned about the effect of travel on the planet. We fully support Earth Hour 2008, which is a brilliant effort being made by the World Wildlife Fund to bring awareness to the problems our planet faces and ways we, as individuals, can help.
Last year, WWF started [...]

Bio-fuel Flights - Has Richard Branson Gone Nuts? Environmentalists Think So!

Posted on February 25th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Airlines, Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments

The world’s first bio-fuel commercial flight - powered partly by nuts - took to the air Sunday. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic jumbo-jet flew to Amsterdam with one of its engines running on a mixture of mostly bio-fuel made from a blend of plant and nut oils. However, environmental activists are not convinced that the use [...]

Super Breaks - the New Travel Trend

Posted on February 20th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments

According to travel industry reports ‘super breaks’ are the latest hot travel trend. People are jetting off on long weekends to places like Dubai, the USA and Hong Kong! Is this demand for such frantic long- and mid-haul trips a response to workers being too overworked (or too afraid) to take their full holiday entitlement and [...]

Green Travel News and Carbon Offsetting

Posted on November 26th, 2007 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments

As we watch and hear grim news reports of the devastating effects of global warming on our planet it’s good to see more and more companies doing their bit to help. Sorry to report that according to recent surveys Brits are among the least likely to pay to offset their holidays, although they are more [...]

World Responsible Tourism Day Award Winners

Posted on November 21st, 2007 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments

We missed it but last Wednesday, November 14th, was the WTM (World Travel Market) World Responsible Tourism Day and the fourth annual award ceremony for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards. The aim of the recognition and awards is to encourage the tourism and travel industry to do more to protect our planet and its [...]

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Categories Airlines Airport Parking Airports Backpack Travel Destinations Europe Holiday Destinations Seniors Travel Ski Holidays Sports Holidays Student Travel Sustainable Tourism Travel Insurance News Travel News Traveller's Tales Popular Blogs Archive RSS Feed Delicious Yahoo Facebook Digg.com Reddit StumbleUpon Search	Check Your Carbon Footprint - Support WWF and Earth Hour 2008 Posted on March 18th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism , No Comments Being in the travel business, we are naturally very concerned about the effect of travel on the planet. We fully support Earth Hour 2008, which is a brilliant effort being made by the World Wildlife Fund to bring awareness to the problems our planet faces and ways we, as individuals, can help. Last year, WWF started [...] Bio-fuel Flights - Has Richard Branson Gone Nuts? Environmentalists Think So! Posted on February 25th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Airlines, Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments The world’s first bio-fuel commercial flight - powered partly by nuts - took to the air Sunday. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic jumbo-jet flew to Amsterdam with one of its engines running on a mixture of mostly bio-fuel made from a blend of plant and nut oils. However, environmental activists are not convinced that the use [...] Super Breaks - the New Travel Trend Posted on February 20th, 2008 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments According to travel industry reports ‘super breaks’ are the latest hot travel trend. People are jetting off on long weekends to places like Dubai, the USA and Hong Kong! Is this demand for such frantic long- and mid-haul trips a response to workers being too overworked (or too afraid) to take their full holiday entitlement and [...] Green Travel News and Carbon Offsetting Posted on November 26th, 2007 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments As we watch and hear grim news reports of the devastating effects of global warming on our planet it’s good to see more and more companies doing their bit to help. Sorry to report that according to recent surveys Brits are among the least likely to pay to offset their holidays, although they are more [...] World Responsible Tourism Day Award Winners Posted on November 21st, 2007 , Jean . Filed under Sustainable Tourism, Travel News , No Comments We missed it but last Wednesday, November 14th, was the WTM (World Travel Market) World Responsible Tourism Day and the fourth annual award ceremony for the Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards. The aim of the recognition and awards is to encourage the tourism and travel industry to do more to protect our planet and its [...]	Single Trip Travel Insurance Annual Multi Trip Travel Insurance Ski & Snowboard Travel Insurance Backpacking Travel Insurance Seniors Travel Insurance