Climate Impact Update – Q4 2022
March 13, 2023
We are planning an ambitious new project to reduce the amount of food that is wasted in hotels under the United Nations’ 10 year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP). This flagship project will be supported by UNEP, the 10 YFP Secretariat, and UNWTO the lead for...
Imagine an island where scarce water brings ancient vineyards to life. Where art, culture and the landscape is celebrated in every household, in every town center. This place is Lanzarote, an island with a story to tell. If you thought Lanzarote was just sun, sand and sea, think again. Conservation...
Three months into the New Year and we are still reflecting on, and seeing the benefits of, the exciting progress we made in 2015 with communities, destinations, and tourism businesses around the world. We are excited to share with you some of our, and our partners, recent accomplishments in our...
Since 2007, MARTI has been working with hotels in the Riviera Maya to implement positive environmental practices. What started with 12 hotels, MARTI now works with over 130 throughout the Riviera Maya, Cozumel and Cancun. To bring 130 hotels together under the same effort to implement environmental best practices is...
Women around the world play a significant role in the travel and tourism industry. Tourism offers respectable, stable opportunities to underserved populations who may not have benefited from formalized educations –– many of whom are women. Today is International Women’s Day and we are celebrating by highlighting some of the...
At Azul Beach, a boutique hotel in Petempich Bay, on the beautiful Riviera Maya, plastic and aluminum waste represents an opportunity for employees. Clemente Olivares received new eyeglasses thanks to the “Meaningful Recycling” (Reciclando con sentido in Spanish) program of the Karisma Hotels & Resorts chain. The Meaningful Recycling program...