Category: Social Entrepreneur

How to reduce poverty by empowering female entrepreneurs – Interview with Kennedy Leavens from Awamaki

Kennedy Leavens from Awamaki, a finalist of NatGeo World Legacy Awards in the Sense of Place category, talks about building female-driven profitable community-based tourism.

Reinventing voluntourism: interview with Claire Bennett from Pepy Tours

PEPY Tours has turned volunteering on its head, so that the emphasis is not what the traveller can do for the host community, but on what they can learn from their visit to take back home. Jeremy Smith speaks with Claire Bennett about its innovative approach.

G Adventures launches “Travel Better” sustainable travel accreditation and three new social enterprise projects

G Adventures announces foundation of Travel Better, a new online certification, and launches three new social projects in Austria, Canada and Bolivia.

Reinventing Travel Awards with The Blue Yonder: Interview with Gopi Parayil

Rather than recognise companies working in tourism The Blue Yonder Awards are given to remarkable people from the communities who make our holidays special.

How to communicate sustainable tourism and build trust: Interview with Sapa O’Chau

The first ethnic minority-owned tour operator in Vietnam explains how they use social media and other channels to be transparent and avoid greenwash

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The Westin Washington launches a new sleep enhancing program 

The Westin Washington, D.C. Downtown announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Dr. Whitney Roban, Ph.D., a leading sleep expert, to launch a new sleep enhancing program designed to support the wellness routines of its guests, specifically those who experience “First Night Effect.”