Category: Wellbeing

Tourism’s common challenge: How do we create ‘community shared value’?

Are there needs, wants, and desires common to all (or most) individuals within your community? How might travel & tourism serve them? In this “Good Tourism” Insight, K Michael Haywood explores the challenge all destinations face if they wish to create ‘community shared value’.

How a County Clare community inspired sustainable tourism around the world

Made up of 62 tourism enterprises, from cheesemongers to carbon-neutral hotels, the Burren Ecotourism Network works to conserve the area through training, initiatives and a code of sustainable practices. The Network has now been awarded the ‘Green Light’ award for sustainability from Independent.ie.

How a travel blogger built a community of Muslim travellers

Elena Nikolova converted to Islam in 2009. Four years later, she channelled her wanderlust into a new endeavour: helping other Muslims travel the world. Muslim Travel Girl is now one of the largest Muslim-friendly blogs in the West.

‘You can make money out of us’: the disabled people demanding more accessible travel and tourism

People with disabilities struggle to have their access needs met – so trying to organise a trip away comes with significant burdens. For Sarah Clifton-Bligh,...

The African nature based tourism platform – connecting funders to beneficiaries in 11 countries in eastern and southern Africa

Durban, South Africa - The newly launched African Nature-Based Tourism Platform is 8 months into its first year of the three-year project phase. It...

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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.”