Category: Start Up
GreenGo raises €1.2m to lead way in sustainable tourism
Eco-friendly booking platform GreenGo, which describes itself as “the eco-responsible Airbnb or Booking.com”, has raised €1.2 million in its first round of funding to lead the way in sustainable tourism in France.
Barbados builds its own online travel booking platform to be a game changer
This is what action looks like if Caribbean tourism is to build back better. Investment in technology, a solid private-public relationship, and homegrown talent driving the framework and the narrative. This new marketing platform should place more of consumer’s vacation booking funds directly into local businesses’ hands.
Virtual reality in tourism: Interview with Mari Pennanen from SaimaaLife
SaimaaLife is a Finnish story-based nature wellness and lifestyle media startup exploring potential of VR to promote sustainable tourism. Founder Mari Pennanen speaks with Elizaveta Ragozina
Using COVID-19 as an opportunity for sustainability – a story from Mozambique
This story from Mozambique is a strong example of female resilience in the face of COVID-19. While businesses, whose main clients are hotels and the tourist industry, are facing collapse, there are ways of turning the situation around in transformative ways.
Māori enterprise ‘Staynative’ connects tourists to authentic indigenous experiences
Tourists can connect to hosts through an online platform letting them browse from hundreds of experiences to craft their own unique itinerary in New Zealand.
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Hotel Verdant achieves renewable energy trifecta with wind, solar, and geothermal
Dominion Properties, developer of two LEED Platinum multifamily buildings in southeastern Wisconsin, has just achieved LEED Gold for its boutique Hotel Verdant that utilizes geothermal, solar and wind technologies—a renewable energy trifecta not found in any other U.S. hotel.