Martin Heng: Advocating for Accessible Tourism
Martin Heng: Advocating for Accessible Tourism Martin Heng is a highly respected advocate for accessible travel, drawing on a rich background of professional experience and personal resilience. Born in Birmingham, UK, Martin holds a BA and MA in English literature from Cambridge University and an MA in Communications from RMIT University, Melbourne. In 1987, he […]
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Navigate climate anxiety: Insights with Jon Brewer
Facing climate anxiety? Join our talk with Jon Brewer for insights on blending personal growth with environmental consciousness.
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Interview with Dr. Richard Munang, Deputy Regional Director of the UNEP Africa Office
Dr. Munang discusses sustainable tourism’s role in Africa’s climate strategies, economic growth, and innovative volunteerism for community empowerment.
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Interview with Roi Ariel, General Manager of the GSTC
Roi Ariel pulls the strings of what is currently one of the most important organisations when it comes to making the biggest business sector in the world economy, tourism, more sustainable. As General Manager of the GSTC, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, he works with an ambitious international team to help organisations, companies, destinations […]
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Interview with Sebastien Archambeaud, Founder of Handiscover
„Improving accessibility will be really important for the whole industry“ … are Sebastien Archambeaud’s words when it comes to the matter of tourism recovery after the Covid19 crisis. Sebastien is the founder of Handiscover, the leading travel booking platform for people with disabilities. He founded Handiscover after realising how challenging it is for people with […]
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Interview with Liisa Kokkarinen, Project Manager for Sustainable Arctic Destination at Visit Finland
It is a great and wonderful goal to make tourism in Finland sustainable. Liisa Kokkarinen is deeply involved in this programme. She is part of a team that helped develop the concept of Sustainable Travel Finland. Liisa heads the ‘Sustainable Arctic Destination’ programme, whose aim is to convince tour operators, travel agents and other tourism […]
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Interview with Brian T. Mullis, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority
Brian T. Mullis has a long history with more than 25 years experience in tourism and conservation. He worked in national parks in the US, was running several years an international ecotourism and adventure travel company and founded already 2002 the nonprofit organisation Sustainable Travel International (STI). Since 2018 he is the director for the […]
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Interview with Juan Carlos Flores, General Manager of Andean Lodges in Peru
Juan Carlos Flores is the General Manager of Andean Lodges in Peru. Since 2006 the company is working with trekking and lodging in the South-American Andes. The vision of the TourCert-certified Lodge is to create alternatives for sustainable development that are inclusive, and in balance with the cultural perspectives of the Andean original communities. […]
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Interview with Lindsey Reding, Client Relations Manager of Andaman Discoveries
Lindsey Reding works as Client Relations Manager for the Thai tour operator Andaman Discoveries which is trying to minimize the negative impact of their tours and involve the local community as much as possible. In 2014 Andaman Discoveries has won the Thailand Green Excellence Award for their volunteer programme and were announced as finalist for […]
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Interview with René Skiba, Director at Northern Black Forest Tourism Ltd.
René Skiba is director at the Northern Black Forest Tourism Ltd. which has been 2016 officially awarded the Sustainable Destination Certificate. Also the destination has written a sustainability report for certification as a sustainable travel destination by the German Ministry of the Environment and Social Affairs and the company TourCert. Things we wanted to […]
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