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Where green travel is going

Not so very long ago, being green was deeply in the closet. If you were a lux­ury prop­erty, espe­cially, you hid your green­ness. It was unbri­dled excess and unbounded pam­per­ing you wanted to sell. Those were … read more

  

Our TOP 10 (plus 5!)

We always say, to thrive, green travel has to be great travel. Well, get ready. Here are our top picks. In an increasingly large field of green contenders, they really, really do it right (in a continously improving way, of course) … read more

Green travel spotlight: luxury voluntourism

Celebration at sunset

We see Sean in Haiti, Brad in New Orleans. It’s gotten Hollywood trendy to lend a helping hand. Thumbs up to that, we say. Voluntourism, mixing volunteer service with your travel, is booming, and you don’t have to rough it if you don’t want to. Why not combine luxury and labor—and feel great about both?…read more

Fighting poverty and disease, a bar of hotel soap at a time. A Dallas-based nonprofit called Soap Hope wants to use hotel soap to improve local communities…read more

San Francisco’s “green aquarium” boosts shark research. The Aquarium of the Bay, a certified green business, now has a massive Sevengill Shark swimming in…read more 

Sustainable TV? Look for a new global focus on the Discovery Travel Network series that highlights green. EarthCheck, a leader in eco travel and tourism certification and management, is teaming with…read more

Pittsburgh’s newest luxury hotel LEED Gold certified. Fairmont Pittsburgh has scored a double first: first hotel in that city and first in the entire Fairmont collection of hotels to get…read more

Going green in Malta with new Crystal cruise. This fall, the luxury cruise line offers passengers the chance to plant trees in the island’s only national park, donate food at a local charity and learn eco-conscious…read more

San Francisco to install 5,000 electric car chargers. The electric car has found a welcoming home in the San Francisco Bay Area. The agency that protects air quality has approved $5 million to build a regional…read more

Being green is not just for eco-lodges anymore. Travelocity will add hundreds of luxury Hilton properties to its green hotel directory. All have been validated by…read more

Gulf oil disaster spills over to tourism on clean beaches. Though there seems to be progress in stopping the leak in the Gulf, misperceptions about oil on beaches may take far longer…read on

Vancouver to be N. America’s greenest destination? This Canadian Pacific city wants to be the greenest city in the world. It’s already well on its way to being North America’s greenest destination. Vancouver already requires…read more

Marriott breaks new ground with green hotel prototype. It’s part of Marriott’s plan to have 300 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) hotels by 2015…read more

‘Greener Skies’ flight lowers emissions by 35%. Alaska Airlines tested new technology that allows more direct, continuous approaches while landing…read more

Shanghai landmark hotel goes green. China’s most iconic hotel is reopening … and going green. Shanghai’s Peace Hotel, now a Fairmont, first opened in 1929…read more

Beijing hotel freshens the air. Can a single Beijing hotel make the city’s air cleaner? Maybe not, but at least the guests of…read more

We’re honored. GTG gets recognized by Travel Blog Sites and TravelPod… read more

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