| Green Travel News | A new survey shows that 65% of America’s restaurant operators embrace the practice of recycling and have recycling programs in place at their restaurants. Also, the research indicates that six out of 10 consumers prefer to patronize restaurants that recycle, and more than half of consumers are willing to pay […]
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| Kanha Roars Back | Two young Royal Bengal tigers are gorging themselves on freshly-killed chital. This is the moment I had come on safari in India for. The moment everyone comes for. I feel safe atop my massive Indian elephant. (Tigers and elephants honor an age-old truce not to mess with each other—I’m hopeful, […]
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| Style And Sustainability | Arriving at the five-star JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong, you step into an impeccably stylish, sun-filled lobby with heart-stopping views of Hong Kong harbor. Guests are huddled with one of several concierges, sipping cocktails in the bar or savoring a meal in one of the popular restaurants (which attract […]
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| Sipping, Eating, Doing | Midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco lie the rolling hills and tree-shaded country lanes of California’s fastest-growing wine region. Paso Robles—designated an American Viticultural Area, or AVA, since 1983 and home to 180+ wineries. This is idyllic, laid-back Green Wine Country where the owner or winemaker may personally pour […]
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| Green Travel News | Citing common goals of sustainable conservation and ocean advocacy, Contiki Holidays is joining forces with environmentalist, adventurer and world explorer Céline Cousteau. She is the granddaughter of world renowned Jacques Cousteau and the daughter of ocean explorer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau. Cousteau will help educate staff and travelers of the […]
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| Greening with Adobe | Pacific fury flashing on rocks that rise like gloomy sea shroud towers out of the cove, the bingbang cove with its seas booming inside caves and slapping out, the cities of seaweed floating up and down you can even see their dark leer in the phosphorescent seabeach nightlight.—from Jack Kerouak’s […]
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| British Airways Deal | Last year, British Airways offered the best mileage bonus ever: 100,000 miles for members of its Executive Club program who signed on for the co-branded British Airways-Chase Signature Visa credit card. Just as quickly and mysteriously as this tantalizing offer surfaced, it disappeared, leaving procrastinators much wiser but mileage poorer. […]
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| Green Travel News | SFO’s new T2, home base of operations for Virgin America, aims to become the first LEED Gold-certified terminal in the country—and one of the most sustainable airport terminals in the world. The new terminal includes Slow Food vendors that serve local and sustainably-sourced cuisine. Inspired by San Francisco‘s historic Ferry […]
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Good afternoon, and welcome to Hotel Schizophrenia. Checking in?” Honestly, that’s the way it often feels these days. Like you’ve arrived in the Twilight Zone of Hotel Marketing. The Yin and Yang of green hotelery in the early 21st century. The Yin: You arrive at what seems like a 5-star monument to unbridled luxury and […]
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| Green Travel News | Several airlines have now successfully tested biofuel made from the little known, non-edible plant Jatropha. Japan Airlines, Air New Zealand, Continental, Brazil’s TAM Airlines and most recently the Mexican carrier Interjet, in cooperation with European manufacturer Airbus, have flown without problems on fuel from this weed-like plant, which grows on […]
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