| Green Travel News | America’s newest environmentally sustainable hotel is now open near the campus of Syracuse University in upstate New York. Hotel Skyler is only the third hotel in the United States to seek Platinum certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) from the U.S. Green Building Council. The 58-room boutique […]
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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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| Green Wine News | Cakebread Cellars, a long-time Napa green winery, hosts its 25th annual American Harvest Workshop celebration August 18-20, 2011. The centerpiece of the weekend is the Grand Chefs’ Tasting on August 19, which is open to the public. At this walk-around tasting, featuring dishes by 24 chefs, attendees will have the […]
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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 Wine News | Willamette Valley’s Grand Cru Wine Tours is the first wine tour company in the world to earn certification through the rigorous Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program (STEP). This certification, offered through the non-profit Sustainable Travel International, demonstrates commitment to developing a sustainable business from first sip to last. “Sustainability is a […]
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| Green Travel News | Hospitality giant Starwood is the first corporate partner to join Clean the World’s efforts to promote a global hygiene revolution. Guest room soaps and bottled amenities from as many as 500 Starwood hotels in North America will be recycled for worldwide distribution to stop the spread of preventable diseases. An […]
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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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