During this important year which marks the World Travel & Tourism Councils (WTTC) 20th anniversary, the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards were once again given centre stage at the 10th Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Beijing. Now, WTTC has published a brochure presenting all four winners and eight finalists in more detail. The winners and finalists, presented in this brochure, demonstrate sustainability and innovation through novel approaches in conservation technology, through creative partnerships between local communities, governments and the tourism industry, and through the adoption of a new school of thinking which focuses on optimising profits rather than simply maximising them.

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Click here to download the brochure. For a hard copy, please contact WTTC.
 

Every year WTTC invites tourism companies and organisations from around the world that can demonstrate best practice in sustainable tourism development to submit their applications for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards.

The finalists and winners of the 2011 Awards will:

• be publicly recognised and will meet government and industry leaders at the Awards ceremony which will take place at WTTC’s 11th Global Travel & Tourism Summit, to be held from 17-19 May 2011 in Las Vegas, USA
• receive outstanding, international media exposure thanks to WTTC’s extensive media partnerships
• be endorsed by a panel of judges comprising internationally acclaimed experts in sustainable tourism
• be invited to submit case studies to be featured on WTTC’s comprehensive Best Practice Gateway, the world’s first online library of case studies for sustainable tourism across all sectors and regions of the world.

The Call for Entries for the 2011 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards will be launched on 27 September 2010. The Deadline for Entries will be 10 December 2010. Please contact WTTC for more information on how to apply.
 

Thanks to our wide range of media partnerships, Tourism for Tomorrow Awards winners and finalists are featured in publications, online and on broadcast media across the world. National Geographic Channel and Greentravelguides.tv interviewed all winners and finalists as well as recording the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards ceremony. All film clips can be seen on either WTTC’s YouTube Channel or on the Greentravelguides.tv homepage.

• 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards on WTTC’s YouTube Channel
• www.greentravelguides.tv
   

Meet WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Awards representatives and contributors at the following events:

• Adventure Travel World Summit, 4-7 October 2010, Aviemore, Scotland, UK, www.adventuretravel.biz/connect/summit/
• Global Eco Conference, 25-28 October 2010, Noosa, Queensland, Australia, globaleco.com.au/
• World Travel Market, 8-11 November 2010, London, UK, www.wtmlondon.com/

Susann Kruegel
Manager, Policy Initiatives
World Travel & Tourism Council
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7481 8007
Email: susann.kruegel@wttc.org
Web: www.tourismfortomorrow.com

Watch the 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/wttc or join our Tourism for Tomorrow Awards Facebook group.

We would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support. The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are endorsed by WTTC Members, as well as other organisations and companies. They are organised in association with two Strategic Partners: Travelport and The Travel Corporation’s Conservation Foundation. Other sponsors/supporters include: 4hoteliers, BEST Education Network, Breaking Travel News, Budget Travel, CNBC, e-TurboNews, fvw Mediengruppe, Friends of Nature, Gap Adventures, the International Tourism Partnership/Green Hotelier, Mercado e Eventos, National Geographic Channel/Sky News, National Geographic Traveler, Planeterra, Newsweek International, the Rainforest Alliance, Reed Travel Exhibitions, Saffron Media, South China Morning Post, Simon & Baker Travel Review, Sohu.com, Sustainable Travel International, The Economic Times of India, Tony Charters & Associates, Travel & Adventure Show, Travel Daily China, Travel Daily News, Travelmole, Travel Weekly US, Travesias, TTG Asia, TW Group, TTN Middle East, USA Today, World Heritage Alliance.