We recently welcomed Prestige Hotels & Resorts to the Sustainable Tourism family! With them, came all 15 of their properties, sprinkled throughout mainland British Columbia and on Vancouver Island. As you’ll read below, each Prestige property is uniquely different, but with 15 of them, there are lots of opportunities to align overarching sustainability goals and …
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This post originally appeared in the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s “TIAC Talk” October 2020 newsletter. By Angela Nagy For many in the tourism industry, sustainability is the last thing on people’s minds. More urgent priorities like solvency, staffing, and sheer survival are dominating the discourse and keeping thousands of tourism industry executives and small …
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We recently caught up with Olivia Nowek, Sales & Marketing Manager for Planet Bee Honey Farm, to learn more about what sustainability practices they have in place that sets them apart in the buzzing world of honey and honeybees. It is practically un-bee-lievable! Planet Bee Honey Farm is proudly Silver-level certified with Sustainable Tourism and …
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Eagle Wing Tours, based in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island, is an ecotourism company offering whale-watching and wildlife tours. They also engage in citizen science efforts and educational programming in the Salish Sea, along Canada’s Pacific Coast. Recently, they became Sustainable Tourism’s first-ever Platinum-certified member, for their sustainability efforts. Read on to learn more about …
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While there are many ways tourism businesses can reduce their carbon footprint within its operations, one of the biggest opportunities by far is related to transportation: as guests travel to your destination, as they enjoy their experiences, and even the travel choices made among your own staff. Transportation is the largest contributor to global warming, …
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Do you have a sustainability story to tell? Evidence shows that you probably should, or you could be missing out on new customers. In this article, you will find 5 steps to building and sharing your authentic sustainable tourism story. Research has shown that the majority of your customers want to protect the natural environment, …
In these uncertain times, it is important (now more than ever) to be building up independently-owned and operated businesses. We feel lucky that as a network, our Sustainable Tourism community includes nothing but these kinds of businesses, small, medium, and large! We asked Campbell River Whale Watching and Adventure Tours, located on the coast of …
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Whitewater Ski Resort: home of the best powder mountain in the Kootenay’s and now…a Sustainable Tourism certified member! Located in Nelson, British Columbia, Whitewater Ski Resort is world-renowned for their access to some of BC’s most epic winters (and their incredibly delicious glory bowls courtesy of Whitewater Cooks!). Recently, they joined the Sustainable Tourism family …
We’ve teamed up with our local BC-utility companies, FortisBC and BC Hydro, and are offering free energy assessments for businesses in the Thompson Okanagan region. If you are a business in the Thompson Okanagan region, contact us to schedule your free energy assessment. If you are outside of the Thompson-Okanagan region, fear not. We’ve compiled …
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We asked Rolf and Kathrin von Andrian, owners of Myra Canyon Ranch, located above the historic Kettle Valley Railway Trail in Kelowna, BC , to share what they have been doing over the past year to promote sustainability in their business. Read on to find out more about how they are reducing the plastic footprint …