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Technology

Trip.com Group
Since 2020s

Trip.com Group Limited is a global one-stop travel platform integrating a comprehensive suite of travel products, services and differentiated travel content. The Group includes Trip.com, Ctrip, and Skyscanner.

Hospitality

Banyan Tree Group
Since 2020s

An independent hospitality company priding on its pioneership, design-led experiences and commitment to responsible stewardship. Its portfolio includes 12 brands, 140+ properties in over 20 countries.

Travel Management

Ceyline Travels (Pvt) Ltd
Since 2020s

Ceyline Travels is a Sri Lanka-based travel agent offering all types of experiences for solo, honeymoon, group tours, and MICE travellers to Sri Lanka, as well as outbound travel services to selected destinations.

Association

Action on Poverty (AOP) in Vietnam
Since 2020s

Since 1989, AOP's activities have spanned 35 provinces, working directly with local communities to improve water, sanitation, governance, and sustainable livelihoods.

Travel Management

TRAVELLERS PARADISE LLP
Since 2020s

An India-based inbound travel agency providing comprehensive services including visa/passport assistance, hotel bookings, customised domestic/ international tour packages, and travel planning and guidance.

Travel Management

Wow India Travel & Tours (p) Ltd
Since 2020s

Wow India provides one-stop travel solutions to clients anywhere across the globe, as well as themed travels- MICE, destination weddings, medical tourism, and more. Outbound travels are also within scope of service.

Marketing

ME2 TRAVEL
Since 2020s

A promoter, educator and inbound operator for FIT, small-group and high-end segments in China since 2005, Me2 Travel promotes your services to target markets through its global partners and innovative ON11, PBS, and LIFE systems.

DMC

Tamarind Global Services Private Limited
Since 2020s

Tamarind Global is a destination and event management-focused company based in India, offering bespoke solutions and customised travel services to the B2B and B2C market segments globally.

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Destinations & Communities: Implementation

Destinations don’t noticeably move from one phase to another but rather move fluidly between planning and implementation. Implementing sustainable tourism outcomes is a delicate balance of developing without overdeveloping, marketing without over-promoting and managing without stifling the natural and dynamic social and cultural attributes of unique and vibrant destinations.

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Destinations & Communities: Destination Planning

Tourism can and will evolve with or without planning, however the sustainability of a destination depends on whether the type and scale of tourism is best suited to the destination. Effective destination management relies on an iterative and continual planning process that integrates tourism into a community’s social, economic and environmental aspirations.

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Destinations & Communities: Destination Performance

The sustainability of a destination is significantly influenced by its ability to adapt to changing market conditions, use resources efficiently and deliver innovative planning and development strategies. That requires an objective review of past performance as part of an ongoing and cyclical process to monitor and evaluate a destination’s progress in achieving its goals and vision.

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Sustainable Tourism Online: Destinations and Communities

Tourism is regarded as one of the top five employers world-wide and plays a significant role in the economic and social development of many destinations and communities around the world. Destinations seeking to find a balance between their economic, social and environmental aspirations are engaged in ‘destination management’.

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Sustainable Tourism Online: Parks and Culture

Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park, the very first national park, almost 140 years ago, national parks have provided opportunities to recreate in natural areas enjoy the majesty of nature and contemplate our very being. They provide opportunities to relax, reinvigorate and energise and for many, to make spiritual and emotional connections with the earth.

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Sustainable Tourism Online: Business Operations

Tourism businesses, no matter what size, face a wide range of challenges in developing, operating, managing and growing their business in what is a highly competitive, rapidly changing and volatile environment.

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