Europe

Examples of sustainable tourism leadership in Europe: interviews with European tourism professionals: hoteliers, tour operators and destination managers who successfully implement sustainability in their strategies and operations.

Vicky Smith on Responsible Tourism, Entrepreneurship and How (Not) to Communicate Sustainability

Published 05/09/2019

Vicky Smith – hardly anyone in responsible tourism doesn’t know her. An entrepreneurial “doer” at heart, always keen to address...

Domenico Saladino on Tourism Sustainability Certifications and Smart Hotel Management in Switzerland

Published 28/08/2019

Domenico Saladino, consultant specialized in hotel management and sustainability certification

Domenico Saladino, through his consultancy firm Saladino Umweltprojekte with base in the alpine village of Trin near Chur (Eastern Switzerland),...

Evarist March Sarlat on Working with Top Chefs and What Makes a Great Tour Guide

Published 15/08/2019

Evarist March Sarlat, NaturalWalks in Catalonia

The importance of tour guides in promoting responsible tourism is often overlooked, tells us Evarist March Sarlat of NaturalWalks in...

Destination Parc Ela, Switzerland: Sustainable Tourism Strategies and Examples

Published 10/08/2019

Claudia Züllig of Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide in Switzerland on How to Succeed with Sustainability

Published 31/07/2019

Claudia and Andreas Züllig, Schweizerhof Lenzerheide

Claudia and Andreas Züllig - the dream team behind the success of the upscale yet down-to-earth hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide in...

Vassily Katsoupas on the Goodness of Mushrooms and Running a Sustainable Restaurant in Greece

Published 17/07/2019

How do you run a restaurant sustainably? Vassily Katsoupas of the acclaimed yet down-to-earth, family-run restaurant Kanela & Garyfallo in...

Silvia Barbone on EU Policy and Funding for Sustainable Tourism

Published 10/07/2019

Silvia Barbone, whom I first met at a sustainable tourism conference in the Basque Country in 2015, in this interview...

Theodota Nantsou on Climate Change and Other Issues Affecting the Sustainability of Tourism in Greece

Published 26/06/2019

Sometimes it takes good old street campaigning to get those "up there" to listen - and things are done. Greece,...