This Week’s VISION Sponsor -Virgin Holidays, Red Colours, Green Effect
Virgin Holidays are sponsoring this week’s issue of VISION on Sustainable Tourism.
Said Valere Tjolle, VISION Editor “I’m particularly pleased that Virgin Holidays are sponsoring this issue. They have a major commitment to sustainable tourism and well understand the many complex issues we are now dealing with. I’m looking forward to many more co-operative effortsâ€.
Amongst their other responsible tourism initiatives, Virgin is the only mainstream operator to include a donation to the Travel Foundation in all its holidays, it is an active proponant of the TraveLife Sustainability System and acts as headline sponsor of the World Responsible Tourism Awards. Virgin also encourages the empowerment of developing world nationals to run their own tourist industries by funding a scholarship programme in association with the Caribbean Hotels Foundation for up to 3 students per year to study for university degrees in Tourism Management.
“We are pleased to be associated with an effective and up to date source of industry news and are are very much looking forward to working with VISION on Sustainable Tourism to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable tourism.” Said Rachel McCaffery, Responsible Business Manager of Virgin Holidays.
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