The Thomas Cook Group has become the first tour operator to subscribe to the Travelife Sustainability System on a global basis.
Its UK business subscribed to Travelife back in 2004 and the group is now working to bring all of its markets fully with the scheme.
Travelife is an industry wide initiative allowing hotels and other forms of accommodation to rate their sustainability practices on bronze, silver and gold levels of achievement.
Andy Cooper, Thomas Cook director of government and external affairs, said: “Thomas Cook’s commitment to sustainability is serious and long-term and we wanted a scheme that would not only be consistent across all our hotels worldwide but offer our customers a easy way to select hotels that excel in these areas.
“We have hotel groups with properties in many different countries supplying our various markets, so it makes sense that we all use one, credible system that will drive up sustainability performance.”
By Bev Fearis
