Travel industry gets involved in child protection

Wednesday, 24 Apr, 2013 0

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) yesterday joined other travel industry leaders in the fight against human trafficking by officially signing The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism (www.code.org).

The code establishes six criteria to which signers promise to agree:

Establish policies and procedures against sexual exploitation of children.
Train employees/members in children’s rights, the prevention of sexual exploitation and how to report suspected cases.
Include a cause in contracts throughout the value chain stating a common repudiation and zero tolerance policy of sexual exploitation of children.
Support, collaborate and engage stakeholders in the prevention of sexual exploitation of children.
Report annually on implementation of Code-related activities.

Sabre chairman and CEO San Gilliland spoke on the topic this week at the keynote session of ACTE’s Global Education Conference in NYC.

Sabre, along with Delta Air Lines and Accor Hotels, already has signed the Code, which originally was drawn up by three Swedish tour operators in 1998. Last year, UNICEF introduced the "Children Rights and Business Principles" to further this agenda.

Meanwhile, the 2013 World Responsible Tourism Awards this week introduced a new category, "Social Responsible Tourism: Child Protection," sponsored by Visit Norway, a country with one of the best childcare system in the world.

What can you do to help? Nominate a tourism company that supports actions to protect children at http://www.worldresponsibletourismawards.com/nominations .

Cheryl

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