Do a Random Act of Kindness
Inspired by Random Acts of Kindness Day (17 February) to make a difference on your next holiday? From a beach clean-up to helping conservation efforts, here are some…
Lagom Rewards Customers’ Ethical Choices
Lagom is set to disrupt the luxury ski industry across Europe. The new venture has been created by the masterminds behind Bramble Ski and Haute Montagne…
Couple Releases Kiwis into the Wild
This month, a couple travelling to New Zealand embarked on a new experience to help rangers collect and re-release some of New Zealand’s most famous and rarest residents – the…
Cardamom Tented Camp Listed for Global Award
Cardamom Tented Camp in Cambodia has been chosen as one of 15 global finalists in the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2019…
Make Time for the Slow Cyclist
If you like to take your time travelling, immersing yourself in the culture that is hosting your visit, while burning off a few calories, The Slow Cyclist might be the travel…
Shinta Mani Wild Opens in Cambodia
The hotly anticipated Shinta Mani Wild – Bensley Collection opened 21 December 2018, crowning a transformative year for Cambodian luxury tourism. Nestled deep…
Luang Prabang: Laos Past or Future?
Searching for peace, quiet and beauty, Johan Smits finds in Luang Prabang a stunning little town at a crossroads. One tropical evening we find ourselves sitting in the nearly empty…
Hotels Around Asia Reach Final Straw
“There’s a great future in plastics,” or so Dustin Hoffman was told in the classic American movie The Graduate. Fifty years since the movie’s debut we’ve realised plastic is not…
Experience Local Village Life in Ghana
If immersion into a way of life drives your travel plans, Ghana is the place to go to experience a West African existence. Be introduced by locals to basket weaving, fishing, farming, cooking…
Aruba Bans All Single-Use Plastic
Underlining its role as the Caribbean’s leading environmentally-aware nation, Aruba has announced a total ban on all single-use plastic from next year. The Dutch Caribbean…
Airbnb Needs Sustainable Accommodation Class
Airbnb, the world’s biggest accommodation-sharing site, has advanced sustainable tourism, but the demand for more ecological travel is growing. Whilst the site features…
Ethical Travel Dilemma: To Boycott or Not to Boycott
From Israel to Myanmar, and Uganda to the USA, the list of countries you could avoid due to ethical travel concerns seems endless. Johan Smits tackles the thorny issue of…
Anantara Eradicates Use of Plastic Straws
Anantara Hotels & Resorts will roll out a global ban on the use of single-use plastic straws at every property worldwide by 1 October 2018. Since January of this year…
Thailand Travel Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
Having lived three years in the Thai border town of Mae Sot and visiting the kingdom more times than he can recall, Johan Smits shares his Thailand travel tips to…
2018 PATA Grand Award Winners Announced
The tourism industry’s diversity has been recognised as the winners of the 2018 PATA Grand Award and Gold Awards are unveiled. A total of 27 organisations and individuals…
Is Local Tourism the Next Global Trend?
From humble beginnings TravelLocal is starting to take mainstream tourism by storm, Travel Begins at 40 talks with its co-founder Huw Owen about the company and why local tourism is…
Luke Bailes: Africa Wildlife Conservation
Luke Bailes, the charismatic founder of Singita, is one of the most influential individuals in African wildlife conservation tourism, preserving swathes of African wilderness by promoting environmentally conscious and socially…
National Geographic Lodges – Iceland
Hotel Húsafell in West Iceland is a proud new member of National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World, a prestigious collection of boutique hotels in spectacular destinations around the world…
Discover Bhutan with Village Ways
Responsible tourism specialist Village Ways introduces Bhutan, the last great Himalayan kingdom and a little-visited and enigmatic country. New for this year is a 13-day Villages and Valleys of Bhutan itinerary…
Travel to Ogre Island, Mon State
In the second instalment in her Myanmar adventure, Marissa Carruthers gets crafty, takes a history lesson and hangs with the locals for a stunning sunset during a visit to Mon…
Pamir Highway, a Road Less Travelled
After travelling through the Wakhan Valley, Johan Smits reaches the famed Pamir Highway traversing Tajikistan’s GBAO to reach what feels like the top of the world. One of the two…
Responsible Travel on the Up
Research by experiential travel company, Intrepid Travel has revealed that people are becoming more self-aware of their bad habits and feel that they could be doing more to change their…
Cardamom Tented Camp: Saving Rainforests
A pioneering sustainable tourism project is making its debut in the heart of the Cambodian jungle. Marissa Carruthers finds out from Willem Niemeijer how a stay at the Cardamom Tented…
Trekking the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan
Expecting nothing but the soaring mountains in the Pamir region of Tajikistan, Johan Smits gets far more than he bargained for when trekking the Wakhan Valley. “Some of these petroglyphs…
