Using an environmental certification program that allows for benchmarking and third party auditing provides a strong basis on which a business can promote their sustainability achievements.
Regional approaches to sustainability improvement and benchmarking have also been found to provide a cost-effective and coordinated approach to achieving sustainability for tourism operators. Tourism Queensland’s Sustainable Regions program and the Melbourne Savings in the City program provide examples of clusters of tourism businesses taking steps towards sustainability.
The objectives of the study were to provide the foundation for the development of an industry-led set of national benchmarks for operational management of caravan and tourist park sites; a set of national visitor service quality benchmarks; a set of ...
Auckland International Airport has been pro-active over the past several years in embedding sustainability into the way it does business. Prepared by environmental management and certification company EarthCheck, this case study provides an insightful snapshot into AIA's eco-friendly workplace practices and ...
This study considers current attitudes towards and adoption of environmentally sustainable practices of Victorian tourism enterprises. Using a purposive sample of businesses in the Geelong Otway region, in-depth interviews were conducted. These interviews provided a wealth of information relating ...
This is a presentation by Ecolab on how to overcome the challenges of integrating sustainability into corporate culture, engage community stakeholders, and integrate sustainable practices into operations and supply chains.
The report is based on the analysis of the submissions of winners of 2001 State and Territory tourism awards. Interviews have also been conducted with the selected firms and the Executive Officers of some of the key industry associations ...
This study was driven by Tourism Victoria's commitment to sustainable tourism and the need to better understand the tourists' views of operator environmental programs and practices. The project explored perceptions of the sustainability practices of tourism businesses; the value or ...
CHRISTCHURCH CITY DESTINATION BENCHMARKING SURVEY 2001 FINAL REPORT ... 1 More than 40 cities are currently involved in Destination Benchmarking in the UK Page 12. ...
http://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/dspace/bitstream/10182/652/1/trrec_survey_2001.pdf
Green Globe 21 Kaikoura Community Benchmarking Pilot Study Jeska McNicol ... 7 Chapter 2 Core Sustainability Benchmarking Indicators 2.1 Sustainability Policy ...
http://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/dspace/bitstream/10182/561/1/trrec_report%20_53f.pdf
Page 1. Tourism Operators Online Capabilities Benchmark Survey 2010 Research Report Page 2. TOURISM OPERATORS ONLINE CAPABILTIES BENCHMARCK SURVEY 2010 ...
http://www.ret.gov.au/tourism/Documents/tmc/Digital%20Distribution%20Working%20Group%20-%20Benchmark%20Survey%202010.pdf