Board Meetings 2010
August 2010 11 AUG: Minutes - Approved September 2010 2 SEP: Minutes - Approved 29 SEP: Minutes - Approved November 2010 8 NOV: Minutes - Approved December 2010 15 DEC: Minutes - Approved
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12, 2011
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11, 2011
The GSTC Process: A Balancing Act
Cathy Parsons - Chair, GSTC Accreditation Panel The Global Sustainable Tourism Council announced the launch of the GSTC Process this week. This announcement marks the culmination of over two years of work by dedicated volunteers, consultants and general practitioners of travel. The Process itself is accomplished in three stages. First, standard owners [...]
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10, 2011
The Value of Standards
By Erika Harms, Executive Director - Global Sustainable Tourism Council As you can imagine, the value of standards is something that is part of my day-to-day thoughts. Last Thursday, heading to the office, I read an article written by Olivier Peyrat, Chair of the ISO Committee on conformity assessment, called “International Standards – How do [...]
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09, 2011
Sabre Celebrates World Tourism Day with Global Sustainable Tourism Council
By Leilani Latimer, Sabre Holdings and GSTC Board Member Leilani Latimer - Sabre Holdings, GSTC Board Member and Chair of the Market Access Working Group Today, September 27th, 2011, we are celebrating World Tourism Day. This day is dedicated to fostering awareness about the importance of tourism. More specifically looking at its [...]
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09, 2011
Lend Your Voice To Shape The Future of Sustainable Tourism!
Amos Bien - Technical Director, GSTC By Amos Bien, GSTC Technical Director The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Criteria) were an enormous step forward when they were launched in 2008. They are a synthesis of more than 20 years' work, by hundreds of people and institutions from around the world in what [...]
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08, 2011
GSTC Criteria Feedback 2011
Feedback from tourism businesses, travelers and others affected by the tourism industry is a crucial part of the process for the revision and modification of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria. The GSTC is conducting a sixty (60) day review the second version of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria. This process will consider all comments and [...]
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07, 2011
GSTC Board Candidate: Steve Noakes
We still have a long way to go in the Asia Pacific region in relation to the understanding and take-up of sustainable approaches for the tourism industry. In many languages, there is no direct translation for the well-intentioned western word 'sustainable'. For the vast majority of Asia's massive populations, the idea of a tourism experience is just [...]
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07, 2011
GSTC Board Candidate: Shannon Stowell
Adventure Travel Saves the World Anything or anyone claiming to save the world is appropriately met with eye-rolling and sighing- we've been there and done that. We are the cynical people who have been sold a bill of goods our whole lives by Wall Street and Madison Avenue. With the recent forced-opening of kimonos, it [...]
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07, 2011
GSTC Holds 2nd Annual Membership Meeting (2011)
Hola! A warm thank you to everyone who was able to attend the 2nd Annual GSTC Membership Council meeting in Barcelona, Spain last week. We had an amazing turn out (close to 200 people registered for the event!). The most exciting part…we had 60 members join us! The week began with a two-day meeting of [...]
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07, 2011
Sabre Looks for Green Entrepreneurs
Content Provided by Leilani Latimer - Sabre Holdings, GSTC Board Member and Chair of the Market Access Working Group As chair of the Market Access working group at the GSTC and head of sustainability for Sabre Holdings, I know that our members are looking for tools that allow businesses to innovate, increase customer loyalty and [...]
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06, 2011
Members Login Page
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06, 2011
The Problem Is Too Big To Go It Alone
The beauty of the GSTC is that it is a collaborative effort. All of our members have undertaken activities or represent companies who have undertaken activities to support the advancement of Sustainable Tourism. We are inclusive organization and we work hard to reach out to build partnerships. Making sustainable tourism mainstream is not something that [...]
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06, 2011
Election Committee
The GSTC Board of Directors includes twelve seats with three-year terms, with annual elections for those among the twelve which are vacant or expired. This committee plays an oversight role on the process of nominating and electing board members to those seats. Their specific duties are dictated by the organization's bylaws. herbert.hamele @ ecotrans.de y: [...]
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06, 2011
2011 Board Meeting – Operations Manual Chapters
Membership Council Membership Governance Board of Directors Executive Committee Elections Working groups Conflict of Interest Operation Staff Travel Policy Funding Donations Fees For Service Sponsorship
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06, 2011
2011 Board Meeting – Supporting Documents
By-laws: Revised (proposed) By-laws: Current GSTC Business Plan Operations Manual Accreditation Standards Setting/Criteria
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06, 2011
2011 Board Meeting – Board Resolutions
Resolutions 1. Revised By-laws
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06, 2011
2011 Board Meeting – Discussion Papers
Discussion Papers 1. Certifications on the Board
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06, 2011
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06, 2011
2011 Board Meeting – Agendas
Board Meeting Agenda Membership Council Meeting Agenda
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06, 2011
Barcelona and the Responsible Tourism Challenge
Over the past twenty years, Barcelona has undergone an extraordinary evolution as a tourist destination. Boosted by the Olympic Games of 1992 (an authentic point of inflection - before and after) Barcelona has gone from being practically irrelevant on the international tourist circuit, to becoming one of the most highly desired world destinations. With [...]