Certification Archives

9 09, 2025

TÜV Rheinland Partners with Accor and H World, Steering the Hospitality Industry Toward Sustainable Development

Stefi2025-09-09T15:47:32+08:00September 9th, 2025|

On August 25, TÜV Rheinland Greater China (GSTC-accredited Certification Body) signed an MOU with Accor Greater China to collaborate on the GSTC Certification* across Accor’s full portfolio of brands. This cooperation aims to accelerate Accor’s sustainability roadmap while setting a benchmark for the hotel industry’s sustainable transition. At the signing ceremony and certification presentation, [...]

1 08, 2025

Public Consultation on New Accreditation Requirements for Certification of MICE and Attraction Sectors

Stefi2025-07-31T00:16:10+08:00August 1st, 2025|

We invite tourism stakeholders and certification bodies to participate in the public consultation on the new accreditation requirements for certification bodies, which aim to demonstrate their ability to provide reliable and trustworthy certification services to the MICE (Venues, Event Organizers, and Events/Exhibitions) and/or Attraction sectors. The public consultation will run for 100 days from [...]

14 03, 2025

GSTC launches a new initiative, ‘R4MSEC’ Roundtable for Micro and Small Enterprises Certification

Stefi2025-03-14T16:10:38+08:00March 14th, 2025|

Today’s tourism industry features a significant presence of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are essential to the tourism and travel sector, representing approximately 80% of all tourism enterprises worldwide and up to 98% in select G20 nations (International Council for Small Business, 2024*). Tourism MSEs play an important role [...]

23 12, 2024

Pan Pacific Hotels Group Becomes the First Hospitality Group in Oceania to Achieve GSTC Multi-Site Certification Across All Australian Properties

Stefi2024-12-23T17:45:36+08:00December 23rd, 2024|

Pan Pacific Hotels Group (PPHG) has announced that all six of its Australian properties have gained accredited certification, after getting all their properties in Singapore also certified. These six properties are the first in the Oceania region to attain this global certification. PPHG is the wholly-owned hotel subsidiary of UOL Group Limited (UOL), one [...]

1 11, 2024

GSTC published revised GSTC Accreditation Manual for Certification of Hotel/Accommodation & Tour Operator

Stefi2024-11-01T20:40:06+08:00November 1st, 2024|

The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has revised the GSTC Accreditation Manual for Certification of Hotel/Accommodation & Tour Operator. Version 4.0, now titled the GSTC Accreditation Manual for Certification Bodies - Industry: Hotel/Accommodation & Tour Operator, was approved on November 1, 2024. The Manual is available on the following webpage: GSTC Accreditation Documents.Given the dynamic [...]

30 01, 2024

All TUI Hotels & Resorts in Türkiye are GSTC-Certified

Stefi2025-09-09T13:39:16+08:00January 30th, 2024|

Raising the sustainability performance of their hotels is an important part of the TUI Sustainability Agenda. One way of measuring progress is through globally acknowledged sustainability certificates. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria. Photo credit: TUI Blue Sarigerme [...]

12 01, 2024

The Emerging Trends in Hotel Sustainability Certification

Stefi2024-01-12T17:23:05+08:00January 12th, 2024|

GSTC’s Roi Ariel shares how the increasing number of certification bodies is changing the meetings industry. An increasing number of certification bodies have entered the MICE industry to certify hotels as sustainable. These include Bureau Veritas, Vireo Srl and Control Union. The latter, for example, has more than 200 certification programmes. Such certification bodies [...]

15 09, 2020

The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics 2020 by CREST

rariel2021-04-06T11:30:19+08:00September 15th, 2020|

The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) released a new tourism industry study; The Case for Responsible Travel: Trends & Statistics 2020. This year's report includes a special focus on the two major crises facing our world today: climate change and COVID-19. Using cutting-edge research, the 2020 Case for Responsible Travel report provides an overview [...]