Tourism 2023, a sustainable tourism initiative by UK-based major travel companies and environmental organizations, was launched at the ABTA Travel Convention in Barcelona on Oct 8, 2009.

The signatories have pledged to collaborate to create a commercially sustainable tourism industry by the year 2023 which benefits communities in tourist destinations and protects the environment.  

Founding participants of Tourism 2023 (see report) include ABTA, Advantage Travel Centres, British Airways, Carnival UK, Sunvil, The Co-operative Travel, The Travel Foundation, Thomas Cook and TUI Travel.

And now for the rest of the week’s hot travel news:-

Hot Prez - President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, and The Noble One will soon be heading for Oslo, Norway to collect the booty. Naturally, Nobel themed activities and locations in Oslo are already in big demand. And by the time Obama actually lands up in Norway, there’s going to be absolute bedlam - Visit Norway

Hot Beauty - Jessica Simpson is apparently traveling the world as host of her new beauty show - The Price of Beauty, which highlights how the concept of beauty varies from culture to culture - Jaunted

Hot Miami - Or is it Miami Heat? Anyway, in the Travel+Leisure list of how cities stack up, Miami comes out the hottest - as in with the most attractive people. And to prove a cliché true, Miami came in second last for intelligence, only ahead of Vegas - which is apparently the dumbest city in the US - Travel + Leisure

Hot Motel - Accor unleashes it’s new Phoenix motels with the first newly built prototype in North Texas. The Phoenix motel models are green enough to be able to apply for LEED certification - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Hot iPhone Apps - USAToday launches travel application for iPhone - Autopilot; And here’s another one - Twin Towers seen once more via Augmented Reality iPhone app - Techcrunch

Hot Deals - Stay in Singapore for $1 - NYT blog; And another one - 100 European hotels under $150 - New York Times; And here’s some hot deals for the Caribbean - San Francisco Chronicle

Posted on October 11th, 2009 by PLing
Filed under: Sustainable Travel, Travel News