Sustainable Hotel: a definition still too closely linked to the green aspect

Sustainable Hotel: a definition still too closely linked to the green aspect In Italy, we misunderstand the definition of a sustainable Hotel. To have some examples. The website vacanzesostenibili.com (and many others, including Qui Finanza) defines a sustainable hotel as an accommodation facility, possibly furnished and built with eco-friendly materials, equipped with solar panels to […]

Cruising. Can or should we talk about sustainable cruising?

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Cruising. Can or should we talk about sustainable cruising? Pnrr does not work for ferries. We are talking about ecological transition, but ferries are old ships and should be renovated, just as the cruise industry has done. Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of MSC Crociere, did not mince words at the annual meeting of the Assarmatori […]

One of the greatest difficulties in doing sustainable tourism? Measuring!

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One of the greatest difficulties in doing sustainable tourism? Measuring! But we don’t give up! The experience at Hotel Loveno with the Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI).  I would have loved to write about the results (positive or negative) of the first measurements made at Hotel Loveno between November and December 2022 in 2021. But […]

Special Places: Unesco biosphere reserves, world heritage sites and national parks

A day at Cinque Terre National Park - the landscape

Special Places: Unesco biosphere reserves, world heritage sites and national parks Our World is full of very special places where to live and discover. Unesco biosphere reserve, Unesco world heritage sites and National parks are, in my opinion, the best area where to learn and experience the relationship between nature and human beings. To better […]