award

Women Win Recognition for Innovative Businesses

From a company that transforms groundnut shells into fuel briquettes in Gambia, to an enterprise that has developed solar ovens in Burkina Faso, to an initiative that trains and employs street youth to collect waste materials in Ghana, which they then transform into handmade designer products, to a business in Kenya where women produce aloe-based skin care products, these are just some the 35 winners of the 2011 SEED Awards, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today. And this year, in addition to the general SEED Awards, a special Gender Equity Award was announced as part of SEED's partnership with UN Women.

Hunter H. McIntosh Selected as One of the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing by the Hospitality Sales Marketing Association International (HSMAI)

Jacksonville Beach, Florida, December 13, 2011 – The Boat Company's Chief Operating Officer, Hunter H. McIntosh, has been named one of the Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing by the Hospitality Sales Marketing Association International (HSMAI) for 2011.

Considered the travel and hospitality industry’s "who's who list", McIntosh joins a distinguished group of honorees known for "habitually exemplifying traits indicative of the best sales and marketing professionals in the hospitality, travel and tourism industries."

Seeking Best Practices in Sustainable Tourism

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is inviting tourism businesses, organizations and destinations worldwide to apply for its 2012 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. Each year, the Awards recognize the best practices in sustainable tourism in the global travel and tourism industry.

The four award categories for this year's Tourism for Tomorrow Awards are:

1. Global Tourism Business
2. Conservation
3. Community Benefit
4. Destination Stewardship

Applicants should illustrate how they are demonstrating sustainable tourism practices and management, including maximizing social and economic benefits for local people, reducing negative impacts to the environment and supporting the protection of cultural and natural heritage.