Green Growth and Travelism [electronic resource] : Letters from Leaders

ISBN:

9781908999191

Title:

Author:

Lipman, Geoffrey.

Personal Author:

Lipman, Geoffrey.

Publication Information:

Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Preface; Maurice F. Strong ; Founder Chairman, Cosmos International Group, ; Secretary General 1992 Rio Earth Summit; Travel and tourism - the green imperative; Dedication; Introduction and Overview; Towards Transformation; New Directions ; Thomas Enders; CEO of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company); One born every minute ; Patricia R. Francis; Executive Director, International Trade Centre

Greening the tourism sector - building the competitiveness of developing countries Edwin D. Fuller; President of Laguna Strategic Advisors, , Former President International Marriott; Helping to manage change by sitting at the table ; Angela Gittens; Director General of Airports Council International; Aviation and green growth - an airport perspective ; Harold Goodwin

Professor of Responsible Tourism Management at Leeds Metropolitan UniversityMainstream tourism and sustainability ; Gloria Guevara; Secretary of Tourism, Mexico; Tourism, green growth and sustainable development; Peter Harbison; Chairman, CAPA-Centre for Aviation; Sustainable aviation and green growth - blood, sweat and tears ; Donald E. Hawkins; Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, The George Washington University

Green growth development strategies for the travel and tourism sector James Hogan; President and CEO, Etihad Airways; Green growth and travelism ; Brian King ; Centre for Tourism and Services Research, Victoria University; Chris Buckingham; Chief Executive, Destination Melbourne; A liveable and sustainable city that loves visitors ; Karen Kotowski; CEO, Convention Industry Council; Meeting as a green growth strategy ; Gerald Lawless; Executive Chairman, Jumeirah Group

Green growth in Dubai - delivering sustainable community benefits Manfredi Lefebvre; Director and Chairman, Silversea Cruises; The green economy - travel and tourism and the cruise sector; Chris Lyle; CEO Air Transport Economics; Aviation's role in green growth for developing countries ; Francis McCosker; Managing Director, International Organizations, Microsoft

A global tourism transformation - sustainably connecting the unconnected

Subject Term:

Environmental degradation -- India.

Environmental policy -- India.

India -- Environmental conditions.

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers Ltd, 2012.

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Summary

Travel & Tourism is by any measure a massive modern day industry - in the same league as cars, oil, telecommunication and agriculture. It drives trillions of dollars in GNP, underpins millions of jobs, makes international business function and is the essence of leisure and happiness. In short it has to be one of the most significant sectors of the world economy. Yet all too often its role and potential is underestimated when it comes to global and national socio-economic policy and practice.This book explores why the industry is misperceived and how it can take its rightful leadership place in the transformation to the new green economy. Green Growth and Travelism: Letters from Leaders is the first hard hitting publication tolook practically into these issues by taking the views of 46 government, industry and civil society thought leaders on the challenges, opportunities and solutions.First the authors explore Green Growth as the new geopolitical paradigm to respond to the big social, economic, environment and climate challenges of today and the population driven resource challenges of tomorrow. They then analyze how Travelism - the Travel and Tourism value chain - transport, hospitality and the various industries that support our inexorable urge to move around this planet - can more effectively contribute to a positive long-term societal transformation. Taking this viewpoint, the 'Letters from Leaders' provides real evidence of the actions, viewpoints and hopes of those at the frontline. With a foreword from Maurice Strong, architect of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and Agenda 21, it includes contributions by thought leaders from inside and outside the sector such as Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley (Prime Minister of Bhutan), Thomas Enders (CEO of EADS), Tony Tyler (Director General & CEO IATA), Taleb Rifai (Secretary General UNWTO), Sir Richard Branson (Chairman Virgin Group), Shanzhong Zhu (Vice Chairman CNTA), Akbar Al Baker (CEO Qatar Airways), Marthinus Van Schalkwyk (Minister Tourism South Africa), Gerald Lawless (Executive Chairman Jumeirah Group), James Hogan (President & CEO Etihad Airways), Patricia Francis (Executive Director ITC), David P. Scowsill (President & CEO, WTTC), Giovanni Bisignani (Chairman WEF Global Agenda Council ATT), Supachai Panitchpakdi (Secretary-General, UNCTAD), Raymond Benjamin (Secretary General, ICAO) and Gloria Guevara (Secretary Tourism, Mexico) and a host of others.Researched at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia and Oxford Brookes University, UK.