Tourism addresses digital transformation, food waste, water scarcity, and more

Can't see this email? View it in your browser. SEPTEMBER 2018 EDITION Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2019 open for applications The World Travel and Tourism Council Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2019 are now open, with new and revised categories. Read more... Interview with Tourism for Tomorrow 2018 Community Award Winner Paras Loomba, Global Himalayan Expedition Tourism for Tomorrow Community winner, Paras Loomba, founder of Global Himalayan Expedition, talks to Holly Tuppen about making an impact. Read more... Sustainable cities focus: New York This month, to coincide with the city's hosting of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Impact Summit, the City Focus looks at New York. Read more... Intrepid Group becomes world's largest Travel B Corporation Three year accreditation process has created new roadmap for medium and large travel companies to become certified B Corps. Read more... UNWTO's theme for World Tourism Day for 2018 is 'Tourism and The Digital Transformation' Celebrated in Budapest, Hungary on 27 September 2018, the day's aim is to promote the opportunities provided to tourism by technological advances including big data, artificial intelligence and digital platforms, on the map of sustainable development. Read more... The Travel Corporation partners with PATA to address food waste in tourism The Travel Corporation will share best practice solutions that its various brands and partners have been implementing to reduce and prevent excess food waste. Read more... Bali is tourist destination most at risk of water scarcity, says report The Destination Water Risk Index aims to provide the hotel sector and wider tourism industry and stakeholders with cutting-edge intelligence on water risk by priority tourism destinations. Read more... Wildlife traffickers highly dependent on a vulnerable air transport sector, finds report Traffickers moving ivory, rhino horn, reptiles, birds, pangolins, marine products, and mammals by air tend to rely on large hub airports all over the world. Read more... Written and edited by Jeremy Smith TOURISM FOR TOMORROW IN THE NEWS Find out where Tourism for Tomorrow has been featured in the media last month. CONTACT INFORMATION    For more information on Tourism for Tomorrow, please click here or contact:    Lucy Matthews WTTC Tourism for Tomorrow Manager T: +44 (0) 207 481 8007 E: lucy.matthews@wttc.org The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. Registered number 2506591. Registered office: The Harlequin Building, 65 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HR, United Kingdom. We reserve the right to monitor email communication through our system for the purpose of security and training. For details on how we process your data, please see our Privacy Policy. This message and its attachments are private and confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. It is for use by the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error, you must not use, distribute, copy or disclose this email or any of its attachments. If received in error, please notify us by return email (dpo@wttc.org) and permanently delete it from your system. Unless it specifically states otherwise, this email does not form part of a contract. You can choose to unsubscribe here from future marketing emails. The WTTC logo is a registered trademark owned by the World Travel & Tourism Council Ltd. All rights reserved.