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To succeed as the leader of a sustainable tourism business, you need to understand the impact of your business. In this section, you will learn how to develop a sustainable tourism proposition that covers product development, finance, digital marketing, health & safety and customer care. You will also discover why networking with stakeholders is important. Last but not least, you will understand what decent work means and how you can create a fair and healthy working environment.

The Future of Sustainable Hospitality
Sustainable Tourism - An introduction

The Future of Sustainable Hospitality

This course explores the future of sustainable hotels, where you can learn from the two of the best sustainable hotels in the world and can develop your own plan towards more sustainability. The course first deals with a kick-starting sustainable in hotels by looking at the meaning and importance of sustainability in hotels. It is further pointed out how to generate commitment and establish a ‘sustainability’ or ‘green’ team in a hotel. You get introduced into a sustainability management plan. In addition, the module dives deeper into the management of key resources, namely water, energy and waste. 
The course completes with the topic of stakeholder involvement and the communication of sustainability. 

It will take you about 1x hour to complete this course and you will earn an open badge once you complete the course and pass the assessment.

Enjoy!

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

The course is intended for tourism professionals in management positions, and anyone interested in the topic.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? 

  • You will understand the importance of sustainability for hotel operations 
  • You will learn how to generate commitment throughout the hotel and create a sustainability team
  • You will be able to develop a sustainability management plan and sustainability policy
Keywords: Sustainability, tourism, management


CERTIFICATE 

The platform automatically generates a badge of completion once you complete the web-based training/course and complete the final assessment. If you pass 80% of the assessment questions, you will automatically receive your "open badge"! To learn more about open badges, please click here.

FURTHER INFORMATION 

  • Course Developer: Commissioned and developed by GIZ Sector Project Cooperation with the Private Sector - Component Sustainable Development through Tourism. For developer information compare course imprint.
  • Contact Person: Should you have queries regarding the course, please reach out to e-academy@tuicarefoundation.com.
  • Content License: CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Course Publication Date: 15.12.2023
You might also find these courses on atingi useful:
 This course is part of the learning pathway "Implementation of Sustainable Tourism Practices" which further includes the following modules:

Sustainability
Sustainable Tourism - An introduction

Sustainability

In a world threatened by global warming, tourism businesses are continuously stepping up their efforts to become climate-positive contributors and leaders of sustainable change. The 'triple bottom line' of people, planet and profit, challenges tourism entrepreneurs to responsibly manage their impact and footprint, whilst also understanding how to improve and innovate for the future. Our experts will demonstrate how you can maintain that crucial balance without breaking the bank.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

The course is intended for tourism professionals in management positions, and anyone interested in the topic.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • You will get an overview of the sector
  • You will get key information on relevant skills and where you can apply them
  • You will learn how to handle leadership & resilience & communication during the pandemic
  • You will get information from people who work with methods developed for tourism leadership

    HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TO INVEST? 

    About 60 minutes

    CERTIFICATE 

    The platform will automatically generate a badge of completion once you complete the final assessment in chapter 2 and chapter 3. If you pass 80% of the assessment questions from both assessments, you will automatically receive your “open badge”! To learn more about open badges, please click here.

    FURTHER INFORMATION 

    • Course Developer: Comissioned and developed by GIZ Sector Project Cooperation with the Private Sector - Component Tourism for Sustainable Development. For developer information compare course imprint.
    • Contact Person: Should you have queries regarding the course, please reach out to e-academy@tuicarefoundation.com.
    • Content License: CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Course Publication Date: 15.10.2021

      Introduction to Green & Clean Tourism
      Sustainable Tourism - An introduction

      Introduction to Green & Clean Tourism

      This self-paced course will help you understand what Green & Clean Tourism means. You will find out which negative effects tourism can have on the environment and the host communities and which measures you can implement to enable green and clean practices in your tourism business.

      It will take you about 1x hour to complete this course and you will earn an open badge once you complete the course and pass the assessment.

      Enjoy!


      WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

      The course is intended for anyone working in the tourism and hospitality sector and anyone interested in the topic.

      WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? 

      • You will learn how to define green & clean tourism
      • You will know how to design and apply sustainable processes to the workplace
      • You will be able to implement green & clean process in your business
      • You will be enabled to train your staff, colleagues and community
      Keywords: Sustainability, tourism, management


      CERTIFICATE 

      The platform automatically generates a badge of completion once you complete the web-based training/course and complete the final assessment. If you pass 80% of the assessment questions, you will automatically receive your "open badge"! To learn more about open badges, please click here.

      FURTHER INFORMATION 

      • Course Developer: Commissioned and developed by GIZ Sector Project Cooperation with the Private Sector - Component Sustainable Development through Tourism. For developer information compare course imprint.
      • Contact Person: Should you have queries regarding the course, please reach out to e-academy@tuicarefoundation.com.
      • Content License: CC BY-SA 4.0
      • Course Publication Date: 31.10.2023
      You might also find these courses on atingi useful:
       This course is part of the learning pathway "Implementation of Sustainable Tourism Practices" which further includes the following modules: