Responsible tourism networking event at the ITB Asia in Singapore on the 22nd OCT saw people from more than 25 different countries gathering to interact with like-minded people working in Responsible Tourism. The event also became very unique by providing a platform to organise an art auction. WIT conference attendees drew doodles on a canvas which was later transformed into a stunning visual by local artist Sarbani Bhattacharya based in Singapore. An initiative by Issu.E.Rasers, the proceedings from the event went to Himmapaan Foundation based in Thailand. The RT networking event was organised in partnershisp with The Blue Yonder, Wild Asia and Traveltocare.com
Labels: ITB Asia, RT networking, The Blue Yonder
Navin Berry, Rika Jean-Francoise, Gopinath Parayil, Ashish Gupta
The Blue Yonder in association with Travel to Care and ICRT India organised a Responsible Tourism Networking event in partnership with ITB - Berlin at the SATTE April 2009 in New Delhi. The event gave opportunity for many new initiatives on Responsible Tourism to pitch their work to a global audience. Though TBY had taken initiatives to organise similiar events at the back drop of World Travel Market in London and at the ITB in Berlin, this was the first time such a networking was beamed online.
The text interaction with participants from Croatia, Ghana, Vienna, Kerala was streamed live
The text interaction with participants from Croatia, Ghana, Vienna, Kerala was streamed live
attendees who stayed back till the end of the networking event.
Labels: ICRT India, ITB Berlin, Responsible Tourism, RT networking, SATTE, The Blue Yonder, Travel to Care
RT networking at SATTE, New Delhi 24 April 2009
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Published by GP
on Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The Responsible Tourism Networking at SATTE New Delhi
> Date : 24th April 2009
> Time : IST 1700-1900
> Venue : Conference Hall 11 / SATTE Pragathi Maidan
> Organisers in India: ICRT India, ITB Berlin, Travel to Care and The Blue Yonder
In co-operation with Travel Mole's VISION, we are making this event available online as well. A max of 1000 online users can access the webinar and see the pitches made in New Delhi and EUME Croatia. If you are interested in following the webinar online, please click the following link. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/299384946/n/n2
The online event is in tune with Indian event. Please check your localtime here and ensure you are online and on realtime. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
By IST 1630 the moderators Sally Broom of YourSafePlanet.com, Gopinath Parayil of TheBlueYonder.com, Ashish Gupta from Traveltocare.com, Raj Gyawali from SocialTreks.com, Marcus Bauer from respontour.net and Valere Tjolle of VISION on Sustainable Tourism - tourism-vision.com will be online.
Please give yourself half an hour preparation time before the actual event start.
Let us know if you have any questions, we will be glad to help you.
Looking forward to meeting you in Delhi or online.
> Date : 24th April 2009
> Time : IST 1700-1900
> Venue : Conference Hall 11 / SATTE Pragathi Maidan
> Organisers in India: ICRT India, ITB Berlin, Travel to Care and The Blue Yonder
In co-operation with Travel Mole's VISION, we are making this event available online as well. A max of 1000 online users can access the webinar and see the pitches made in New Delhi and EUME Croatia. If you are interested in following the webinar online, please click the following link. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/299384946/n/n2
The online event is in tune with Indian event. Please check your localtime here and ensure you are online and on realtime. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
By IST 1630 the moderators Sally Broom of YourSafePlanet.com, Gopinath Parayil of TheBlueYonder.com, Ashish Gupta from Traveltocare.com, Raj Gyawali from SocialTreks.com, Marcus Bauer from respontour.net and Valere Tjolle of VISION on Sustainable Tourism - tourism-vision.com will be online.
Please give yourself half an hour preparation time before the actual event start.
Let us know if you have any questions, we will be glad to help you.
Looking forward to meeting you in Delhi or online.
Labels: ICRT India, ITB Berlin, New Delhi, Responsible Tourism, RT networking, SATTE, The Blue Yonder, Travel to Care
The Blue Yonder stand at Hall 4.1 / 211. This was the main networking point for many of our partners.
The Blue Yonder exhibited at the ITB Berlin 2009 in Hall 4.1 / stand 211 to show case our new holidays and share our new initiatives to the international audience. On invitation from the ITB, we also organised the first Responsible Tourism Networking event on the 13th at 1800, which was attended by about 150 people from different parts of the world. The event gave oppurtunity for many new comers to share their experiences in Responsible Tourism and network with like-minded people. About 25 pitches were raised including ours.
CSR was certainly a hot topic. All the sessions were full.
One of the important themes at the event however was the launch of Tour Operators of Peace in association with our partner Help Tourism to explore the oppurtunities of using Tourism as a tool for conflict management. We are currently discussing the possibility of organising a conference on peace through tourism with IIPT in India and shall keep you updated.
We also organised a Traveller's Philanthropy workshop to understand the trends in the segment. Go Philanthropic, CeRT and Traveltocare.com presented their understanding of Traveller's Philanthropy from their initiatives.
Gopinath Parayil (TBY) with Birgit Steck ( SNV) on 'CSR at work panel'
We also organised a Traveller's Philanthropy workshop to understand the trends in the segment. Go Philanthropic, CeRT and Traveltocare.com presented their understanding of Traveller's Philanthropy from their initiatives.
Gopinath Parayil (TBY) with Birgit Steck ( SNV) on 'CSR at work panel'
The Blue Yonder was also invited for panel discussions on CSR at work, which was attended by more than 300 people who filled in the Hall 7.1a (New York) showing the general interest in the topic. As in many conferences, we stressed the need to have social responsibility build into the business and not look at it as a fancy accessory that can be manipulated according to the market trends.
The Responsible Tourism Networking was co-sponsored by Eihab Travels and Traveltocare.com. We are also promoting a new website to bring together RT practioners on a common platform. Join the facebook group for networking.
The next RT networking event will be happening in Delhi on 24th April 2009. Watch this space for more details. More pictures from the get together in ITB-Berlin is here
The Responsible Tourism Networking was co-sponsored by Eihab Travels and Traveltocare.com. We are also promoting a new website to bring together RT practioners on a common platform. Join the facebook group for networking.
The next RT networking event will be happening in Delhi on 24th April 2009. Watch this space for more details. More pictures from the get together in ITB-Berlin is here
Labels: CSR, ITB Berlin, Responsible Tourism, RT networking
