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Business Enterprises for Sustainable Travel
Information, conferences, cases studies to stimulate sustainable business travel.
Center For Sustainable Tourism
Part of the Leeds School of Business at U. Colorado/Boulder. Researches and trains students in sustainable tourism. Site features am ecotourism databank.
Center on Ecotourism and Sustainable Development
Mission is to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve ecotourism and sustainable tourism practices and principles.
Certification in Sustainable Tourism Program
Certification for tour operators in Costa Rica. Includes a directory of sustainable hotels in Costa Rica.
Conservation International Ecotourism
Information and resources on ecotourism's contribution to regional strategies to conserve biodiversity. Site includes information on top ecotourism destinations.
Ecolodges: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Business
International Finance Corporation report emphasizing environmental, social and economic sustainability in the ecolodge sector.
Database of green accommodations in Florida.
Forging Links Between Protected Areas & the Tourism Sector (.PDF Document)
2005 report from the United Nations Environment Program.
Sustainability certification for organizations within the travel and tourism industry.
Green Hotel Initiative - Ceres 
Program designed to increase and demonstrate market demand for environmentally responsible hotel services.
Listing of green hotel association members.
Comprehensive purchasing and operations guide for the industry, "Greening Your Property." Certification program to help travelers, meeting planners, and government and corporate travel buyers identify environmentally responsible lodging properties.
RezHub’s green travel web site with information on green hotels and a green travel blog. Blog
Directory of hotels, conference venues, holiday and travel companies which are taking action to work in an environmentally responsible manner.
HAC Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program
Graduated rating system designed to identify hotels committed to improving their bottom line fiscal and environmental performance. The program was established by TerraChoice.
A program of the Hotel & Catering International Management Association offers UK hotels targeted advice about energy-saving techniques and technologies.
International Centre for Responsible Tourism
Information on all aspects of responsible tourism with reports, news, events, and projects around the world.
International Ecotourism Society
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) portal with news, information, resources and forum.
International Network for the Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism Destinations
To facilitate transfer of knowledge on coastal tourism, this web site has a resource guide, a best practice database and members directory.
International Tourism Partnership
Information, support, publications for responsible tourism.