'Travelife is an international certification scheme which has been developed by the travel industry for the travel industry. Travelife has been designed as an affordable and fair system that helps hotels and accommodations to improve the way they manage their social and environmental issues, by complying with the requirements of its 99 robust sustainability criteria. And if a property meets the criteria requirements, they will receive a Travelife Bronze, Silver or Gold award, allowing them to proudly display their award status on their websites, stationery and in their properties.'
The Travelife scheme is aimed mainly at accommodation providers, suggesting a range of measures that can be adopted to support sustainable tourism.
Details of the scheme can be found at the link below:
English Travelife LeafletThe Travelife scheme includes a number of components including:
- The Travelife Collection – a scheme through which the public can book accommodation that has made a commitment to sustainable tourism practices and has been awarded Travelife awards
- Getting started in sustainability – a collection of short videos aimed mainly at accommodation providers to demonstrate what can be done to increase sustainability
- Case Studies – examples of three accommodation providers which have adopted the Travelife scheme to make their business more sustainable
- The Travelife sustainability handbook – detailed information about sustainability issues and the policies which can be developed to address these issues
Travelife Collection
'The Travelife Collection is the directory of hotels and accommodations that have made strong commitments to protecting their local environment and improving the lives of their employees and their surrounding community. All the hotels featured in the Travelife Collection have been through a comprehensive environmental and social audit where they have demonstrated that they have put in place working practices to meet the robust requirements of Travelife criteria.'
Evidence Log 2 - The Travel Life Awards
Use your evidence log to research and record details of properties that have won Travelife awards
Discuss with a partner what benefits you think accommodation providers might obtain from being a member of the Travelife schemes.
Evidence Log 3 - The benefits of TravelifeUse your evidence log to record three benefits the accommodation providers featured in the Travelife Collection might obtain from being a member of the scheme.
Getting Started in Sustainability This section of the Travelife scheme provides a wide range of information relating to how a business can develop sustainable practices and work towards the Travelife Awards. Information is available at the link below:
http://gettingstarted.travelife.org/The information is divided into seven sections:
- Water
- Energy
- Waste
- Monitoring
- Buying local
- Fair employment
- Communications
Work through the seven sections in the link
http://gettingstarted.travelife.org/watching a video clip from each one. Use your evidence log to summarise the message of the video in the table
Evidence Log 5 Water ConsumptionOne of the most important aspects of sustainability within accommodation is the consumption of water.
http://gettingstarted.travelife.org/Using the link above, describe and evaluate the range of measures that can be adopted by accommodation providers to reduce the amount of water consumed.
Evidence Log 6 Case StudiesThree case studies of how accommodation providers in three destinations have adopted sustainable practices are featured at the link below.
http://www.travelife.org/Tourism_Business_New/case_studies.asp?p=4Read the information on each of the businesses and summarise the sustainable practices which have been developed in each case.
The Travelife Sustainability Handbook provides accommodation providers with very detailed information about how they can develop and implement sustainable practices.
The handbook can be downloaded from the link below.
Supplier Sustainability Handbook English (PDF)Download pages 46 to 51 of the Travelife Sustainability Handbook. And complete the table in your evidence log by summarising what can be done by accommodation providers to address social and community issues.
