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 | responsiblevacation.com's sister site responsibletravel.com celebrates 10 years since it was founded on 6th April 2001, growing from just 15 vacations at the launch to almost 4,000 vacations in April 2011. |  |
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 | responsiblevacation.com launches in the US, taking UK-based sister site responsibletravel.com's 10 years of outstanding tourism experiences to a new generation of responsible travelers. iknowagreaplace.com launches a brand new question and answer feature, where community members can ask and/or answer travel questions from people all over the world. |  |
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 | responsibletravel.com publishes the 4000th independent traveler review. responsibletravel.com releases first social & environmental impacts (CSR) report. responsibletravel.com becomes one of the first travel organisations to remove CO2 offset and sparks a debate about carbon reduction. Start working with TravelPledge to encourage travelers to donate to projects in vacation destinations. responsibletravel.com becomes the first travel agent to launch a carbon comparison flight search. |   |
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 | responsibletravel.com publishes first audit of responsible tourism of the UKs biggest travel companies with national UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph. Awards attracted a record 1950 entries Michael Palin says 'the responsible tourism awards are one of the most important ways that we can learn to travel better.' responsibletravel.com publishes 3000th traveler review and reaches 3000 vacations in 160 countries and across 250 activities. After 2 years of planning launches a travel community www.IKnowAGreatPlace.com "local secrets from a world of travelers". Watch our community video Launches a vision for the Future of Tourism in a special issue of Geographical Magazine UK, and creates www.futureoftourism.com give us your views! |
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 | responsibletravel.com annual vacation sales reach £10m. responsibletravel.com offers 2500 vacations from 270 tour operators - by far the biggest specialist green or eco travel business. Launches magazine to promote the Award winners - now the largest scheme of its type globally. Forms partnership with Conservation International to promote grass roots community tourism in developing countries. |   |
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 | Annual vacation sales for responsibletravel.com reach £4m. | £4 million |
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 | Launches The Responsible Tourism Awards. responsibletravel.com successfully campaigns to persuade UK tour operators Thomson, Thomas Cook and MyTravel to publish policies for responsible tourism. publishes first national press supplement in the UK on responsible travel with The Observer newspaper |   |
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 | responsibletravel.com offers one of the first carbon offset schemes in tourism. |  |
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 | responsibletravel.com Ltd launches with private investors including Anita & Gordon Roddick from The Body Shop. It is the first business in the world to talk about responsible travel & tourism, and the first business dedicated to promoting eco, green or responsible vacations on one site. Publishes unedited travelers reviews on their experiences and responsible travel. In the years to follow responsibletravel.com works with 100s of tourism businesses to screen them for the site, and to help them improve their policies |  |
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 | Justin Francis writes his MSc dissertation on establishing a portal for responsible travel after being inspired by a village elder on a visit to Kawaza village in Zambia.. |  |
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