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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Best Practice in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism

THM404 · Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality — Week 10 of 16

CourseTHM404
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Best Practice in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism

  1. Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) criteria
  2. Eco-resort case studies
  3. Environmental certifications including LEED and Green Key
  4. Corporate decarbonisation roadmaps
  5. Embedding Sustainability into Strategy and Execution

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Discuss best practice in sustainable business practice in tourism and hospitality.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss best practice in sustainable business practice in tourism and hospitality.

Study materials

Videos

  • Embedding Sustainability into Strategy and Execution · YouTube · INSEAD · 33 min · for registered students
  • What is sustainable tourism? Why sustainable tourism management is so important · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · for registered students
  • Transition Pathway for Tourism (European Commission, 2022) · Reading · Eu, report · for registered students
  • European Capital of Smart Tourism (EU initiative and best-practice compendia) · Reading · Eu, case study · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  • Week 2: Sustainability in the Business Environment
  • Week 3: Destination Impacts of Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Managing Destination Impacts
  • Week 5: Principles of Sustainable Tourism
  • Week 6: Mitigating Tourism Impacts Through Sustainable Approaches
  • Week 7: Policy Frameworks Supporting Sustainable Tourism
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Operational Sustainability Initiatives in Hospitality and T…
  • Week 10: Best Practice in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism
  • Week 11: Business Impacts of Sustainability Initiatives
  • Week 12: Applying Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality in pract…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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