Wales Tourism and Visit Planning

Thomas Cook highlights responsible tourism

Holiday In Wales Thomas Cook's newest Summersun and Tropical Shores brochures, describing its holiday programmes for the rest of 2006 and 2007, specifically highlight hotels with 'responsible tourism' policies.

First issued by Thomas Cook to promote his trips to London's Great Exhibition in 1851, Cook's Excursionist provides page after page of detailed itineraries, fares, lists of hotels and Cook's offices, testimonial letters, accounts of tours, advertisements and editorial comment. The monthly issues of this publication, which was eventually issued in 13 separate editions around the world, document not only the expansion of Thomas Cook's business but also the early development of tourism itself. As such, this is probably the most important collection in the Archives.

Holiday Wales The brochures provide at-a-glance logos on hotel pages highlighting hotels that have special facilities for children, adults, celebrations, all-inclusive holidays etc, but the latest addition for the new brochures is a green 'responsible tourism' logo.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales The 18 hotels that have been awarded these logos are those that have demonstrated via detailed questionnaires that they take environmental and social issues seriously and work to ensure that their operations run responsibly.

Germany is Europe¯ leading retail and tourism group. Its core activities include Karstadt department stores at prime locations in German cities, domestic and international mail order companies, and the Tourism business (Thomas Cook). In the 2005 financial year, the group generated sales of EURO 15.5 billion and employed 68, 200 fulltime staff.

Caravan Holiday In Wales Each hotel achieved a perfect score on a checklist, taken from the Supplier Sustainability Handbook and formulated by Thomas Cook in partnership with the Federation of Tour Operators.

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Camping Holiday Wales Typical areas of focus include responsible approaches to laundry, use of hot water, beach cleanliness and the local environment.

ßhe new tourism group will be free of debt, have high financial reserves and thus will be well positioned to proactively participate in further market consolidation in Europe, should we see the opportunity to increase value for our shareholders. As a result of the merger, we will generate significant synergies, which will improve the profitability of the new Thomas Cook Group plc on a sustained basis stated KarstadtQuelle AG CEO, Thomas Middelhoff, Chairmandesignate of the new company. åith the merger, KarstadtQuelle AG will achieve a considerable value increase for its shareholders. We will be creating an international retail and tourism group with total sales of Euro 21 billion with approximately 50 percent of revenues generated internationally, stated Middelhoff. The basis for the current merger was the recent agreement by which KarstadtQuelle acquired Lufthansa¯ 50% stake in Thomas Cook.

Accommodation Holiday Wales Each highlighted hotel also has independent accreditation from a body such as Green Globe, EMAS and ISO 140001.

Holiday Last Minute Wales Tony Hopkins, Director of Product and Publishing, at Thomas Cook, said: "Responsible tourism is increasingly on the agenda in the UK, and we wanted to highlight the fact that this is something that Thomas Cook and its hotels take seriously. We liaise with every hotel in our portfolio to express the importance of environmental and social issues, as well as having many responsible processes in place across the Thomas Cook organisation. The hotels highlighted are those that have exceptional measures in place. Now our brochures will help environmentally conscious travellers choose a hotel whose principles match their own."

Catering Holiday Self Wales The hotels that have gained Thomas Cook's Responsible Tourism Award are:

Holiday Wales Walking * Olympic Lagoon Resort, Cyprus

Family Holiday Wales * Sol Milanos Pinguinos, Menorca

Holiday Riding Wales * Sirenis Jabaque Apts, Ibiza

Adventure Holiday Wales * Nissi Beach Holiday Resort, Cyprus

Holiday Park South Wales * Xanadu Resort Hotel, Turkey

Cottage Holiday Wales * Iberostar Ciudad Blanca, Majorca

Holiday In Wales * Iberostar Palace, Fuerteventura

Holiday Wales * Eden Alludia, Majorca

Cottage Holiday In Wales * Hotel Cala Blanes S.A., Menorca

Caravan Holiday In Wales * Playa Club, Lanzarote

Camping Holiday Wales * Iberostar Creta Panorama, Crete

Accommodation Holiday Wales * Paradisius Rio de Oro, Cuba

Holiday Last Minute Wales * Aldemar Royal Mare Hotel, Crete

Catering Holiday Self Wales * Viva Hotels, Majorca

Holiday Wales Walking * Villa Hotels, Maldives

Family Holiday Wales * Holiday Island, Maldives

Holiday Riding Wales * Iberostar Creta Marine, Crete

Adventure Holiday Wales * WOW Topkapi Palace Hotel, Turkey