2010 Innovation Award Finalist: Rainforest Alliance
Organization: Rainforest Alliance
Nominated by: Jessica Webb, Rainforest Alliance (Organization Category)
Project Description
The Rainforest Alliance provides tourism entrepreneurs and community-based businesses in Latin America with the tools and training they need to become more environmentally and socially responsible, to compete in the marketplace and to contribute to the conservation of the local cultures and nature. Last year, we launched the Rainforest Alliance Verified program, which includes the following services:
- Training modules – from one day seminars to multi-day workshops, we provide tourism businesses with the tools and know-how they need to manage their business sustainably through best practices
- Technical Assistance – businesses work together with our qualified sustainable tourism assessors to create a sustainability management plan tailored to the business’ needs
- Verification Visits – an assessor makes an on-site visit to evaluate the business on its application of sustainability practices, so that management can see where they are doing well and where they need to improve
- Marketing benefits – businesses that fulfill certain requirements (see below) are eligible to receive promotional benefits from the Rainforest Alliance, including use of the Rainforest Alliance Verified mark, representation in local and international trade shows, and inclusion in promotional Web sites and printed materials
All of our tools and modules are aligned with the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria.
Topics covered include:
- Clean technologies
- Waste management and recycling
- Carbon offsetting
- Preserving and reviving local culture and heritage
- Quality in service
- Administration and planning
- Biodiversity conservation
- Green marketing
- Gender equality as a mirror of the social commitment of the business
By working on improving their environmental, social and economic practices, tourism businesses:
- Ensure the future of their water and energy sources and natural and cultural treasures so that they can thrive for years to come
- Improve their bottom line and cut costs by learning how to save energy, use less water, and reduce staff turnover
- Give their guests a more authentic, memorable and satisfying experience, by assuring them that they can feel good about choosing their business
- Prepare for certification with one of the members of the Sustainable Tourism Certification Network of the Americas or, in the future, a Tourism Sustainability Council accredited program
- Improve their competitiveness by reaching international markets that are increasingly demanding sustainable services
- Receive marketing and promotional benefits from the Rainforest Alliance (see our brochure for more details)
What do tourism businesses gain from the implementation of best practices and what costs do they incur? To answer this frequently asked question, the Rainforest Alliance developed a study, entitled Best Management Practices in Tourism Businesses: Their Benefits and Implications, which examined 14 hotels of various sizes, types of locations and market niches in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Nicaragua that are participating in our verification program. The analysis found that, through the application of best practices, these tourism businesses reduced their operating costs and improved both the quality of their service and their company’s image.
Here are some of the study’s specific findings:
- Seventy-one percent of the hotels decreased their water consumption, and 31 percent reduced the amount of money they spent on water.
- The hotels saved an average of $2,781 on their water bills. One hotel in Nicaragua reported an annual savings of $7,900.
- Ninety-three percent of the properties reported a decrease in energy consumption, even though 15 percent of them expanded their installations.
- The reduction in electricity consumption resulted in lower power costs for 64 percent of the hotels, with an average annual savings of $5,255. One Nicaraguan hotel saved $17,300.
- Seventy-one percent of the businesses reduced solid waste, while the remaining 29 percent maintained stable waste levels, even though their occupancy rates increased.
- The decrease in garbage production also generated savings, with 79 percent of the businesses repurposing discarded materials, such as glass food jars that were reused as vases.
- At 83 percent of the hotels, managers supported conservation efforts in protected areas, which they believe improved their competitiveness.
- All of the hotels purchased goods and services from small and medium local enterprises, and 64 percent of them saved money in transportation costs.
- All of the businesses hired local workers, and hotel administrators found that employees were more motivated after attending training sessions; 93 percent of the hotels reported a decrease in staff turnover.
Rainforest Alliance Community-Based Business Training
Costa Rica Hotel with Solar Panels
Related Links
Video: Testimonials from tourism entrepreneurs and interviews with Rainforest Alliance staff.
Report: “The Costs and Benefits of Implementing Best Management Practices for Tourism Businesses”
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For the past decade, I’ve had the honor and great pleasure of working with The Rainforest Alliance. Through our company’s association, we were provided with the tools and know how to make our cruise operation more sustainable. Since that time, they have become a role model to emulate within the tourism industry. They fully understand that nature must be protected first, so that tourism can benefit. Their vision, various initiatives and energy are impressive and I fully support their nomination for this award.
Travelocity’s Travel for Good program greatly values our relationship with Rainforest Alliance. Their vision and hard work are making a difference in the sustainable tourism space.
Here’s hoping they win the organization category for The International Ecotourism Society’s (TIES) 2010 Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Awards.
The Rainforest Alliance has been tremendously helpful to Aventouras in helping us identify the best and most sustainable tour operators, lodges, and guides to work with across Latin America. Without RA our efforts to find the best responsible options in our destination countries would have been far harder, and in some cases impossible. The Rainforest Alliance deserves this award because its work is connecting travelers with sustainable travel operations–which is exactly what the sustainable operators need the most.
Our company has received unvaluable support from The Rainforest Alliance, not only internally to provide sustainable experiences to all our visitors, but also spreading the message worldwide during trade shows, workshops and familiarisation trips to international tour operators and travel agents.
Because of their leadership and professional hard work, The Rainforest Alliance must be the winner of The International Ecotourism Society’s 2010 Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism.
A Quien Corresponda,
Estimados Amigos
La Reserva Ecologica YARINA apoya a Rain Forest Alliance por sus varios proyectos que se llevan a cabo en el Ecuador, proyectos que estamos seguros con el apoyo de todos salen adelante y contribuyen con los objetivos planteados
Saludos a Rain Forest Alliance y felicitaciones por su calificacion como finalista
Suerte y exito en todas sus gestiones
We certainly recognize the work that Rainforest Alliance has done in providing Technical assistance and the tools for tour operators like ourselves to reach a clean sustainable ecotourism operation. Congratulations on your nomination and we sincerely vote for RA to be the winner of The International Ecotourism Society’s 2010 Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
Rainforest Alliance es una organización con gran capacidad de desarrollar procesos sostenibles, beneficiando directamente a las empresas, el personal y las comunidades locales de zonas rurales y urbanas de nuestros paises.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
We from TOTOCO Ecolodge believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
All the best and keep up the amazing work!
Kind regards,
From all of us here at Totoco Ecolodge
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America o lo que ustedes quieran
Rainforest Alliance, es apoyada en Nicaragua por su capacidad de promover un programa de Turismo sostenible inteactivo con los dueños y dueñas de hotel, además de promover la participación de turismo rural. Exito para ellos.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
I, the undersigned, believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America. As the owner of hotel campestre el Pantano we participated from the beginning with the Rainforest Alliance organization in Nicaragua. During our first evaluation for the application of Best Practices for Sustainable tourism, we managed to get well over 50% of the total points available for certification. Rainforest Alliance without doubt is the most active and most recognized organization to promote sustainable tourism.
Wim van der Donk
Owner Hotel campestre El Pantano
Jalapa, Nueva Segovia
Nicaragua.
We, the members of the Cooperative for Tourism development in Las Segovias, COODETUR Las Segovias de R.L., strongly believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
As a cooperative we participate actively with the Rainforest Alliance organization as one of our objectives is that all tourism businesses of our members are to be certified as businesses who apply Best Practices for Sustainable Tourism and who apply clear Policies of Corporate Social Responsibility.
Wim van der Donk
Vice President COODETUR Las Segovias
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America o lo que ustedes quieran
I believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America, specially in Nicaragua.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements
in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
We strongly support Rainforst Alliance to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award. Their model and policies have made them THE organisation to go to for advice on sustainable tourism.
The Costa Rica Association of Professionals in Tourism – ACOPROT – strongly supports the Rainforest Alliance to win the 2010 TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award, for their achievements and dedication in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America. We congratulate our friends and vote for them to be an indisputable winner.
The Rainforest Alliance and the Mexico Tourism Board are working together to promote sustainable tourism. Through two “Sustainable Mexico” seminars in New York City over the past year, we have introduced the media and industry to this country’s wealth of biodiversity and cultural heritage, as well as the efforts hotels and destinations are making to protect these treasures under the Rainforest Alliance’s guidance.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
We, the undersigned believe, that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América
We support RAINFOREST ALLIANCE to win the TIES innovation in sustainable Leadership Award. It´s a very serious organization thoroughly committed to Sustainable travel and excellent for advice in these issues
I just found the website http://www.sustainabletrip.org and it is great to find options where one can travel responsibly. This website is also from the Rainforest Alliance, so I think it is a GREAT way to be part of the solution and help us to choose hotels and destinations that care about our planet. As a frequent traveller to Latin America, especially to Ecuador, I support the Rainforest Alliance for this award.
Nuestro hotel ha recibido un soporte invaluable de Rainforest Alliance, el cual nos ha servido mucho en nuestro hote. Es una empresa muy seria la cual ayuda a promover el turismo en nuestro pais.
“We, the undersigned believe, that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América”
We, the undersigned believe, that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
Jan Strik, Vapues Tours
We, the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America”. their work in Mexico has been so helpfull to our tourist destinations to be social and envirommental friendly
Rainforest Alliance , deserves to win the TIES innovation, due the effort work in South America to Keep a Sustanaible tourism specially in Cusco Peru.
Regards
Joaquin
We, the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
“We, the undersigned, believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América”
Rain forest nos ayuda a mejorar nuestros servicios para ofrecer un turismo mas ecologico y mas sostenible. Gracias a Rain Forest de creer en nuestra asociacion de turismo rural comunitario.
We support RAINFOREST ALLIANCE to win the TIES innovation in sustainable Leadership Award. It´s a very serious organization thoroughly committed to Sustainable travel and excellent for advice in these issues. Their work in Mexico is magnificent.
Rainforest Alliance, deserves to win TIES innovation, for their efforts especially in the Mexican Caribbean to maintain a sustainable tourism
I believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
Luisa Amanda Madrigal
Ecoturismo de Nicaragua
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
Graeme R. Clarke, Ultitude
Cezary Pietrzak, Wanderfly
Todd Smith, Adventure Smith Explorations
Jennifer Leong & Rob Holmes, Green Living Project
Kathy Nontasak, National Geographic
John Watson, Aventouras
Sonya Bradley, Country Walkers
Richard Edwards, GAP / Planeterra
Robert Kalish, Central America Travel Exchange
Peggy Newfield, Latin American Escapes
Andrea Holbrook, Holbrook Travel
Sandra Borello, Borello Travel
Clara Torres, Mexico Tourism Board
Rainforest Alliance in Quintana Roo, México has done an excellent work, we supports them to win the 2010 TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award, for their dedication in promoting sustainable tourism. We wished that their activities are fortified and continued by several years.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
Rainforest Alliance is a very important organization due to its commitment to the enviroment; thanks to its support, many companies are being oriented to a more sustainable culture.
Aventuras Tierra Verde.
We,the undersigned, believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
Camara de Turismo de Guatemala – CAMTUR
Instituto Nicaraguense de Turismo, INTUR
Claudia De Del Aguila,Asociacion Guatemalteca de Exportadores AGEXPORT
Ana Echeverría, Comision de Turismo Sostenible, COMITURS
Hotel Jardines del Lago
Antonio Ralda, Takalik Maya Lodge
Lourdes Maldonado, Takalik Maya Lodge
Centro de Turismo Ecuestre y Posada Rural Unicornio Azul
Hotel Quetzali
Hotel Ajau
Deisy de Piraneque
VaPues Tours
Operador Latino
Four Directions Tour Operador
Mayan Zone Tour Operador
Siyaj Chan Tour Operador
Verena Veliz
Haroldo Mazariegos
Ana Vasquez
El hotel Best Western Los Andes de América, localizado en Cusco-Perú ha recibido capacitación y ayuda tecnica para implementar buenas prácticas en turismo sostenible por Rainforest Alliance, a pesar que somos un hotel de ciudad, hemos podido aprender muchas acciones y procesos nuevos con el fin de cuidar el medio ambiente y ayudar a comunidades.
Realizan un buen trabajo !!!
Elena Sánchez
Administradora
Best Western Los Andes de América.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America:
ARGE, Germany
CATA, Spain
Swiss Travel Service, Costa Rica
Vesatours, Costa Rica
Fair Travel, Sweden
Panorama Tours, Costa Rica
GPS Italia, Italy
Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica
Aventuras Naturales,Costa Rica
Costa Rican Trains, Costa Rica
Amerikaventure, France
Quest Overseas, UK
Americas, UK
Baobab Reizen, Netherlands
Sawadee Reizen, Netherlands
Hands Up Holidays, UK
Elemento Natural, Costa Rica
Travel Excellence, Costa Rica
From Kapawi Ecolodge and Reserve in Ecuador, we support the Rainforest Alliance fot this important award. We work very close together to conserve biodiversity in our Amazon.
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America. Support from companies in Ecuador and Peru.
Tibisay Monsalve, Sociedad Hoteles de Peru
Joe Koechlin & Inka Terra Team, Inkaterra, Peru
Kurt Holle & Martin Schmidt, Rainforest Expeditions, Peru
Mylenka Reyes, Manu Wildlife Center, Peru
Diego Bonilla, Consultant in Galapagos, Ecuador
Andres Ordoñez, Kapawi, Ecuador
Raúl Medina, Andean Adventures Peru & Tambopata Ecolodge, Peru
Shenny Matheus, Manager, Sierra Negra Expediciones, Ecuador
Norma Bock, Buro de Convenciones Quito, Ecuador
Doris Peñaherra, Empresa Metropolitana Quito Turismo, Ecuador
Marlene Espinoza, Lima Tours, Peru
Anibal Clavijo, Hotel Sumaq, Peru
Amazon Dolphin Lodge, Ecuador
Yarina Eco Lodge, Ecuador
Encantados de apoyar a Rainforest Alliance desde Perú. Wasai Lodge & Expeditions.
Manatee Amazon Explorer and Mantaraya Lodge and Advantage Travel,from Ecuador,work with the principals of Rain Forest Alliance in the way of the sosteinable Tourism, We support this important award nominations of Rain Forest alliance.Good Job to all the Rain Forest Team
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America. Support from allies in Ecuador & Peru.
Sociedad de Hoteles, Peru
Inkaterra, Peru
Kapawi EcoLodge & Reserve, Ecuador
Diego Bonilla, Ecuador
Manu Wildlife Center, Peru
Rainforest Expeditions, Peru
Andean Adventures, Peru
Tambopata Ecolodge, Peru
Sierra Negra Expeditions, Ecuador
Buro de Convenciones e Incentivos Quito, Ecuador
Empresa Metropolitana Quito Turismo, Ecuador
Lima Tours, Peru
Hotel Sumaq, Peru
Wasai Lodge & Expeditions, Peru
Amazon Dolphin Lodge, Ecuador
Yarina Ecolodge, Ecuador
Nosotros apoyamos 100% a Rainforest Alliance en esto ya que creemos que lo que hacen es algo excelente para el mundo del turismo y al mundo en general.
We believe that Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award because of the great work that they carry out to promote sustainable tourism in Latin America. Our experience in Peru gets better and better. They are working very hard to get hotels and tourism providers to follow sustainability principles for a fairer, cleaner, and better tourism.
We are proud to support R.A. and to work alongside them promoting sustainable tourism in Peru.
Tropic Journeys in Nature was the first tour operator to sign an agreement with Rainforest Alliance to promote and encourage local providers to implement its Best Practices program in Ecuador, since then we haven’t stopped working. I am always impressed by their hard work, commitment and support. We are pleased to work with Rainforest Alliance and very happy to be able to support their nomination for this award.
We, from Cotococha Amazon Lodge in Ecuador, fully support Rainforest Alliance for obtaining the TIES nomination. Thank you for your continuing efforts and creating more awareness of sustainability. This is the only alternative for the future and please continue to make tourism and our society more sustainable! Kind regards, Bram van Leeuwen – http://www.cotococha.com
I fully support Rainforest Alliance in becoming the TIES award winner. The value they provide for our society by creating more awareness of being sustainable in tourism and in our daily lives is immeasurable. Please continue with your ongoing support! Kind regards, Bram van Leeuwen – Cotococha Amazon Lodge – Ecuador
http://www.cotococha.com
http://www.andesandamazon.com
El hotel miconia en San Cristobal Galapagos esta feliz que instituciones sin fines de lucro como Rain Forest tengan como vision el buen manejo de los ecosistemas para el futuro de los que vendran. Nosotros hemos recibido capacitacion y nos hemos concientizado de cuidar lo que es nuestro y de nuestras generaciones y mas en este paraiso unico del Munco.
Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES award, since it is compromised with the conservation of the local cultures and nature and it is involved with different enterprises in order to get this objectives. Sandoval Lake Lodge and Cock of the Rock Lodge are pleased to work with Rainforest Alliance.
Rain Forest Allaince must be the one…. The Innovation Award….
They been helping our eco lodge “Montecristo River Lodge” in the Rio San Juan, Nicaragua. (We actually are in the rain forest of Nicaragua). Yes helping us and lots of other lodge and small hotel, teaching us about sostainability, how to be socialy responsible bussines, and how to use better practices in our places of bussines. They had been the leaders, guide, teacher, motivators, advisors, associate with real compromise and showing us real benefits for our effort by implementing the Eco-Index and the new web search based plataform used to promote eco sustainable bussines.
My vote will is for Rain Forest Allaince.
Agustin Llanes
Montecristo River Lodge
Rio San Juan, Nicaragua
“We, the undersigned believe, that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin América”
La Hostería Ecológica Shishink ubicada en Puerto Quito – Ecuador, ha recibido ayuda técnica y asesoría para realizar un manejo sustentable y armonioso con la naturaleza de parte de Rainforest Alliance. Les felicitamos por haber sido elegidos finalistas y pensamos que merecen el Premio 2010 de Innovación del Liderazgo en Turismo Sostenible por la Sociedad Internacional de Ecoturismo (TIES), por la gran labor que realizan
HOTEL HACIENDA ABRASPUNGO recibio capacitacion de Rainforest Alliance y apoyamos 100% a esta organizacion que sin fines de lucro busca un futuro mejor haciendo un mundo mejor.
El Hotel Real Audiencia ubicado en el Centro Histírico de Quito, tiene muy claro desde hace varios años que la primera Responsabilidad Social es con la Madre Naturaleza que es el patrimonio de la humanidad, y Rain Forest Alliance es la institución que desde sus inicios nos ha impulsado de distitnas maneras a consolidar estos principios.
Gracias RAIN FOREST ALLIANCE
Gustosa de apoyar el valioso trabajo que realiza Rainforest Alliance, por salvaguardar nuestro planeta.
sigan adelante.
Diana Arteta.
In Hatuchay Tower Machu Picchu Hotel, we count on the continued support
Rainforest Alliance to implement our Manual
Best Practices in Sustainable Tourism.
Rainforest Alliance has helped us to identify our
weaknesses to turn them into opportunities. Our vote is
for them!
Nuestro apoyo a Rainforest Alliance, ya que con el apoyo de ellos cada dia hacemos realidad nuestra superviviencia por medio de un turismo sostenible que nos permite la conservacion de nuestra rica biodiversidad, y el mejoramiendo de la calidad de vida de nuestra gente
Rainforest Aliance has turned out to be one of the most valuable factors for our success. Their support has been outstanding but most important, Rainforest Alliance is making a huge change in our little country, towards conservation.
Jens Larsen
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve
Felicito el trabajo que desempeñan en Rainforest Alliance, especialmente porque nos ayudan a tomar conciencia de lo importante que es cuidar de nuestro planeta. Sigan Adelante…
Apoyamos a Rainforest Alliance, hacen un trabajo fantastico!
Santiago Martinez
Gentian Trails – The Authentic Experience
I fully support Rainforest Alliance in becoming the TIES award winner
We at Selva Negra Ecolodge, Matagalpa Nicaragua fully support Rainforest Alliance for the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award. We have many years experience with Rainforest Alliance for coffee certification and have found their support and guidance very helpful in our goal of sustainability. We have recently started working with them for our Ecolodge in our tourism division and look forward to gaining their knowledge and support to elevate our efforts in organic living and sustainably maintaining natural reserve property.
Nosotros somos Cabañas Germany Ecolodge, estamos en la Amazonia Ecuatoriana y estamos felices de todo el apoyo que hemos recibido de Rainforest Aliance, gracias a todas las capacitaciones que hemos recibido, estamos aplicando las Buenas Prácticas para un turismo Sostenible, mejorando nuestras empresas y siendo mucho mas amigables con el medio ambiente.
Hola, soy Diego y hablo de parte de Tapir Lodge, ubicado en la zona de Sucumbíos dentro de la Reserva Faunística Cuyabeno en Ecuador. Estamos trabajando con Rainforest Alliance ya casi 3 años, y es indudable la mejora de calidad que nuestro Lodge ha alcanzado en manejo, presentación y servicios durante ese tiempo. Algo que nuestros clientes siempre buscan y nosostros estamos orgullosos de ofrecer. Rainforest ha sido un gran soporte, con capacitaciones y revisiones periódicas, verdaderamente un plus para una compañía que busca trabajar en Ecoturismo. Además, Rainforest se jacta de ser una empresa con un gran capital humano con el cual estamos gustosos de trabajar.
Le deseamos lo mejor y esperamos que Rainforest Alliance alcance el Ties Innovation Award de este año.
Diego Betancourt – Nomadtrek & Tapir Lodge Team – Quito/Sucumbios – Ecuador
Hi
We are Nica Adeventure Tours
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
Thank you
Nicaragua Tierra de Lagos y Volcanes
NICA ADVENTURE TOURS
WE SHARE LIFE EXPERIENCES
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America.
Thank you
Since the beginning of this year have we been working with Rainforest Aliance for our Pantiacolla ecolodges. They teach us, analise our situation and, more than anything, inspire us to invest more in reaching sustainability. Rainforest Aliance holds a unique position in the eco-tourism world and I therefore fully recommend them for the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award.
Marianne van Vlaardingen – Pantiacolla Ecolodges – http://www.pantiacolla.com
Dear Friends,
Thanks to the support and hard work of Rainforest Alliance we have been able to improve our sustainable practices in our operations at Hacienda Manteles, located near Baños – Ecuador. We thank Rainforest Alliance for all their help and support in every sense. We really believe they deserve this award !!!
Good luck and we really hope you win this award.
María Clara Durán – Hacienda Manteles – Baños-Patate, Ecuador
Casa Patricia, León, Nicaragua
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America especially for their work they have done and are doing in Nicaragua. We are a small hotel in Las Peñitas on the pacificside close to León and we recived a lot of help, contacts, support and empowerment for our commitment to sustainable tourism. Thank you very much for not only working with hotels but also looking for the small ones far away for the capital, because they have different problems.
They are doing a great work here and deserve this price more than any other organization. Thank you a lot
Patricia Eggers-Piest
owner Casa Patricia, León, Nicaragua
Definetely, we as Yacuma Ecolodge think that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America. As Yacuma Ecolodge located in a magnificent spot in the Ecuadorian Rainforest, received a lot of support, professional assistance and empowerment for our commitment to sustainable tourism and support to the local Indigenous community.
Rainforest Alliance is doing a great work and has the right to get this price.
Hugo Torres
Yacuma Ecolodge
http://www.yacuma-lodge.com
I really congratulate the wise effort of Rainforest Alliance and for them only our try to improve our sustainable practices in our operations is so successful.
I really wish them best of their luck in near future and they truly deserves the accolades.
La Rererva EL JAGUAR,the Eco lodge and the sustainable coffee farm believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
As Projects and Investments Director for the Ministry of Tourism of Ecuador I can state that we know the work of the Rainforest Alliance. We have been working together to support small tourism companies to improve their competitiveness while applying sustainable tourism best management practices. We support the Rainforest Alliance for this award.
It is a pleasure to greet you, work as a consultant for Community Tourism in the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism-INGUAT-at the office of Cultural Heritage to support community tourism in a sustainable manner; For this reason we know the work that the Rainforest Alliance, as active member of the National Bureau of Community Tourism in Guatemala and we know the contribution that development to enhance this segment, both gunned down every initiative that recognizes this organization as an example of social investment in a responsible manner.
Sincerely, Mario Alexander Peren
Community Tourism Specialist
Thumbs up for all the efforts that Rainforest Alliance have done to promote sustainable projects and initiatives in different fields. Great source of knowledge in terms of responsible practices but specially a supportive partner to enrich what we do every day.
All the best,
Eduardo Doig
Commercial Director
Viajes Pacifico/Gray Line Tours Peru
From the city of Quito, we belñeive that Rainforest Alliance deserve this recognition for its works in sustainability, that allowed the industry to think smart and in the future. T
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
Congratulation to the sustainable tourism team at Rainforest Alliance. You really deserved this award, we are proud to be part of the innovative companies that chose to follow your lead. Thank you for your great support in helping tourism businesses to implement sustainable tourism practices in their daily operations.
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El trabajo de Rainforest en Nicaragua a poyado a la empresa privada,a entender la imporatncia de implementar mejores practicas como valor agregado en su promocion y tambien a sido muy importante el apoyo a fortalecer la politica de turismo sostenible en del pais,
We the undersigned believe that the Rainforest Alliance deserves to win the TIES Innovation in Sustainable Leadership Award for their achievements in promoting sustainable tourism in Latin America
I believe that all the places that provides touristic services should look after the environmental health of the places they are established in!
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