Sustainable Tourism Law

UMBRELLA LABEL FOR BOOKING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SERVICES 169 Association) 32 , Studiosus, Gebeco and Inatour, we also plan to strengthen additional sustainable products besides hotels to continuously increase sustainable travel bookings.” Other tour organizers will follow. V.2. Bistro Portal by Traveltainment Lufthansa City Center and DER Touristik (DER Reisebüro, Derpart and the member agencies of DTPS) will introduce the new label in their travel agencies and will make sustainable hotel offers visible in a pilot testing phase. The Futouris members will be supported by the company travel bridge, which records and updates in a database hotel offers with a sustainability certification by recognised organisations from all over the world. In cooperation with GIATA, these hotel offers can be imported via an automated interface in various systems of travel agencies and tour operators. Initially, these hotel offers will be visible in the widely used ‘Bistro Portal’ by Traveltainment 33 . Travel agents can find detailed information about the certified hotels on the portal www.greentravelindex.com . 34 Green Travel Index combines in a database that is constantly updated the sustainable hotels certified by recognized organizations worldwide. Currently, the Green Travel Index platform, which feeds from this database, includes more than 4400 offers. Through the new labelling – a signature and the title “sustainably certified” – travel agents will be able to instantly identify hotels that have been awarded a sustainability certification by a recognised organisation. This allows travel agents at the counter and those using the booking platform “Bridge” to meet with precision the existing demand for sustainable travel offers and offer adequate hotels with an added value in terms of sustainability in the future. V.3. Labelling in travel brochures Apart from the electronic labelling in Bistro, Thomas Cook will be the first tour operator to introduce the signature in its travel brochures, which will be published by the end of October for the summer season of 2018. With this action, Thomas Cook highlights all hotels with a recognised sustainability certification that can be booked via the tour operator brands Neckermann Reisen, Thomas Cook Signature, Thomas Cook Signature Finest Selection and Öger Tours. 32 https://www.drv.de/fachthemen/nachhaltigkeit/futouris.html. 33 http://www.traveltainment.de/. 34 www.greentravelindex.com .