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		<title>WHL Group Supports the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/14/whl-group-supports-the-ecotourism-and-sustainable-tourism-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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The Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) is North America’s largest and only conference focusing on sustainability in the tourism industry. Scheduled for 8-10 September 2010, it is fittingly being held in Portland, Oregon (hosted by Travel Portland and Travel Oregon), a leading U.S. city that has been consistently rated &#8216;the most sustainable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Asia Announces 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/07/05/wild-asia-announces-2010-responsible-tourism-awards-finalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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Wild Asia has announced the finalists for the 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards. The selection of the trim shortlist of six candidates narrowed the focus to endeavours in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
&#8220;We received a selection of high-quality checklists and this proves to show that the network and awareness of RT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s Soomaa-ch to Discover in the European Ecotourism Hotspot of Estonia</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/06/19/theres-soomaa-ch-to-discover-in-the-european-ecotourism-hotspot-of-estonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Natasha Robinson
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Aivar Ruukel has made quite a name for himself in ecotourism, particularly in his native Estonia, where he grew up in the midst of the country&#8217;s largest pristine wilderness: Soomaa. Roughly translated as &#8216;Land of Bogs,&#8217; the area is, in Ruukel&#8217;s words, &#8220;a vast complex of raised bogs, wet alluvial forests with fens, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Responsible Safari Company in Malawi Lives Up to its Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kate Ward and Natasha Robinson
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Malawi-based The Responsible Safari Company (TRSC) just got even more responsible. A partnership with the United Nations Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in the country&#8217;s southern Zomba District has created a unique ecotourism program that lets visitors experience firsthand how the UN&#8217;s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are being implemented in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHL Group Supports Wild Asia&#8217;s 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/05/17/whl-group-supports-wild-asias-2010-resposnible-tourism-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WHL Group is this year&#8217;s global media partner for Wild Asia&#8217;s 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards. Now in their fifth year, the Awards are part of Wild Asia&#8217;s Responsible Tourism Initiative, an ongoing campaign to promote sustainable destinations through tourism – a goal vitally important to both partners.
&#8220;The Awards give us the opportunity to acknowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responsible Tourism Week 2010: May 17-21</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/05/12/responsible-tourism-week-2010-may-17-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second year in a row, Planeta.com is proud to announce Responsible Tourism Week, revving up for action from May 17-21, 2010.

Created first in 2009 when the Belize Responsible Tourism Conference was cancelled due to the swine flu outbreak, RT Week, scheduled just a few weeks before World Environment Day, is &#8220;a free demonstration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Adventures Named Best Travel Startup of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/04/29/urban-adventures-named-best-travel-startup-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 29, at the 2010 Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore, a Web Innovation Award for Best Travel Startup of the Year was awarded to Urban Adventures.

&#8220;As a team and a network we&#8217;re thrilled to be name Best Travel Startup of the Year,&#8221; commented Mark Robson, CEO of Urban Adventures. &#8220;It&#8217;s a reflection of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Urban Adventures Featured on Getaway</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/04/23/san-francisco-urban-adventures-featured-on-getaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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On Thursday 1 April, Urban Adventures was featured on Getaway, Australia&#8217;s favourite travel show (link directly to the video).
The chosen destination – one of more than 50 in 30-plus countries on six continents in which Urban Adventures offers unique day tours – was the inimitable Golden Gate city of San Francisco, California. Getaway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHL Consulting and 360 Cities Collaborate on Bringing Panoramic Photography to Project:Exposure</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/04/14/whl-consulting-and-360-cities-collaborate-on-bringing-panoramic-photography-to-projectexposure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ethan Gelber
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The effect is stunning. For armchair explorers it&#8217;s about as close to a live visual experience of a place as one can get. Immersive spherical panoramic photography, sometimes called VR (virtual reality) photography, practically puts the viewer in the place of the photographer, the latter having taken multiple digital photos of a place, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latvia&#8217;s &#8216;Grown-Ups&#8217; Effect Change in Riga&#8217;s Beleaguered Children&#8217;s Hospital</title>
		<link>http://www.whl.travel/blog/2010/04/01/latvias-grown-ups-effect-change-in-rigas-beleaguered-childrens-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Natasha Robinson
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It is a sorry state of affairs when, due to a crippling lack of medical supplies and equipment, a mother is forced to buy a thermometer for the hospital in which her child is being treated. But that is just one of many concerns expressed by worried parents, especially on social networking sites [...]]]></description>
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