by annapollock@me.com | Mar 28, 2017 | Conscious Travel, Growth, Markets, Transformational Travel, Transformative Travel, Value & Views
As predicted earlier, the buzzword “du jour” in tourism is fast becoming transformation. Its predecessor, sustainability, has through over and mis-use become meaningless and ineffective lacking the capacity to lift hearts, inspire hope and, ironically, sustain action....
by annapollock@me.com | Nov 26, 2013 | Conscious Travel, Leadership, MOVE, Value & Views
I recently spoke at the Adventure Travel World Summit 2013 in Namibia urging the members to respond to the acknowledgment made by the Secretary General of the UNWTO, Taleb Rifai, a year prior, that adventure travel was the future of tourism. I suggested that the...
by annapollock@me.com | Jun 30, 2013 | Indigenous Values, Mindsets, MOVE, Place, Value & Views
A core tenet of Conscious Travel is an understanding that each place is alive and sacred. Host providers will develop truly sustainable livelihoods that benefit their communities when they come into right relationship with all life. Our indigenous brothers and sisters...
by annapollock@me.com | May 23, 2013 | MOVE, Protection, Value & Views
Since I watched Rajan Datur’s video coverage of the WTTC Global Summit on Fastrack in Abu Dhabi last month (see last post), I’ve been unable to silence a song from my childhood that replays in my head – Danny Kaye’s musical rendition of the famous tale of Hans...
by annapollock@me.com | Dec 31, 2012 | MOVE, Place, Protection, Value & Views
Well dear friends I hope you had a restful, merry holiday break with those you love. The good news is that we survived the end of the world that some had predicted! The great wheel of time turned We’re moving on – we’re sensing a big shift...
by annapollock@me.com | Oct 23, 2012 | Conscious Travel, Mindsets, MOVE, Place, Value & Views
If I had to summarize what Conscious Travel is all about in just three words I’d use: Value, Mindset, Place Value The biggest tragedy associated with mass, industrial tourism is that it is selling itself, the rest of humanity and the planet short. Ironically, this is...
