Travelife
Hotels and apartments in destinations all around the world are making incredible efforts to ensure that their properties and resorts are doing the right thing, such as paying fair wages, buying local produce, having great recycling policies in place and ensuring best use of energy and water.
But how do we get to find out about all this good work so we can help our customers make an informed choice of which holiday to book?
Thomas Cook and Neilson have been working closely with ABTA to develop a solution to this question. The result was the launch of the Travelife Awards, a system for recognising all the good work being done in tourism businesses, such as hotels, and helping them to shout about their efforts to as wide an audience as possible.
Achieving a Travelife Award isn't easy and requires a good result from a Travelife Audit. This involves a visit from a Travelife auditor, who'll look at employment records and energy bills, interview staff, and inspect the property thoroughly to ensure excellent management of energy and water, chemical usage and community relations - to mention just a few. There are three levels of award and they will be found throughout the Thomas Cook /Neilson brochures:
- "Travelife Bronze" : these businesses reduce their impact on the environment and treat people in a fair and respectful way.
- "Travelife Silver" : is a business that actively helps the local community and environment.
- "Travelife Gold" : is a business that leads the way with advanced sustainability actions, encouraging others to become involved. They encourage others to be involved, seek continual improvements and actively communicate their progress
More information about Travelife work and awards can be found on the Travelife website.