Sustainable Travel

Growing Up at Hotel Korinjak: My Family’s Journey as Croatia’s First Vegetarian Hotel

Growing Up at Hotel Korinjak: My Family’s Journey as Croatia’s First Vegetarian Hotel

Some stories resist being put into words, and my grandfather’s life is one of them. Looking back on my childhood, I realize just how unusual it was: growing up on the island of Iž, surrounded by yoga, meditation, gong baths, and people from every corner…

Small Hotels with Heart: Personally run accommodations that feel like home

Small Hotels with Heart: Personally run accommodations that feel like home

If you travel often, then you are familiar with the pleasant luxury of large, professionally run hotels—spacious lobbies, room service, and efficient anonymity. Do you sometimes long for a place where people greet you by name? A place where the same friendly host family welcomes…

Sustainable travel at a glance: Background, facts and tips

Sustainable travel at a glance: Background, facts and tips

If you’re like us, then you know that we can’t travel the way we did a few years ago. Maybe you’ve even changed the way you travel and are now looking for more sustainable options. Or maybe you want to learn more about the relationship…

Sustainably furnished: Hotels with handmade wooden furniture

Sustainably furnished: Hotels with handmade wooden furniture

Do you enjoy sustainable travel and have a passion for design and wooden furniture? Then you’re just like me! Before I moved to the Middle East, two of my favorite pieces of furniture were a beautiful 19th-century wooden cabinet and a desk that was once…

Tourism with an impact: A resort in Nepal fights child mortality and human trafficking

Tourism with an impact: A resort in Nepal fights child mortality and human trafficking

When Englishman Douglas Maclagan first traveled to Nepal in 1993, little did he know that the trip would change his life – and the lives of many others – forever. What began as a harrowing encounter led to an extraordinary tourism project in the foothills…