Centre for GOOD Travel, Lower Hutt (2025)

02/01/2025

From The Centre for GOOD Travel team, we want to thank you for being part of our community in 2024, partnering with us, learning with us, dialoguing with us, and traveling with us. We wish you beauty and goodness for 2025.

We start the year feeling positive about continuing to nurture regeneration and resilience within and beyond the tourism sector, along with all of you. 💚🌱

#2025

14/08/2024

Our Moms and Daughters group of GOOD travellers are safely home from Peru we’re so happy they had an amazing time! Trekking with llamas, visiting Machu Picchu, exploring Cusco and spending time with our wonderful partners at Peruvian Hearts it was a wonderful adventure with GOOD at its heart, with every part of the trip designed to contribute to the places we visited.

17/07/2024

In our latest GOOD News, we spotlight South Africa, Mzansi, and share examples of tourism supporting the regeneration of places and communities.

Have a story to share? Contact us: [email protected]

https://ow.ly/uQ6750SCYVk

12/07/2024

The next session of the Stories of Active Hope course, in collaboration with The Tourism CoLab, starts soon:

🗓️ 28 August 2024
🕖 07:00 AM-9:00 AM AEST | 5:00 PM-7:00 pm EDT | 10:00-12:00 PM CET

The course runs for 6 weeks and includes pre-recorded videos and resources. It also includes 6, two-hour live sessions facilitated by Josie Major and Debbie Clarke, who hold a space for deep reflection, open and generative discussion, and a collective process of shaping ourselves and our stories with a regenerative approach and framework in mind.

Find out more and book your spot: https://www.thetourismcolab.com.au/stories-of-active-hope

10/07/2024

One of the accommodation groups that we chose for our experience in South Africa is Antrim Collection (consisting of Antrim House, Villa, and Apartments).

They are nestled in the heart of Green Point in Cape Town and we chose them because of their focus on social and environmental sustainability and impact. Most notably, they have a shared profit and ownership structure that can offer a positive model for many tourism businesses.

This structure includes transparent profit sharing, an employee ownership program, inclusive decision-making, fair wages and benefits, and professional development opportunities. The employee ownership program allows employees to become shareholders and directly benefit from the financial value created by the business. Each year, a percentage of profits is also shared with employees in the form of bonuses. Outside of this, Antrim commits to fair wages and opportunities for professional development.

The inclusive, collegial, and collective nature of their work can be felt when you stay with them.

In South Africa, economic equality is an ongoing challenge, and initiatives such as these offer a pathway for positive change.

Learn more about Antrim Collection: https://ow.ly/GSoa50Sz9en

03/07/2024

For our travel experiences in South Africa, we are very pleased to work with Abang Africa Travel.

Since Abang Africa opened in 2005, they have been a pioneer in eco-tourism and responsible travel in South Africa. They focus on crafting experiences that have a positive impact, are carbon neutral, and are created in partnership with sustainable partners. They operate with transparency and care and have extensive knowledge about sustainable tourism options in the region.

Abang Africa was also the first Travelife-certified tour operator in the world and is an advocate for reform in the industry.

Read more about how they began and how they work: https://abangafrica.com/about/

Join our upcoming small group with them, led in partnership with Baron Wright: https://www.good-travel.org/trips/south-africa-2025

01/07/2024

Destination Spotlight: South Africa!

Over the next weeks, we'll be travelling virtually through South Africa, showcasing some of the inspiring organisations and individuals doing awesome sustainable and regenerative work in their places.

South Africa is one of our core destinations and we led our first partnership trip there in 2018. It's a dynamic and vibrant place, with beautiful landscapes, incredible biodiversity, diverse and rich culture and a complex history.

We've had the privilege and honour of working with and learning from many people, tourism businesses and community-based organisations in South Africa over the years and we're glad to share more about them in the coming posts and stories.

We hope you'll join us! 🌍 💚 🇿🇦

25/06/2024

Are you interested in being a guest blogger for The Centre for GOOD Travel?

Over the years, several guest bloggers have contributed to the resources we share with our global community. The topics covered included insights into research and trends in sustainable tourism, inspiring travel stories, tips and guidance on how to be a responsible traveller globally and in specific destinations, tourism business case studies, and more. Many of these blogs continue to be read, month after month.

We would love to share more stories and knowledge from within our diverse community. 🌱

DM or email us to find out more: [email protected].

18/06/2024

If you're wondering what The South African Experience - in partnership with Baron Wright - is all about, give yourself a few minutes to watch this beautiful reflection created by our Sustainability and Strategy Advisor Karin Nunan.

Learn more: https://www.good-travel.org/trips/south-africa-2025

17/06/2024

In our latest , we consider how tourism could support thriving communities. We share tips on how to keep your tourism spend and provide more information on The South Africa Experience and upcoming events.

Read it here: https://ow.ly/3Lc350Sk5Rn

14/06/2024

The South Africa Experience is live and open for bookings!

Led in partnership with Baron Wright and Abang Travel Africa, this trip is a captivating journey of South Africa's multifaceted past, immersive present, and hopeful future.

Learn more about South Africa's history and various cultures through a collection of diverse stories and experiences.

🌍 Cape Town, Goedverwacht, and Johannesburg
🗓️ 15th to 23rd February, 2025

→ Visit and tour Robben Island
→ Enjoy a Malay cooking class in the BoKaap
→ Journey further into the Cape and stay with local families
→ Get a taste of South Africa's amazing wines and food
→ And more

Book your spot here: https://ow.ly/J1vh50SiQzt

11/06/2024

The next session of our Stories of Active Hope course, in collaboration with The Tourism CoLab, is open for registration.

A regenerative approach to storytelling will help you connect to the stories you need to tell and with your unique ability to tell them.

The course includes weekly live sessions, facilitated by Debbie Clarke and Josie Major, who create a space for reflection, rich discussion and meaningful connection with fellow participants. This connection is further amplified by being a part of the Tourism CoLab community through the course.

First live session:
👉 Wednesday July 24th, 2024
🐦 Early Bird Special until July 4th, 2024

Sign up here: https://ow.ly/j5qM50SfHHN

05/06/2024

Today we celebrate the environment, the ecosystems, the forests, the oceans, the biodiversity - the wonders of our planet. 🌍

World Environment Day calls for us to reflect on our impact on the environment and take action to support land restoration and regeneration. 🌱

How are you celebrating the environment today? 💚

21/05/2024

We often have opportunities to engage with students about our work at The Centre for GOOD Travel and discuss how tourism could serve thriving communities and places. Most recently, our co-founder, Eliza Raymond, spoke with students at the Victoria University of Wellington through a seminar for their Wellington International Leadership Programme (WILP). Together with the students, Eliza explored the question: can tourism be a force for GOOD?

The students shared some of their reflections from the seminar and how it shifted their perspectives and thinking on tourism’s purpose.

Youth make up an estimated 20% of global tourism annually and empowering them to travel responsibly and understand tourism's potential could lead to important shifts in the industry.

Thank you to the WILP students for your engagement in our session!

15/05/2024

We'll be launching our South Africa Experience 2025 in the coming weeks!

Developed and led in partnership with Baron Wright, this experience is a trip into history, an immersion into the present, and a look into our personal and collective futures.

Stay tuned...

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10/05/2024

Enjoy a quick read of our latest GOOD News this weekend 💚 🌍

https://ow.ly/zjcb50RC0Np

07/05/2024

Karin Kitsman Nunan, our Sustainability and Strategy Advisor and our resident storyteller, has created a series of videos that capture the GOOD Travel experiences she has participated in over the years.

This first story showcases our recent group trip to South Africa, led in partnership with Baron Wright and with the support of Abang Africa Travel.

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03/05/2024

We've been nurturing our newsletters, to make them richer and more valuable to our growing community of travellers, operators, policy-makers, and advocates.

Sign up to receive travel tips, reflect on some pressing topics in tourism, find inspiring businesses, and learn more about our latest trips and programs.

The upcoming issue of our GOOD News is out next week!

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