Tourism Breaking News
While everyone deserves a break over the holidays, it is difficult not to be concerned about our impact on the environment in the current climate, given all the news about how traveling is damaging our fragile world. The good news is that we can still enjoy a well-earned getaway, while reducing the carbon impact and reaping the benefits of our downtime. Cross Hotels & Resorts offer a ton of inspirations and ideas for that this month, called traveling mindfully.
Cross Hotels & Resorts priceless natural resources are benefited by the vital and kind partnership between Meaningful Travel and Socialgiver. The Big Trees Project will benefit from your package purchases through the Socialgiver website by receiving 50 per cent of your money, which will go towards nature preservation and the preservation of green spaces all around Thailand. This project is gratifying and makes you feel wonderful.
The hotels have some fantastic suggestions for taking part in September’s World Car Free Day. A project that allows for thinking on how to lessen our reliance on cars. Although they are practical and beneficial, cars nevertheless produce a worrying quantity of pollution. World Car Free Day is a way to highlight these issues and contribute to reduce CO2 emissions. So, we are urging everyone to take the initiative by stepping up, to start their day by leaving their car keys at home.
People are becoming more aware of what they eat, and hotels are thrilled that Moreganic, a world-class vegan restaurant, is reopening at Away Chiang Mai Thapae Resort. It offers a calm and serene atmosphere and is tucked next to the hotel’s tropical grounds. The restaurant creates the tastiest cocktails, including the Banana, Cocoa, and Almond Milk Shake, while adhering to the Thai Buddhist principle of abstinence from alcohol.
Staycations offer the chance for a planned vacation with a relaxation-oriented agenda. They still hold true, as does avoiding weekend crowds when traveling. There are some affordable weekday specials and staycation suggestions to help you make short-term vacation more your style.
Presently, Cross Hotels & Resorts manages 26 hotels in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan under the five separate brands of Cross, Cross Vibe, Away, Lumen, and Cross Collection. Crosshotelsandresorts.com has more details.
