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Broaden your vacation horizons: Viceroy Kopaonik Serbia to be the heart of alpine action east of the Adriatic

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Viceroy brings its signature vibe and hospitality experience to Kopaonik, Serbia. The modern high-end destination resort is Viceroy’s second mountainside hotel. Serbia’s largest mountain range, Kopaonik, will soon be home to an unprecedented for Serbia modern luxury hospitality experience. Viceroy Hotel Group unveiled plans for Viceroy Kopaonik Serbia, a contemporary 120-room ski resort ideally located at … Read more

2017 World Legacy Awards Winners: leaders in tourism sustainability

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Coinciding with the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Tourism Development, the five winners of the 2017 National Geographic World Legacy Awards were announced during an awards ceremony at 2017 ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism trade fair. The World Legacy Awards, a partnership between National Geographic and ITB Berlin, showcase the leading travel and … Read more

The vertical forest concept popularized in Milan is brought to Nanjing, China

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A breath of fresh air: First ambitious Vertical Forest project is raising in Nanjing. Not only will the sustainable urbanization project be the first in China, but in all of Asia. A total amount of 1100 trees from 23 local species and 2500 cascading plants and shrubs will cover a 6.000 sqm area of the … Read more

Blackadore Caye, Leonardo DiCaprio’s vision of the greenest luxury resort, to become reality

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Award winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio is opening his eco-resort in the Belize. Leonardo DiCaprio‘s luxury green project in Belize is approved. The eco-friendly resort development at Blackadore Caye near Ambergris Caye, will become reality in 2018. Blackadore Caye is the world’s first truly restorative island development – a development completely powered by renewable energy and … Read more

Giant panda no longer ‘endangered’ but iconic species still at risk

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There are still only 1,864 giant pandas left in the wild. After decades of work, it is clear that only a broad approach will be able to secure the long term survival of China’s giant pandas and their unique habitat, made even harder by climate change impacts. The giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ … Read more

New sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

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The 2016 World Heritage Committee, meeting in Istanbul, Turkey from 10 to 17 July has inscribed 21 new sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. They include 12 cultural sites, six natural and three mixed sites. The World Heritage List now numbers 1052 sites in 165 countries. The state of conservation of 155 sites was … Read more