Comments for Harold Goodwin's Blog

Comment on CoaST reaches 10th birthday by Sally

Sally — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:54:32 +0000

I love Manda’s quote. Congratulations on your 10th Anniversary

Comment on Travel Trade success in tackling all forms of child abuse by Travel Trade success in tackling all forms of child abuse

Travel Trade success in tackling all forms of child abuse — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:19:01 +0000

[...] Harold Goodwin’s Blog: “Travel Weekly has taken up the issue of child abuse and produced a two page special report by Melanie Hall on how the trade can tackle the abuse of children.” Read full article here. [...]

Comment on Community-Based Tourism: a success? by Mercedes Lopez

Mercedes Lopez — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:58:36 +0000

I read this article and I think it is very interesting, at the momment I’m doing a research in bottom-up CBT in the rural communities of Lake Titicaca in Peru, this approach bottom-up is taken as local entrepreneurship and business ideas of tourism borne from the local habitants, this model proves to be successful at least in certain communities in Lake Titicaca, they have been practicing tourism since the 1970s.

Comment on Volunteering is back in the news by Volunteering is back in the news

Volunteering is back in the news — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:26:05 +0000

[...] Harold Goodwin’s Blog: “The panel on volunteering at WTM last November was a lively discussion about what needs to be done to make volunteering more responsible.” Read full article here. [...]

Comment on Tourist abuse of the Jarawa continues by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:26:12 +0000

Fantastic Information !! I appreciate your information.

Comment on The British government is paying for unqualified teenagers to travel the world? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:29:53 +0000

here are my thoughts for what they are worth _ i profess to know little about international aid but i do think i have learnt a little about effective volunteer programmes http://blog.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk/?p=2892
can someone more influential than me get someone to answer my questions?

Comment on Good point – but beeing widely misunderstood by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:27 +0000

The blog may be clearer now, but the infographic misses the point. It reminds me of the cricket image you have used in your presentations.
More irksome is the fact that I posted my criticism on their blog as well but my comment is still awaiting moderation.

Comment on Good point – but beeing widely misunderstood by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:19:12 +0000

The original blog has now been improved and is now clear.
“Thomas Cook is committed to sustainable travel � the world is rapidly changing and there are dozens of man-made and natural wonders which are critically endangered. From the impressive snow caps of Mount Kilimanjaro to the romantic city of Venice, these are places under threat from changes in the environment. So to tie in with the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting which is currently being held in Davos, we have produced this infographic which identifies 5 endangered holiday destinations which, without intervention, may disappear in the foreseeable future.
To learn more about sustainability and to learn more about what you can do to minimise the impacts of travel, visit http://www.thomascook.com/sustainable-tourism
For the reworded blog see
http://blog.thomascook.com/infographics/5-endangered-places/

Comment on The Trouble with Chocolate by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:35:00 +0000

I have worked with quite some Fairtrade certified farmers organizations. The Fairtrade premium money (the extra money we pay as consumers) does not go directly to the farmers or farmer families, but to the farmers cooperative, association, confederation or whatsoever. While the public still believes that the Fairtrade money goes straight to the farmer. The way the Fairtrade premium is distributed among the members of that specific farmers organization differs within each organization. I have seen some good examples (Ecuador, Costa Rica) and some bad examples (Tanzania, South Africa). My experience is also that the Fairtrade auditors are in many cases lacking profound knowledge and experience, simply because they are only a few days at a certain location and that is too few to get to know the true situation, the power relations, the level of corruption etc.
Harro Boekhold | Contour Projects

Comment on Surcharges are back by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:29:30 +0000

The Company response
We are very conscious of the disruption that implementing a small surcharge causes to schools groups and regret having to pass even a small charge on to our groups.
Our prices for this winter season are calculated in August 2010. Since that time we have seen significant cost increases arising from aviation, transportation fuel and other costs. The change in currency costs over the year has also added to the cost increase.
The vast majority of fuel and currency costs are hedged � but these changes still have a material effect. We have worked hard to absorb as much cost as possible, covering not only the 2% cost that we are obliged to do, but typically �17 of the additional �30 cost increase. (this �30 over and above the 2%)
We have notified ABTA of our intention to surcharge. This notification consists of them checking our calculations are correct and that our terms and conditions meet the requirements of the PTR regarding surcharging. ABTA have confirmed we have met these requirements and then publish this on their website.