Felicity Goldsmith May 6th, 2008
The New Zealand team has grown considerably since we started out in 2004, and recently we decided to sponsor our own kiwi chick, Ra, who lives at Rainbow Springs in Rotorua, New Zealand. Rainbow Springs Nature Park is a tourist attraction committed to the conservation of native New Zealand plants and birds, and the development of sustainable tourism within the region. A major part of its efforts are in kiwi conservation, and the birth of ‘Kiwi Encounter’ means visitors can now see their work in action. Chicks such as Ra are incubated and hatched at Rainbow Springs, and raised until they are 1kg in weight. They are then released back into the wild by the Department of Conservation.
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Tags: animals, kiwi, New Zealand, rotorua
Jim Millward March 28th, 2008
We appear to use tonnes of paper in our brochures and other printed material, however, as a company we are actually very paper efficient. Our brochures are produced in very low volumes and have a long ’shelf life’ because they don’t contain departure dates or prices. We have found that we are printing less brochures per region than we were five years ago.
We are talking to printers about the environmental friendliness of all our printed material with a view to improving it further. You may have noticed that the latest edition of Audley Traveller carries the FSC logo (Forestry Stewardship Council), which means that both the printer and the paper source have been audited to ensure sound environmental practise. We are exploring using naturally based inks on everything we print and using carbon neutral printers. At present it’s not possible to print our brochures on fully recycled paper as the quality isn’t to a high enough standard, however, it’s already possible to print on paper that is partially recycled. Similarly we are also investigating fully biodegradable/recyclable options for the plastic bags that brochures are mailed out in. Electronic communication via the web and email will undoubtedly cut down on our printing but is unlikely to ever completely stop it.
You can now also view all our brochures online in a completely interactive format.
Jim Millward January 14th, 2008
Delighted by the results in the Daily Telegraph and responsibletravel.com survey at the weekend where Audley came out top in the luxury tour operator sector. Good to see that all the responsible travel practises that we are putting in place are being recognised. We can’t really be pigeon-holed as just a luxury tour operator although we undoubtedly offer luxury trips. You can read more about our responsible travel on the main Audley website and within all the trip ideas.
Emma Skelton November 2nd, 2007
We’re delighted to announce that Audley has once again secured 3* Responsible Travel status from AITO, scoring no less than 100 points out of a possible 100!The three star award is the highest level of Responsible Travel recognition offered by AITO and means that we have demonstrated successful implementation and continual improvement of our Responsible Travel policy. More »
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