Earth Month with Planeterra

Earth Month with Planeterra ˆ A 10% Discount on All Voluntour Travel Booked in April and Gold Sponsorship of 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
 
TORONTO, April 8, 2010 ˆ Celebrating sustainable communities around the world and travelers‚ opportunities to give back globally, Planeterra Foundation (http://www.planeterra.org/), a global non-profit dedicated to sustainable community development through travel and voluntourism, announced an Earth Month campaign that provides a 10 percent discount on all new bookings for its voluntourism programs made from now through April 30 for travel departing before Dec. 31, 2010.
 
The non-profit also believes in supporting organizations that foster the well being of global tourism. Planeterra was recently announced as the Gold Sponsor for the upcoming 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards http://www.tourismfortomorrow.com/ to be presented at the Global Travel & Tourism Summit in Beijing, China www.globaltraveltourism.com/Beijing2010 May 25-27.
 
In 2009, Planeterra, together with its founding organization, Gap Adventures, (http://www.gapadventures.com/), were finalists for the coveted award in the category of Global Tourism Business.
 
„We have tremendous respect for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards. With our ongoing mission to present our own triple bottom line business as a successful model that mainstream tourism can emulate on a larger scale, we‚re continuing to reach out to the largest tourism organizations with that message through our major Gold Sponsorship this year,‰ said Planeterra‚s Director Richard G. Edwards.
 
The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, now in their sixth year under the World Travel & Tourism Council‚s (WTTC) stewardship are aimed at recognizing best practice in sustainable tourism within the Travel & Tourism industry worldwide. Given the growing concern about natural and cultural resources, these Awards are particularly important to WTTC and provide the Council with the opportunity of promoting and partnering with the industry leaders in responsible tourism, highlighting the prime examples of best practice.
 
Each year, winners and finalists are honored at a special ceremony during the Global Travel & Tourism Summit - one of the highest-profile events in the industry, facilitating dialogue between decision-makers, and thus influencing future action in one of the world's largest industries - Travel & Tourism.
 
In observance of Earth Month and to stimulate travelers to experience the benefits of voluntourism, Planeterra will be offering a special 10% Discount promotion for any voluntour booked during April.
 
A complete listing of the 19 global projects offered in 2010 can be found at: http://www.planeterra.org/pages/voluntours/4.php. Programs are offered in 15 different countries in the regions of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
 
Planeterra Foundation is a global non-profit dedicated to sustainable community development through travel. It was founded in 2003 by Gap Adventures. Planeterra evolved out of a long history of travelers committed to finding ways to give back to the people and places they visit.
 
For information on Planeterra please visit: http://www.planeterra.org/ or call: 416-260-0999.
 
Interact with them on Facebook at:
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Follow them on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/PlaneterraCares
 
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