Tourism Cares News + Media Highlights

Enjoy some of the recent highlights capturing our work, leadership, and collaboration in the travel industry.

NEWS

RELEASE: Destination Resilience Take Center Stage at Tourism Cares’ 2026 North American Meaningful Travel Summit in Asheville, North Carolina
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Unveils Cutting-Edge Digital Platform for its Meaningful Travel Map
RELEASE: Asheville, North Carolina, Selected as Host for the 2026 Tourism Cares North American Meaningful Travel Summit
RELEASE: Tourism Cares and Tourism Authority of Thailand Partner to Spotlight Sustainable Tourism at 2025 Global Meaningful Travel Summit
RELEASE: Advancing Purpose-Driven Events: Tourism Cares Releases Innovative Meaningful Events
Planning Guide Centered on Community Impact
RELEASE: Celebrating a Year of Industry Momentum and Expanded Impact with Tourism Cares
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Announces Major Expansion of its Meaningful Travel Map, Surpasses 550 Global Impact Partners and Welcomes the First Map in Africa
RELEASE: Tourism Cares and UnTours Foundation Launch the Meaningful Travel Fund to Support Purpose-driven Tourism Businesses
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Advances Sustainable Tourism Program in 2025 with the Launch of New Meaningful Travel Roadshow
RELEASE: Tourism Cares and The Hawaiian Islands Unveil the Meaningful Travel Map of Hawai’i to Promote Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Connections Across the Islands
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Launches ‘Get on the Map’ Campaign in October to Promote Sustainable Travel Solutions
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Hosts its 2024 North American Meaningful Travel Summit with the Willamette Valley, Focusing on Agritourism, Sustainability, and Inclusion in Travel
RELEASE: Conscious Travel Organizations Solidify Partnership to Tackle Industry’s Most Pressing Concerns
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Hosts Global Meaningful Travel Summit with Panama, Emphasizing Sustainable Tourism Through Community Empowerment
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Advances Sustainability in Travel with Expansion of Meaningful Travel Program in 2024
RELEASE: Willamette Valley Visitors Association Joins Tourism Cares’ Meaningful Travel Program; Will Serve as the Host of the North American Meaningful Travel Summit in Fall 2024
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Celebrates 20 Years of Uniting the Travel Industry; Launches New Global Meaningful Travel Map as part of Milestone Anniversary
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Supports Panama’s Transformation of its Tourism Sector by Participating in Country’s Innovative Community Tourism Experience Contest
RELEASE: Tourism Cares and U.S. Travel Association Partner to Give Back to Host Destination of San Antonio, Texas at 2023 IPW Travel Trade Show
RELEASE: Making an Impact in Norway - and on to Panama!
RELEASE: Tourism Cares and Destinations International Partner
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Turns Twenty in 2023
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Partners to Form Power of Partnership Stewardship Summit
RELEASE: Tourism Cares takes its Summit to British Columbia
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Receives the Destinations International Spirit of Hospitality Award
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Focuses on Community-Led Tourism in Colombia
RELEASE: Tourism Cares Announces Partnership to Increase Diversity in Guided Tours + Experiences Market

RECOGNITION AND IMPACT

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

Gather & Go with Brian Jewell Podcast - “The Future of Meaningful Travel with Jessica Flores”. Listen Here >>
Travel Weekly - “Mapping Out a Better Way to Travel”

Business Class: The Tourism Academy Postcast - Interview with Tourism Cares founder Bruce Beckham. Listen Here >>
TravelAge West - “What We Learned at Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Summit in Norway”
Insider Travel Report - Interview with Robin Tauck, former chairwoman of Tourism Cares, and Greg Takehara, CEO (video)

Travel Press: “Tourism Cares Unveils Its New Vision: Non-Profit Rebrands, Expands Membership Options And More”
Travel Week: “Tourism Cares expands membership to individual travel professionals”
PAX News: “Tourism Cares invites agents to join mission in creating sustainable travel”
Travel Market Report: “To Reflect a ‘New Approach,’ Tourism Cares Rebrands and Adds Individual Memberships”
Tourism Cares Unveils Sustainable Future, Travel Begins at 40
Tourism Cares Launches New Brand Campaign Expands Vision and Membership Insider Travel Report
Tourism Cares unveils expanded vision and membership, Travel Weekly
Travel Think Tank with Tourism Cares hosted by Pat Miller, The Idea Coach (video below)

Blacks in Travel and Tourism is First Grant Recipient of Tourism Cares’ Diversity in Tourism Fund, Adventure Travel News

Tourism Cares announces new members to Board of Directors

Yahoo! Finance, Colombia showcases its competitive advantages in sustainable tourism with Canadians, March 11, 2021

Six Global Organizations Announce Future of Tourism Coalition (June 2020)

SPOTLIGHT: THE PEOPLE + PLACES OF TOURISM CARES

Plan Wallata | Tourism Cares Grantee

Plan Wallata was awarded a grant to support a five-year Tourism Development Plan for the Town and District of Ollantaytambo, to ensure the sustainability of Ollantaytambo as a “Living Inca Town” destination, based on a community-level approach and capacity building to create a diverse product offering. These Impact Tourism Grants are made on behalf of Carlos Arrarte Global Treasures Fund.