The Travel Foundation

Accommodation Providers

• Gecko Villa

  Gecko Villa was established through the cooperation of a travel professional and local villagers in the Northeast of Thailand. Gecko Villas aim is to maximise the economic benefits of tourism whilst protecting the environment and focusing on a positive social impact. All employment is sourced locally, as are all services and products and all profits are retained by the local community. So far the operation has permitted many of worthwhile changes such as reforestation, organic produce production, promotion of local traditions, the financing of education and the reduction of economic migration and family dispersal.

• Hilton Worldwide

  Hilton Worldwide is the leading global hospitality company, with over 3,700 hotels totalling over 610,000 hotel rooms in 82 countries and territories. In 2008 the company announced its global sustainability target to reduce CO2 emissions, energy consumption and output of waste by 20% and water consumption by 10% by 2014. Hilton Worldwide is the first major multi-brand hospitality company in the industry to make sustainability reporting a brand standard. Hilton Worldwide properties using LightStay, a proprietary system developed to analyze and report sustainability performance, reduced energy use by 5%, carbon output by 6%, waste output by 10% and water use by 2.4% in 2009 versus 2008.

• STAY WYSE

  STAY (Safe Travel Accommodation for Youth) WYSE Association is the only global forum and trade association for organizations involved in youth travel accommodation (YTA). As a not-for-profit industry association STAY WYSE brings together the diverse segments of this significant multi-billion dollar industry. The association works to provide much needed support and representation for one of the youth travel industry’s fastest growing niche markets by gathering, analysing and sharing important research data and market intelligence with their members, academics, corporate and government decision-makers.

• The Mandore Guest House and Project

  Situated just a stone’s throw away from the historic and beautiful ‘Mandore Gardens’ in India. Mandore Guest House boasts delightful accommodation in the form of spacious bungalows/chalet style cottages, all encircling a large, leafy garden. The Mandore Guest House also bring people together through their voluntary organisation, Marwar Medical and Relief Society, founded and incorporated as an Non Government Organisation (NGO) in 1987/88, to share skills, creativity and learning with the aim of building a fairer world through the active involvement and collaboration between volunteers and the host community.

• Tipi Algarve

  Situated near the beaches of Portimao and the beautiful mountains of Monchique, Tipi Algarve provide tipi, yurt and safari tent accommodation and private camp kitchens. They grow their own organic vegetables and support principles of permaculture and sustainability such as composting, recycling, solar power and reed bed systems for toilets. They support the local community through the purchase of local, organic farm produce and letting their neighbours goats graze on their land, they also buy the cheese the goats produce.  They invite families, couples and groups to explore wellbeing through a variety of holiday retreat options.