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Condé Nast Traveler’s September 2005 Issue to Feature 11th Annual Ecotourism Awards

Condé Nast Traveler’s September 2005 issue will feature its 11th annual Ecotoursim Awards.

Since 1994, Traveler editors and a group of industry judges who have a specialized interest and knowledge in ecotourism review tour operators, lodges/resorts and specific destinations for exemplary eco-tourism practices.

Award submissions are judged by core criteria including: preservation of natural surroundings, respectful involvement with the local culture and government, and guest experience, education, and awareness.

For the 2005 awards, the judges include:

• Adam Aron, Chairman and CEO of Vail Resorts
• Ralph Buckley, Director of the International Center for Ecotourism Research at Griffith University in Australia
• Hector Ceballos-Lascurain, Director General at the Program of International Consultancy on Ecotourism and Special Advisor on Ecotourism to the World Conservation Union
• Mark Conroy, President and CEO of Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
• Karen Ford-Warner, Past Acting Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)
• Eugenio Yunis, Head of the Sustainable Development of Tourism Department, WTO
• Martha Honey, Executive Director of The International Ecotourism Society
• Sven Linblad, President of Lindblad Expeditions
• Ron Mader, Director of Planeta.com
• Hitesh Mehta, EDSA Ecolodge Architect
• Stanley Selengut, President of Maho Bay Camps (Received the first Condé Nast Traveller Ecotourism Award)
• Shannon Stowell, President of the Adventure Travel Trade Association

Think your organization deserves an Ecotourism Award? Research is already under way! So for those of you who are considering it, stay tuned for 2006 (Nov. 1st applications are expected to be available). To be considered, write to .