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Keynote speakers for Sustainable Business Event

Great keynote speakers confirmed to participate at the Round Table Africa 2011 Sustainable Business Event. The Theme being ‘Business resilience, sustainability and the rapidly changing environment’ The event will provide excellent networking and knowledge sharing opportunities through financial match making … Continue reading
Sorting your trash: a responsible and worthy endeavor

As we strive to find solutions to issues such as an overabundance of waste and a shortage of lucrative job opportunities, promising recycling ventures in Tanzania are springing up that are providing work for some hard up citizens in the … Continue reading
Round Table Africa 2011Sustainable Business Event.

Africa has an enormous potential of natural resources to provide for the people of Africa. However to afford this for present and future generations, it will require a culture of sustainability in the business world. The Round Table Africa 2011 … Continue reading
Criteria for accommodation sector

RTTZ advisory committee have developed a set of criteria for the hotels/ lodges and camps to meet with the RTTZ certification standards. These criteria are still in the draft stages for a final review by the committee. The criteria have … Continue reading
RTTZ reviews guidelines

RTTZ have reviewed the guidelines that were originally drafted in May 2011. We have incorporated a few more guidelines and changed a few of the existing ones in order to comply with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council guidelines. The guidelines … Continue reading
Travelife representative visits RTTZ in Arusha
Travelife auditor and trainer Mr Chris Thompson visited Tanzania and trained a team of trainers for RTTZ in Arusha on the 10th and 11th August. The Travelife representative came to Arusha for 2 days and trained a small team that … Continue reading
Jane Goodall 50th Anniversary in Arusha

Join Jane Goodall in Arusha to celebrate Dr Jane Goodall’s 50th anniversary at the Gombe Stream Research Center and the 20th Anniversary of the Roots & Shoots program. Date: 21st July 2011 Time: 5:30p.m-8:30p.m Venue: Porini Hall at Arusha Hotel, … Continue reading
New Immigration Tariffs
Upload of various Acts

Responsible Tourism Tanzania have just uploaded some new pdf documents relating to the various legal Acts that a company should be aware of. These include the Tourism Act of 2008, The Public Health Act of 2009, the electricity Act of 2008 and … Continue reading
GSTC Holds 2nd Annual Membership Council Meeting

Global Sustainable Tourism Council Holds 2nd Annual Membership Council Meeting, hosted by the city of Barcelona. Over 150 organizations gatherer in support of sustainable tourism and to celebrate Barcelona as the first city to receive the sustainable destination BIOSPHERE certification. Barcelona, … Continue reading