{"id":6954,"date":"2024-08-02T12:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=33725"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:41:21","slug":"leading-green-advocates-headline-asias-premier-sustainability-tourism-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/leading-green-advocates-headline-asias-premier-sustainability-tourism-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Green Advocates Headline Asia\u2019s Premier Sustainability Tourism Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\"Leading<\/a>Phuklet, Thailand, August 1, 2024 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ One of the world\u2019s most inspirational green advocates will headline PHIST this year as Asia\u2019s pioneering sustainability event enters its 8th year.<\/p>\n

Unsung hero of sustainability Andrew Dixon, former banker turned green activist, owner and operator of two private island resorts<\/a> in Indonesian waters \u2013 Nikoi Island and Cempedak Island – will discuss his broad sustainability platform that takes in not only conservation \u2013 but critically culture, community and commerce.<\/p>\n

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Stories will cover everything from micro-financing and cultural integration to a school that now numbers over 600 students \u2013 providing vital support and development systems that go much further than tree planting and the banning of single use plastics. He will be interviewed by David Johnson, former journalist and founder of Delivering Asia, one the region\u2019s leading integrated communications firms and a keen proponent of the travel industry as a force for positive social change.<\/p>\n

Other highlight speakers include Jerawan (Blue) Srepetchdanond, a formidable green champion and Director of Intrinsics, the pioneering firm behind the Magnolia Quality Development Corporations ground-breaking of Forestias in Bangkok.<\/p>\n

As well as the leadership sessions and range of 18 workshops and learning platforms, is an exhibition space showcasing the region\u2019s best-in-class innovators in sustainability. These include Winnow, leading exponents on the opportunity food waste provides in terms of driving efficiencies and margins by using AI; Diversey, a global firm excelling in hygiene and cleaning solutions, and outdoor accommodation experts Escape Nomade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to broaden the learning experience this year \u2013 and establish ourselves as a leading regional platform for the industry to educate themselves about not only positive social and environmental change \u2013 and how they can make a contribution \u2013 but learn how this can have a positive impact on their bottom line,\u201d said co-founding partner Bill Barnett, Managing Director of C9 Hotelworks.<\/p>\n

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