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In 31st place and as the first representative of the tourism sector, the Falkensteiner Michaeler Group was recognised in a ranking of Austria's best employers.

Consciously travelling in harmony with nature while learning through play? With "Swisstainable Kids", Switzerland Tourism, together with the Reka holiday villages, has launched a new offer for environmentally conscious family holidays.

Under the motto "Stay Longer", Yovivo has launched a platform for extended stay offers and is cooperating with the Wotels brand, among others. 

The toaster gives up the ghost after a year, the printer just after the warranty expires: electrical appliances no longer live as long as they used to. But increasing consumption is also to blame for the high volume of waste. The UN is alert.

The two German organisations, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH; German environmental organisation) and Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg (SIM; Foundation Reusable Goods Initiative), call for the 14th Reusable Innovation Award for beverage packaging.

250 decision-makers from the Alpine hotel property industry, including key bank representatives, architects and operators of family hotels, will meet at the "Alpine Hospitality Summit by Prodinger" in mid-May. Is the mountain still calling?

47.6% of the Icelandic parliament is made up of women - female employees in Iceland earn around 40,500 euros a year. The country promotes women's careers like no other in Europe. A study shows which EU countries offer the best conditions for female employees.

Despite the economic downturn and strikes, people in Germany are in a travelling mood. The booking figures are making the industry rejoice - the record summer of 2019 will be topped this year. In 2022/23, Germans have spent almost ten billion euros more on travel than before the pandemic.

Many people around the world still do not have dignified access to hygiene and water. In keeping with the motto of this year's World Water Day on 22 March, "Leveraging Water for Peace", social innovation projects are presented in structurally weak regions of the world where water supply is a challenge.

The earth is getting warmer. What should we do? Stop flying, get rid of the car? That can't be the whole answer, according to the German Ethics Council. It believes that the state has a duty first and foremost, but also every individual as well as companies and organisations.