Traveling for Happiness 2023 Awards

The Traveling for Happiness awards recognize the best practices in the tourism sector in terms of sustainability and corporate social responsibility. This third edition distinguished outstanding companies such as Caixabank, Ilunion Hotels, Europamundo Vacaciones, ARTIEM Hotels, Barceló Hotel Group, CoolRooms Hotels and Sleep'n Atocha.

Categories

The purpose of these awards is to highlight the actions carried out by the tourism sector during the pandemic situation, to reward them and to make more visible all those companies that with their help are getting involved in different initiatives helping destinations and society.

  • Company or organization that has developed an initiative with social impact in Spain and whose main objective is to evaluate and study its result or consequence in a community.

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  • Company or organization whose project or initiative has focused on the care of our environment, promoting the work of awareness, conservation, research or protection of the environment. This action must have been carried out at the national level.

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  • Company or organization that has developed or is developing an innovative, economically viable, competitive business project with a recognized impact on environmental improvement that has led to a transformation in its way of working. This action must have been carried out at a national level.

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  • Person, company or organization that has developed or is developing a project related to employee management, employee selection and training, taking into account demonstrable ethical actions that address the issues of parity, equality and transparency in all areas. This action must have been carried out on national territory.

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  • A person, company or international organization whose social activity stands out in any of the above categories and through which it has achieved a positive impact internationally.

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  • A person, company, or national or international organization whose activity is based on and is noted for improving the natural state of an area, involving the tourist and minimizing or counteracting the negative impact of tourism on the environment and local communities.

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  • All participating companies will have the opportunity to participate in the "Excellence Award", which will be awarded by public vote to the best-valued initiative or project.

    Participation in any of the other categories is a condition for participation.

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Jury

The members of the jury are the best ambassadors of the values of this project. Our jury is made up of world experts in different fields

  • It has made innovation and education a central part of UNWTO's work, while making the Organization more agile and better positioned to work closely with its Members and the private sector. This has been instrumental in the successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining UNWTO, he was Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Ambassador to Spain. In the private sector, Mr. Pololikashvili's experience includes positions as vice president of TBC Group and general director of Georgia's leading soccer team, FC Dinamo Tbilisi. He holds a degree in banking and is fluent in English, Russian and Spanish, in addition to his native Georgian.

ZURAB POLOLIKASHVILI

  • With a degree in Optics, Optometry and Contactology, Bellido founded the Aragonese Academy of Gastronomy in 1995. Always linked to gastronomy, she has been director of Restauradores Magazine (1999-2003) and for her activity as a communicator in written and radio media she received in 2004 the National Award of the Spanish Academy of Gastronomy for the best work in gastronomic press.

LOURDES PLANA

  • In addition to being chosen as one of the TOP 100 most influential women in Spain and one of the 10 most influential managers in the last three years.

    For 15 years, she has held various positions in a corporation of the caliber of Coca-Cola, including president of the Coca-Cola Happiness Institute. In addition, she was Director of Marketing and Communications for the Adecco Group and Thought Leadership Director worldwide. She was also founder and CEO of the Observatory for Innovation in Employment (OIEE). In addition to her professional career, she is also the author of the book Deconstructing Happiness.

MARGARITA ÁLVAREZ

  • He has led different multidisciplinary teams, in addition to helping the integration of numerous isolated hospitals into hospital groups while maintaining the distinctive and positive elements of each.

DR. MANUEL CONDE

  • For the past 22 years Andrea has assisted in the development of sustainability networks and certification programs in the UK, Europe, New Zealand, Sweden, Canada and Africa. Green Tourism started in 1997 and has expanded to cover all types of hospitality businesses in the UK and Ireland with over 2500 certified members. In the last two years, Andrea has driven the development of a digital platform for sustainable management, GreenCheck, which is being used for Green Tourism and has been adapted to other industry sectors.

ANDREA NICHOLAS

  • Stuart Greif brings more than 20 years of global experience focused on the intersection of hospitality, customer experience and technology to Forbes Travel Guide, where he leads strategy, improves the development and pace of new products and services, and collaborates with the executive team on a range of strategic initiatives. Greif has significant global executive management experience leading strategy, P&L, operations, finance, sales and marketing in similar types of companies.

STUART GREIF

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