Sustainable Travel International assists organizations throughout the world in learning what’s happening in eco- and responsible tourism around the world, connecting with this growing industry segment, promoting sustainable tourism initiatives and best practices, and securing STI assistance for special initiatives that benefit both your interests and destination. Additionally, your investment in STI helps us pursue our non-profit mission to help protect the destinations you serve and the planet at large.
Our 12-month membership for Ministries of Tourism, tourism boards, destination management organizations (DMOs), and Convention and Visitor Bureaus is ideal for those destinations that wish to demonstrate support for eco- and sustainable tourism.
STI Membership provides you with tools and discounts in the following categories:
| STI Exclusive Benefits for Members |
FAM tour promotional opportunities – STI will work with you to promote your FAM tour to our media lists and to appropriate tour operators. |
 Logo Use – Sustainable Travel International members are given the exclusive right to feature our globally recognized logo to demonstrate their support for and affiliation with Sustainable Travel International.
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Advisory Services – 10% discount off of hourly and project rates. Services include but are not limited to sustainability assessments and planning, education, training, carbon management, eco-certification standards development, and other destination stewardship initiatives. |
Green Destination Guides – 10% discount off of on-line green guides to your destination. Features include basic travel information; pre-screened hotels and tours to book; travel tips and ideas; maps; video; pod-casts and community functionality to enable travelers to share ideas and photos with each other. |
Discounted Memberships – Discounted STI Memberships for select travel and tourism providers in your region, allowing you to provide local business partners with a low-cost benefit, which helps drive tourism in your area and expands your destination’s networking abilities and communications opportunities. |
 Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program™ (STEP) - Receive a complimentary copy of STI’s Self-assessment Tool - a US$150 value! This standalone educational, measurement and management framework doubles as an application for companies wanting to become Eco-assessed or Eco-certified through STEP. Email us to get your free copy today. For more information, or to begin the application process, please visit www.ecocertification.org.
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 Carbon Calculators – 10% discount on STI’s standard iFrame carbon calculators. STI builds standard and custom iFrame carbon calculators for inclusion on your website. To learn more, click here.
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Members-only Webinars – Free webinars for STI Members. STI uses our extensive knowledge of sustainability and the travel industry, along with our network of experts, to create educational webinars on a range of topics. Designed to help you learn and implement sustainable tourism best practices in your business, this benefit is available exclusively to STI Members and Sponsors. Contact us for the current schedule of topics or for more information. |
Travelers Giving Back™ Giving Portals – 10% discount on Donation Portals for your website. STI builds iFrame Donation Portals for inclusion on your company’s website to attract financial support for sustainable development-oriented projects that that are located in the destinations you serve. To learn more, click here. |
| Marketing and Advertising |
Responsible Travel Report e-Newsletter – Received by more than 25,000 conscientious consumers, STI’s Responsible Travel Report is the tool for reaching an expansive audience of responsible travelers. STI members are entitled to one feature article per year. |
EcoTourDirectory.com – 15% discount off of a listing with EcoTourDirectory.com. EcoTourDirectory.com features dozens of eco-holidays, tour operators, and eco-lodging providers to help travelers plan their next day trip, weekend break or trip of a lifetime. |
Green Living Project – 15% discount off of Green Living Project’s standard rates. Services include multimedia production (HD video and photography of responsible tourism stories), event marketing and promotion (extensive marketing of your story on GLP’s 40-stop North American event series), and online marketing and promotion on GLP’s website, social media sites, and content distribution partners. |
socialDragon – 20% discount off of socialDragon's CONVERSATIONALmarketing™ services. In addition, STI Members receive a free marketing consultation prior to launching their campaigns in order to optimize their social marketing efforts. |
Mixpo – Free 30-minute video marketing consultation from Mixpo, who offers online video advertising and marketing solutions. |
| Reservation and Booking Services |
Rezhub.com – Free advertising in RezHub.com's SearchDirect feature. If you offer bookings through your website, you can participate. Your logo will appear to customers searching for travel in the destinations you offer. |
Adventure Central – 10% discount off of Adventure Central's back office applications and reservation system packages. Adventure Central is the leading provider of innovative online booking and distribution services for the adventure and experiential travel industry. |
| Design and Branding |
Blue Marble Creative – Free one hour design consultation, as well as 25% off the first project. Blue Marble Creative works with passionate business owners who want to use their business to make the world better. |
SideStreet – 20% discount off SideStreet graphic design services to develop custom branded maps and destinations, packages, routes and itineraries (unlimited number of maps), as well as a complimentary upgrade to SideNote service for the first map developed by SideStreet (a $500/map value). |
| Public Relations and Communications Services |
TravMedia – 30% discount off of TravMedia's travel news media distribution service. For travel companies and related organizations, TravMedia offers the complete communications channel to key media both regionally and worldwide. |
Adventure Travel Media Source – 15% discount off of Adventure Travel Media Source's PR services. Improve your visibility in targeted media outlets. And get the attention of travel writers and editors through email press releases, feature story promotions, and on-line media kits. |
Association Memberships |
Adventure Travel and Trade Association – 20% discount off of Adventure Travel Trade Association membership. |
