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Inkaterra Founder and CEO José Koechlin will be part of the Business and Biodiversity Forum hosted by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Government of Mexico, which will take place on 2-3 December 2016 at Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. Session H: Tourism will be held on 3 December from 13:30 to 15:30 hrs. Mr. Koechlin has been invited as keynote speaker to share Inkaterra’s 40-year experience pioneering ecotourism and sustainable development in Peru.
The Forum – running in parallel with the Ministerial High-Level Segment of the COP13 – addresses the business opportunities, experiences and challenges of mainstreaming biodiversity. Diverse productive sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism play a key role in the event, represented by international ministers and renowned experts. Business leaders will sign the Business and Biodiversity Pledge to confirm their commitment to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, through actions to achieve goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. It will be the first time that such a business pledge is issued at a CBD Conference of the Parties.
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UNU SPA NAMED “BEST SPA IN PERU” AT 2016 WELLNESS TRAVEL AWARDS
Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel’s Unu Spa was named “Best Spa in Peru” in the prestigious Wellness Travel Awards by SpaFinder Wellness 365. Winners were selected by a panel of 39 wellness travel editors and experts who nominated 605 properties for consideration before narrowing the field. Consumers around the globe then voted for their favorite locations across 20 categories. “The growth in wellness travel and the vast range of healthy travel options offered by these exceptional properties is remarkable,” said SpaFinder CEO John Bevan.
Unu Spa combines classic offerings with a mystical Andean approach, providing a variety of services and treatments, most notably the Andean Hot Stone massage and Andean Sauna. All products are 100% natural and derived from botanical ingredients from the Machu Picchu cloud forest, such as mint, eucalyptus and orchids, providing a spiritual, sensual and soothing experience.
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FAUNA SIGHTINGS IN THE RAINFOREST
Late 2016 has been a most exciting time for Inkaterra Explorer Guides, as many remarkable sightings occurred in hotel grounds and areas of influence in the Amazon rainforest of Madre de Dios. First of all, during an expedition at Gamitana Creek, travelers found a 4-meter anaconda (Eunectes murinus) while it was devouring an agouti. A few days later, in a birding excursion at the Cachuela clay lick, a Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), one of the largest and most powerful raptor in the Americas, was seen perched on a tree. While a Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), one of the four living species of three-toed sloths that inhabit the trees of South America, was seen during an excursion to Lake Sandoval. Click here to learn more about recent Inkaterra sightings.
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WINGS OF PERU GAME TAKES YOU TO 3 INKATERRA HOTELS!
A game to play, a trip to win… all benefitting the birds of Peru. Green Team Global and PromPeru have launched the Wings of Peru game contest from November 21st to December 23rd. The Grand Prize is a 6-night trip for two with lodging at three Inkaterra properties: Inkaterra Reserva Amazónica, near the Inkaterra Canopy Walkway at 100ft above the ground to observe some of the 540 bird species registered; Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, hidden amid the green mountains and harvest fields in Cusco’s Sacred Valley; and Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, an intimate Andean village tucked away in the cloud forest, where 214 bird species have been inventoried in hotel grounds. Click here to play in your smartphone or desktop computer.
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INKATERRA HACIENDA URUBAMBA ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER
The recent addition to the Inkaterra hotel portfolio appeared in the December 2016/January 2017 edition of National Geographic Traveler, in an article on the many wonders found in Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas. “Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, a National Geographic Unique Lodge, celebrates this often overlooked region,” says Senior Editor Sarah Erdman. “Lodge owners José Koechlin and Denise Guislain-Koechlin combined Inca-inspired masonry with Spanish colonial architecture, commissioned locals to weave textiles, and worked with area farmers to plant a 10-acre organic garden filled with native species such as golden berries and tree tomatoes. Guests go biking in the valley; learn to make chicha, or corn beer, on site; or follow a naturalist on a lantern-lit hike. And on the return to the lodge, Alfredo Quispetupa concocts a glorious pisco sour at the hacienda bar as the sun sets on the Andes.”
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NEW BOOK INCLUDES CASE STUDY ON INKATERRA CABO BLANCO PROJECT
Available on December 7, the third edition of Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry features a case study on Inkaterra’s new ecotourism project in Cabo Blanco, Northern Peru. The essay offers an in-depth analysis on Inkaterra’s technical study to justify the creation of Peru’s first marine restoration area, scientific studies onboard the Miss Texas, improvements on infrastructure (recovery of running water service and renovation of the Cabo Blanco Pier), workshops for local communities on eco-friendly activities such as marine megafauna observation, kitesurf and sport and artisanal fishing. Authors Willy Legrand, Philip Sloan and Joseph S. Chen have added a series a series of new chapters, supported with some 30 updated international industry cases exploring key issues and showing real-life operational responses to sustainability within the hospitality industry.
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