UNITED NATIONS ACKNOWLEDGES INKATERRA AS THE WORLD’S FIRST CLIMATE POSITIVE HOTEL BRAND

In October 2021, Inkaterra was acknowledged by the United Nations as the first Climate Positive hotel brand in the world. Aligned with the UN guidelines for sustainable development, the GreenInitiative certification company measured Inkaterra’s Co2 footprint and offset to determine the Peruvian ecotourism enterprise as climate positive – meaning, “any activity that furthers the achievement of net zero carbon emissions, providing an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.”

The announcement coincided with the 2021 Climate Change Conference (COP 26), where the United Nations World Tourism Organization officially submitted the Glasgow Declaration to set in motion a Decade of Climate Action in the travel industry. Inkaterra is among the leading organizations pledging to cut global tourism emissions by at least a half over the next decade and reach Net Zero emissions as soon as possible before 2050, in alignment with the Paris Agreement.

“This outstanding accomplishment is a validation of Inkaterra’s 46-year efforts placing scientific research, biodiversity conservation and sustainability at the very core of our business,” stated ecotourism pioneer José Koechlin.

HOTELS MAGAZINE: INKATERRA IS “SUSTAINABLE AT ITS CORE”

The influential Hotels Magazine celebrated Inkaterra’s climate-positive recognition with an extensive article on Inkaterra’s most recent initiatives on ecotourism and sustainable development such as Cabo Blanco in Northern Peru, a former game fishing mecca, where Inkaterra plans to establish a new beach hotel. Inkaterra will offer travelers a “privileged spot” surrounded by waves for surfers and kitesurfers and will continue to develop new diving routes in the destination.

Additionally, Inkaterra leads efforts to make Machu Picchu the first carbon-neutral Wonder of the World. Partnering with the Municipality of Machu Picchu, AJE Group, the National Service of Protected Natural Areas (SERNANP), Bosques Amazónicos and other key players, Inkaterra’s strategic alliance is ensuring a carbon-free future for Machu Picchu.

Through an innovative waste management strategy and a reforestation plan to nurture one million trees across the Machu Picchu national reserve, Peru’s most iconic destination has become the first city in Latin America to achieve a circular economy.

“Inkaterra’s expertise is available for anyone who needs it,” Koechlin said to HOTELS. “The natural environment and native cultures are our industry’s most precious resources, and their conservancy is the only way to ensure the future of travel.”

On November 28, The New York Times reviewed ‘Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru,’ the largest exhibition to showcase Peru’s cultural legacy and extraordinary biodiversity, running through March 3 at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida.

The groundbreaking event, produced by Inkaterra Asociación in alliance with the makers of the record-breaking ‘Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of Pharaohs,’ has been praised by the NYT as “a dazzling collection of sculpted gold and silver ornaments, ceramic jugs and bowls, many dating back thousands of years.”

“The exhibition has been staged like a theatrical production with dramatic lighting, sparkling crystal glass display cases and a virtual reality feature that takes you on a swooping, plunging, magic carpet ride over the roofless ruins of the Inca citadel,” the NYT hails.

This all-new, immersive museum experience boasts a stunning selection of 192 artifacts from the Larco Museum – one of the most impressive collections of gold treasures to ever tour the world. From all the magnificent objects displayed at the Boca Museum, the NYT highlights “one stunning set of gold funereal trappings set on a skeletal manikin slams you to a stop: a big, blazing chest covering, a gleaming crown and shimmering round disks for the ears.”

“You feel the power of every object,” said Michelle Feuer to the NYT, a director of a tech start-up from West Palm Beach, after spending part of an afternoon absorbing the pre-Columbian art. According to Andrew James Hamilton, a curator at the Chicago Art Institute, “this is the crème de la crème.”

At the exhibition’s gift shop, visitors get special rates and promotions to stay at the Inkaterra lodges. “Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru is the most innovative way to welcome travelers from all around the world to explore our many wonders,” says exhibition partner José Koechlin.