Green Destinations Standard in Practice

📅 Dates: 27–28 September 2025 (9h – 17h)

📍Hotel Mercure Comédie, Montpellier.

🗣️Training Language: English

Join us for a two-day onsite training to explore how destinations can apply the Green Destinations (GD) Standard to build a more sustainable, responsible, and resilient tourism future. Held just before the Green Destinations 2025 Conference, this hands-on training is designed for tourism professionals, local authorities, and aspiring sustainability leaders. This two-day training offers a comprehensive introduction to the Green Destinations Standard and its practical application in real-world destination management. Participants will explore the Standard’s six core themes—ranging from destination management and environmental protection to cultural heritage and community well-being—and learn how to apply its criteria to assess and improve sustainability performance.  Through interactive sessions and hands-on exercises, you will gain experience using practical tools to evaluate tourism impacts, set priorities, and design actionable sustainability plans tailored to your destination. The training also provides guidance on how to engage with the Green Destinations Awards & Certification program as a structured pathway for continuous improvement and international recognition.

Trainer

Patice Talaue is a sustainable tourism expert with over 10 years of experience in research, policy, and capacity-building. She began her career in the Philippines, working with governments, academia, and international organizations like GIZ, NOAA, and UNDP on tourism planning, conservation, and UNESCO World Heritage Site projects. As Training and Support Program Manager at Green Destinations, she has trained 150+ professionals from 40+ countries in sustainable tourism best practices. From 2021–2024, she served on the Blue Flag International jury, representing the World Cetacean Alliance to promote responsible wildlife tourism. She holds two Master of Science degrees: Environmental Science from the University of the Philippines and Tourism Management from the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree Program (Syddansk Universitet, University of Ljubljana, and Universidad de Girona).