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Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Marriott International and 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking in Nepal are among the eight winners of Travel + Leisure’s fourth annual Global Vision Awards. Chosen by a prestigious panel of judges, including Bonnie Burnham of the World Monuments Fund, Alice Waters of the Chez Panisse Foundation, Adam Werbach of Saatchi & Saatchi S, Nobel prize-winning economist Dr. Joseph E. Stiglitz and others (complete list below), the awards recognize the most progressive, forward-thinking visionaries who are setting new travel and tourism standards in areas such as cultural preservation and ecological conservation.
Travel + Leisure 2008 Global Vision Award Winners
Community Outreach: Andaman Discoveries, Thailand
Green/Eco Hotel: Marriott International, Bethesda, Maryland
Green Travel Company: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, St. Louis, Mo.
Economic Development: 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, Nepal
Innovation: U.S. Green Building Council, Washington, D.C.
Ecological Conservation: Amigos de Sian Ka’an (ASK), Riviera Maya, Mexico
Historic Preservation: The Leh Old Town Conservation Project, Tibet
Cultural Preservation: The Western China Cultural Ecology Research Workshop, Dimen, China