Environmental Management of International Tourism Development

Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood

Fall 2013 Syllabus
Class Date Speakers Topic Course Readings
1 5-Sep
Megan Epler Wood Tourism Industry Overview
Student exchange of experiences in field of
tourism
Text: Environment & Tourism (Chapters
1,3,4,5)
Models of Sustainable Business & International
Tourism Development
2 12-Sep
Megan Epler Wood
Understanding the tourism industry and its
environmental management issues
Text: Environment & Tourism (Chapters:
6,7,8,9)
Review of Key Issues and Dialog with Students
3 19-Sep
Megan Epler Wood
Review of Key Challenges to the Development
of a Green Tourism Economy
Tourism in the Green Economy Chapter,
UNWTO & UNEP
Energy, Water, Waste, CO2
Arab Hoballah
Chief, Sustainable Consumption and
Production, UNEP
4 26-Sep
Tedd Saunders
President, Ecological Solutions Inc. & Chief
Sustainability Officer, The Saunders Hotel
Group
Current Trends and Opportunities in Hotel
Sustainability, HVS 2012
Scot Hopps
Director of Sustainability for Saunders Hotel
Group & Ecological Solutions
International hotel development, A Study
of potential franchisees in China, Intl
Journal Hospitality Management
Introduction to Course
Tourism Industry Supply Chain
Green Economy and Tourism Development
Hotel Industry Growth, Challenges, Infrastructure
Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood
Fall 2013 Syllabus
6 3-Oct
Megan Epler Wood Issues with Global Hotel Development Impacts
Developing a Sustainability Measurement
Framework for Hotels, Cornell Hospitality
Report
Eric Ricaurte
Principal, Greenview & Research Fellow, Cornell
University School of Hotel Administration
Hotel Energy & Carbon Efficiency, Brighter
Planet
7 10-Oct
Amy Malick
Deputy Commissioner of Sustainability, Chicago
Department of Aviation
A Sustainable Path, Chicago Department
of Aviation
8 17-Oct
Megan Epler Wood
Bridging the aviation CO2 emissons
gap:why emissions trading is needed,
Manchester Metropolitan University,
Centre for Aviation Transport and the
Environment
Jimmy Smartzis
(Invited)
United Airlines
Air Travel Carbon and Energy Efficiency,
Brighter Planet
9 24-Oct Sustainability Ratings and On-line Systems
Megan Epler Wood
Determinants and benchmarking of
resource consumption in hotels, Case
study of Hilton International and Scandic in
Europe, Elsevier- Paper VIII in doctoral
thesis
Paulina Bohdanowicz-
Godfrey
Senior Sustainability Manager, Hilton Worldwide
Airline and Aviation CO2 management issues
Sustainability Reporting for International Hospitality Industry
Airports, Food Concessionaires
Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood
Fall 2013 Syllabus
10 31-Oct Tour Operation Sustainability
Kurt Holle Founder, Rainforest Expeditions
Tour Operators- Exporting and Importing
Customers Worldwide
Megan Epler Wood Global Tour Operator Management Issues
11 7-Nov
Megan Epler Wood
The Solution to International Cruise Ship
Pollution, Dartmouth Law Journal
Elaine Heldewier
Sustainability Director, Carnival Corporation &
Plc
Steering a Sustainable Course, CLIA
12 14-Nov
Gloria Guevera Former Minister of Tourism, Mexico
Sustainable Coastal Tourism, An
integrated planning and management
approach, UNEP
13 21-Nov
Megan Epler Wood
Knowledge Management System project
Ambergris Caye, Belize, Cornell Center for
Sustainable Global Enterprise
Shaun Vorster
Special Adviser to the South African National
Minister of Tourism
14 5-Dec
Megan Epler Wood Carbon Management Issues
Discussion of Directions of Industry
Elizabeth Becker Author, Overbooked
15 12-Dec Final Student Presentations
16 19-Dec Final Student Presentations
Graduate students submit Final Recorded Presentation on Voice Thread.
Submit Final Project. Deadline end of Day December 15.
Cruise Line Management & Sustainability
Environmental Planning and Management for Destinations
Destination Development & Stewardship
Overview of Tourism Industry Environmental Management Efforts
Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood
Fall 2013 Syllabus
Assignments
Introduce yourself on the
discussion board and list one fact
you learned from reading.
Deadline end of day Sept 9
Read Chapters 1,3,4,5
Read Chapters: 6,7,8,9
Read assigned reading before
class.
Begin to select Final Project and
consult with teaching team as
required.
Read assigned reading before
class. Consult with teaching team
re Final Project.
Submit Executive Summary
assignment in Dropbox. Deadline
end of day Sept 30
Introduction to Course
Tourism Industry Supply Chain
Green Economy and Tourism Development
Hotel Industry Growth, Challenges, Infrastructure
Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood
Fall 2013 Syllabus
Read course readings before class
and post online written question for
speaker Eric Ricaurte. Deadline
end of day Oct 2
Final week to consult with teaching
team on final project.
Read assigned reading before
class.
Submit Recorded Pitch on
Voicethread and Written Project
Proposal in Dropbox. Deadline
end of day Oct 14
Read assigned reading before
class.
Read assigned reading before
class.
Airline and Aviation CO2 management issues
Sustainability Reporting for International Hospitality Industry
Airports, Food Concessionaires
Environmental Management of International Tourism Development
Lead Instructor: Megan Epler Wood
Fall 2013 Syllabus
Read assigned reading before
class.
Submit constructive feedback on
two student final project proposals.
Deadline end of day Oct 28
Read assigned reading before
class.
Post question for Elaine Heldewier.
Deadline end of day Nov 6
Read assigned reading before
class.
Read assigned reading before
class.
Graduate students submit Final Recorded Presentation on Voice Thread.
Submit Final Project. Deadline end of Day December 15.
Cruise Line Management & Sustainability
Environmental Planning and Management for Destinations
Destination Development & Stewardship
Overview of Tourism Industry Environmental Management Efforts