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	The Green Design 100 April 2009 “Treading lightly is tough when it comes to travel. This site allows users to easily research sustainable transportation, hotels and vacation ideas.” Read more

	Two Travel Sites to Try March 2009 “www.wholetravel.com - This site lets you search for your next vacation in a new way: Plug in where you’d like to go, an experience you’d like to have, or an activity you’d like to do (for example, “relax”, “fly-fish”, “Rome”, or even just “challenge”), and you’ll pull up lists of sustainable lodging. Once you make your selection, Whole Travel directs you to the hotel or outfitter’s website to book directly with them.”

	How Green Is Your Hotel? January 18. 2009 “There’s no shortage of resorts claiming to be eco-friendly and charging a big markup for it. But how do you know know what green really means? New website Whole Travel (wholetravel.com) ranks 4,000 hotels and resorts in 100 countries on how well they preserve the environment and promote local economic development, among other things…”

	Whole Travel Web Site Launches December 3, 2008 “Want some ideas for your next vacation? Would you rather stay at a hotel that’s socially and environmentally responsible? Then check out WholeTravel.com…you’re not forced to search by destination. Whole Travel encourages you to plug in your travel inspiration, and promises to spit out some attractive lodging options…” Read more

	At WholeTravel.com, it’s all about sustainable tourism October 7, 2008 “If eco-trips make you feel like a more responsible traveler, wait until you try sustainable travel. WholeTravel.com, still in beta, expands on the notion of caring about the environment and wildlife by listing accommodations that also interact with nearby communities, support the local culture and make efforts to educate customers about sustainability…” Read more

	Two New Websites Join the Greenscape October 2, 2008 “[Whole Travel] lets travelers search for destinations and lodgings using open-ended, descriptive keywords (i.e. “mountains” or “locally owned”) and assigns hotels a “whole ranking” based on envirnomental practices, economic management, social and cultural support, and customer interaction….” Read more

	Web Sites Meet Specific Travel Needs October 2, 2008 “If you’re the sort who drinks fair trade coffee and drives a hybrid car, you’ll probably like Whole Travel’s new site (www.wholetravel.com). Its “blue sky search” function offers a searchable database of more than 4,000 hotels…” Read more

	About Whole Travel October 2, 2008 “Founded in 2006, Whole Travel is a portal for discovering sustainable travel opportunities. What does this mean? We’ve searched the globe to bring together thousands of unique, undiscovered and most importantly sustainable travel destinations. We then deliver the information to you in an easy to use, streamlined format…” Read more

	Book Your Travel With Green in Mind October 2, 2008 “Check out the Whole Travel website - it lets you search for airlines and hotels that are known for practicing sustainable travel options. The site will help you to plan a trip that is as environmentally friendly as possible…” Read more

	Whole Travel October 2, 2008 “Whole Travel is a portal for discovering sustainable travel opportunities…” Read more

	WholeTravel.com Launches: Q&A with CEO Matthew Davie October 1, 2008 “Whole Travel jumped into public beta Tuesday and brings thousands of global accommodations to travelers where they can take part in these activities while at the same time educating themselves on the level of sustainability…” Read more

	Website of the Day: Whole Travel October 1, 2008 “Research your responsible trip on Whole Travel, a website that offers a hub for your sustainable travel needs…” Read more

	Launch of Whole Travel October 1, 2008 “Looks like there’s a new way to search for intriguing travel itineraries. A new website, Whole Travel (now in beta), has recently launched, offering superior search engine results for sustainable travel…” Read more

	Like Your Travel Green? October 1, 2008 “Take a look at all the consumer surveys and this is what you see: people care about the environmental impact and ethics of companies and products (especially Baby Boomers and young people)…” Read more

	Whole Travel - Nice Site, Cool Tools… October 1, 2008 “Whole Travel is primarily a travel portal for the eco-concious amongst us but has some very good Uptake-esque search functionality allowing users to browse for products based on emotive keywords…” Read more

	Whole Travel tries to redefine travel, with sustainable vacation search September 30, 2008 “Would you base your next vacation on how environmentally friendly, economically beneficial, socially conscious or economically beneficial to the surrounding community a resort is? Do you ever want to plan a trip based on activities or atmosphere, rather than destination?…” Read more

	Whole Travel Launches Rating System to Keep Eco-Friendly Hotels Honest September 29, 2008 “The “green” incarnation of travel, called ecotourism, mandates that travelers minimize their cultural, economic, and environmental impacts as much as possible to promote sustainability… Read more
	Whole Travel Launches Good Site… September 29, 2008 “…[Whole Travel] doesn’t constrain searching by region or by date, unless you want that. So if you’re not sure where or when to go, Whole Travel will show you a lot of good options at once. Whole Travel rates destinations (hotels and the like) on economic sensitivity, social progressiveness, and customer focus…” Read more

	Whole Travel Launches! September 30, 2008 “Whole Travel (www.wholetravel.com) launches and announced today that it is the first online travel site to provide “Blue Sky” search functionality for consumers looking to discover the world’s most amazing destinations while being environmentally and socially responsible…” Read more

	Travel Green October 2008 “When Planning your next vacation, check out Wholetravel.com. The site rates hotels, tour operators, destinations, and activities by sustainability, and offers a complete guide to the ultimate low-impact journey-whether its a luxe eco-resort or a lodge in the Alaskan wilderness”

	From Wrappers to Tote Bags July 20, 2008 “The newest recycling crusade in Palo Alto began with a bet. This spring, two employees at Whole Travel, a Palo Alto sustainable travel agency, could not come to a consensus over whether the wrappers to energy bars, like Clif and Balance bars, could be recycled…” Read more

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