Greenwashed
Sep 8 2006, Kanchan

Travel agency Thomson is set to launch a sustainable tourism section of its website. All the news on global warming has got them working. Hopefully the destinations they suggest will not be greenwashed but genuine. Kimberley Kay, corporate...

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