Qatar Green Building Council, Qatar Tourism announce new partnership for hospitality sector

Doha: Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation, and Qatar Tourism (QT) agreed to a new partnership that will see them collaborate to embed sustainability into all areas of the country's hospitality industry and ensure that it is a key priority moving forward.

As part of the agreement, both parties have identified a number of targets that they will work to achieve. These include integrating the Green Key award an international eco-label for tourism facilities and the Eco-event award, a rating system that provides measurable guidelines for organizing a variety of low carbon events.

The aim is for this to become the leading standard of excellence in Qatar, in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism industry. Other areas of collaboration include data sharing, promoting media stories which highlight both parties achievements and developing a two-way framework designed to facilitate exchanges in tourism-related activities.