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8 Sep 2015

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Travelife

Travelife statement on Schyst Resande’s report Travelife’s broken promises to hotel workers

Travelife for Hotels and Accommodations welcomes the report and any debate that brings the issue of human rights in tourism to the forefront of the discussion and we remain open and available for further dialogue. After having committed to an open dialogue with Schyst Resande since 2013, Travelife is disappointed with the misleading representations of facts and arguments made by the authors, as well as the unfounded negativity in this report. Also, contrary to the authors' statement we were not given the opportunity to comment on the findings of their report. Travelife for Hotels and Accommodations is one of very few sustainable tourism certification schemes which undertakes to tackle the issue of human rights in tourism. Auditing human rights is a complex issue, one which we take very seriously. As such, we recognise that our auditing process alone is not the only tool by which one may identify all potential human rights violations, and therefore we have been transparent about these issues when speaking to the authors. Travelife will continue working with our partners and stakeholders to rise to this challenge....

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