Herbert Hamele has been working since 1983 in the field of environmentally sustainable tourism development in Europe. In the 80ies he worked at the “Studienkreis für Tourismus” in Starnberg/Germany and carried out studies and model projects related to e.g. youth travel or German consumers’ demand for environmentally friendly tourism. In 1993 he founded and since then chairs the European network for sustainable tourism development ECOTRANS (www.ecotrans.org), registered as a not-for-profit association. His special knowledge and expertise is on the development, monitoring, research, networking and dissemination of voluntary initiatives, tools and best practice examples for environmentally friendly, socially compatible and economically sound tourism, with a special focus on about 100 eco-labels, awards and self committed initiatives in Europe and world wide. He is lead administrator of the DestiNet portal for sustainable tourism information (www.destinet.eu), hosted by the European Environment Agency EEA in partnership with UNWTO, UNEP and ECOTRANS. He is board member of the new global Tourism Sustainability Council.
Herbert Hamele was born in 1954, is married and living in Saarbrücken/Germany. His personal interests include Bicycle riding, choir singing, swimming, visiting natural and cultural sites in European countries.
Contact:
Herbert Hamele, Pirmasenser Str. 5, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany, herbert.hamele@ecotrans.de
(August, 2010)
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