MQL Sustainable Tourism Services

Good news from central Vietnam. Two new projects are being certified by MQL Sustainable Tourism Services in central ancient capital of Hue. One of them is a resort we already achieve level one international certification and now we engage in level two higher standards. Next one in central Hue city is already in operation and engaged in sustainability alignment in his luxury old style elegant set up, we are supporting all team on the data collection, submission and posterior independent audit in Vietnam. We are glad to be part of the success with Vietnamese owners supporting the process and engagement linked to a posterior cost reduction in its operations, ending up with higher standards for final customers and stakeholders. Always a plesure to step up in lovely Hue city enhancing our partner day to day tasks with the team, having another chained hotel plus an independent city hotel in our portfolio is always an honor in these great land.

The importance of ESG - Environmental & Social & Governance - into Vietnam is a highlight which brought our MQL Sustainable Tourism Services to open to a new market niche and support many more Vietnamese companies. Offering ESG analysis, technical assistance, independent audit and both local & international certification for companies in Vietnam is the coverage of needs to some of our customers which demanded support on this topic, even quite new for some hospitality owners, tourism companies and travel sector professionals all along Vietnam. Supporting requests on the different pillars related to environmental regulatory framework, assisting on social compliance not only in tourism companies if not in wide industries portfolios and adding transparent governance linked not just to local if not to international standards, this is part of our new commitment to your company, supply chain connections or partners in need. Contact our team at info@mqlsustainability.com or leave...

  As hotelier or hospitality professional general manager, how do you handle your empty wine & liquor crystal bottles? What use or proper treatment are you having in place for all your wines and spirits (or other) consumption once customers finish the product? Is your destination or property aware of the thousands of empty glass bottles and its posterior handling? Open question…

Tourism data figures in Vietnam had been neglected for many years. The importance of monitoring correctly international arrivals as well as domestic travellers is an important tool for many countries supporting strategic marketing campaigns among many other promotional actions where required. Discussing with Vietnam-based tourism experts on the topic, agree on many actual statistics failure recounts: residents counted as tourists (or not, depending on location) can be a sample. Considering a business trip to any Vietnamese location is added (or not) to “unreal statistics”… Now Ho Chi Minh City is aligning efforts to monitor closely such numbers for key international visitor markets, let’s see how results and credibility are shown next quarters. Such data is crucial and some of us had been advising during many years on monitoring closely and use such important data for future decisions, seems just now Saigonese authorities just realise on such… Better late than never, let’s implement a ...

  Interesting articles appearing mentioning not a single Vietnamese beach appears in the list of World's 50 Best Beaches 2025. Despite having over 3,260 km of coastline and more than 4,000 islands we may consider a topic open for discussion considering Thailand or Philippines shown on mentioned list. Few considerations to this lack of recognition for Vietnam according to some tourism related peers: ❇️ Little destination recognition. 🏗️ Reduced beach infrastructure in destinations. 🏖️ Lack of distinctive beaches. ♻️ A proper sustainability expansion and tourism footprint aligned with strategic planning is required, a better marketing international campaign is needed. 🎯 Coordination between public & private sector is a must and actual 2025 stage is minimal. 🏞️ Despite last year's large transformation the social sustainability is lagging behind this success. 🏨 Massive hotel room inventory vs local involved mixture in tourism spots. The new XXI century traveller is looking...