Expedia, Inc. and UN Foundation Launch World Heritage Alliance ( ...Get Me My Lawyer!...)
18 November 2005
"Expedia, Inc. and the United Nations Foundation announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote
sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world. This partnership believes conscientious travelers can contribute directly to nature conservation, historic preservation, and poverty reduction through sustainable tourism.
"As one of the world's leading travel service providers, Expedia has the unique privilege of helping educate our customers, suppliers, and employees about the importance of sustainable tourism," said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, Inc. "By working with the UN Foundation to found the World Heritage Alliance, we hope to expand our customers' travel horizons and help preserve our world's treasures for current and future generations to enjoy."
There are currently 812 designated World Heritage sites that span 137 countries and offer an extraordinary range of travel experiences. These sites have been internationally recognized for their outstanding value and are protected by the 1972 World Heritage Convention, signed by 180 countries and
administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
World Heritage sites include many of the most iconic travel spots on the planet, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia; the Egyptian Pyramids; the Taj Mahal in India; England's Stonehenge; the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador; and 20 sites in the United States, including Yellowstone and the Statue of Liberty. But the list also encompasses scores of lesser-known places of singular importance, including Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the Buddhist Borobudur Temple Compounds in Central Java, Indonesia; the archaeologically rich Orkhon Valley in Mongolia; and the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, home to more than 125 separate species of birds.
The World Heritage Alliance aims to:
Inspire Travelers to Explore and Experience More
New trips to World Heritage sites are currently available through Expedia.com, as well as the Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.fr, and Expedia.de
websites. The profits from the designated World Heritage trips booked on the Expedia websites will be donated to the Friends of World Heritage -- an initiative with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre -- for investment in local community projects at World Heritage sites in need...."
Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/202
For more information, please visit:
-- Friends of World Heritage: http://www.friendsofworldheritage.org
-- Expedia, Inc.: http://www.expedia.com/worldheritage
-- World Heritage Alliance: http://www.worldheritagealliance.org
-- United Nations Foundation: http://www.unfoundation.org.
-- Renaissance Research: http://renaissanceresearch.blogspot.com/
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh, Belarus. UNESCO World Heritage Inscription, July 2005.
(The Radziwill Palace in Warsaw, Poland, is currently used as the Executive Offices of the President ["White House"]).
UNESCO Justification for Inscription:
Criterion (ii): The architectural, residential and cultural complex of the Radziwill family at Nesvizh was the cradle for inoculation of new concepts based on the synthesis of the Western traditions, leading to the establishment of a new architectural school in Central Europe.
Criterion (iv): The Radziwill complex represents an important stage in the development of building typology in the history of architecture of the Central Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. This concerned particularly the Corpus Christi Church with its typology related to cross-cupola basilica.
Criterion (vi): The Radziwill family was particularly significant for being associated with the interpretation of the influences from Southern and Western Europe and the transmission of the ideas in the Central and Eastern Europe.
Text and Photo credit: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1196
"Expedia, Inc. and the United Nations Foundation announced the launch of the World Heritage Alliance, an innovative joint initiative to promote
sustainable tourism and awareness of World Heritage sites and communities around the world. This partnership believes conscientious travelers can contribute directly to nature conservation, historic preservation, and poverty reduction through sustainable tourism.
"As one of the world's leading travel service providers, Expedia has the unique privilege of helping educate our customers, suppliers, and employees about the importance of sustainable tourism," said Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, Inc. "By working with the UN Foundation to found the World Heritage Alliance, we hope to expand our customers' travel horizons and help preserve our world's treasures for current and future generations to enjoy."
There are currently 812 designated World Heritage sites that span 137 countries and offer an extraordinary range of travel experiences. These sites have been internationally recognized for their outstanding value and are protected by the 1972 World Heritage Convention, signed by 180 countries and
administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
World Heritage sites include many of the most iconic travel spots on the planet, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia; the Egyptian Pyramids; the Taj Mahal in India; England's Stonehenge; the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador; and 20 sites in the United States, including Yellowstone and the Statue of Liberty. But the list also encompasses scores of lesser-known places of singular importance, including Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the Buddhist Borobudur Temple Compounds in Central Java, Indonesia; the archaeologically rich Orkhon Valley in Mongolia; and the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand, home to more than 125 separate species of birds.
The World Heritage Alliance aims to:
Inspire Travelers to Explore and Experience More
New trips to World Heritage sites are currently available through Expedia.com, as well as the Expedia.co.uk, Expedia.fr, and Expedia.de
websites. The profits from the designated World Heritage trips booked on the Expedia websites will be donated to the Friends of World Heritage -- an initiative with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre -- for investment in local community projects at World Heritage sites in need...."
Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/202
For more information, please visit:
-- Friends of World Heritage: http://www.friendsofworldheritage.org
-- Expedia, Inc.: http://www.expedia.com/worldheritage
-- World Heritage Alliance: http://www.worldheritagealliance.org
-- United Nations Foundation: http://www.unfoundation.org.
-- Renaissance Research: http://renaissanceresearch.blogspot.com/
Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh, Belarus. UNESCO World Heritage Inscription, July 2005.
(The Radziwill Palace in Warsaw, Poland, is currently used as the Executive Offices of the President ["White House"]).
UNESCO Justification for Inscription:
Criterion (ii): The architectural, residential and cultural complex of the Radziwill family at Nesvizh was the cradle for inoculation of new concepts based on the synthesis of the Western traditions, leading to the establishment of a new architectural school in Central Europe.
Criterion (iv): The Radziwill complex represents an important stage in the development of building typology in the history of architecture of the Central Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. This concerned particularly the Corpus Christi Church with its typology related to cross-cupola basilica.
Criterion (vi): The Radziwill family was particularly significant for being associated with the interpretation of the influences from Southern and Western Europe and the transmission of the ideas in the Central and Eastern Europe.
Text and Photo credit: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1196
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