The Scan: Why your website should have lots of blue, and more travel tech news

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Zipcar, Tourico Holidays, JumpFlight, Yelp, Onefinestay, RSPB, Facebook and the colour blue all appear in our roundup of the stories making news and driving opinion on 24 October.

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Responsible Tourism web intermediaries must be, well, responsible as well

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It is currently Responsible Tourism Week. In the tours and activities sector, so-called responsible tourism is important. Very important.

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Responsible Travel partners with English tourism for million pound sustainable holidays service

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Responsible Travel is part of a million pound tourism initiative in the South-east aimed at boosting tourism revenue while protecting local environments.

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Defining green — Hotels attempt standards on carbon impacts

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You’ve heard of XML standards and standards for Electronic Miscellaneous Documents? Now the hotel industry is attempting to forge a standard for measuring the impact of carbon emissions.

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Is it responsible to distribute responsible tourism products?

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It is Responsible Tourism Week – the organisers define it as an “unconference” mashup, exploring issues around responsible tourism and Web 2.0.

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