North East England
Funded Green Tourism membership offer for North East England businesses
Are you a business in North East England's visitor economy or meetings and events sector? This is your chance to gain a globally recognised sustainability certification at a significantly discounted rate.
What’s the deal?
- Thanks to Destination North East England funding, we’re offering fully funded year-one membership of Green Tourism to the first 100 visitor economy businesses to apply successfully – plus 50% and 25% discounts in the second and third years respectively.*
- We’re also offering 25 funded memberships of Green Meetings – the certification tailored specifically for business meeting venues and events providers.
- Membership allows businesses to achieve certification in Green Tourism or Green Meetings at Bronze, Silver, or Gold level.
- What’s more, businesses that successfully submit for assessment by 31 March 2025 only will receive extended fully funded membership until 30 June 2026.
- Terms and conditions apply – see below
- Standard membership typically ranges from £157.50 to £682.50 (+ VAT) depending on business size, plus a £75 registration fee (+VAT). This means you’ll save anywhere between £232.50 to £757.50 in your first year alone
Why join Green Tourism?
- Earn a world-leading sustainability certification
- Evidence your sustainability commitment to customers and buyers
Identify areas for sustainability improvement, potentially saving you resources and reducing costs - Get expert sustainability support
- Access marketing resources to help promote your achievements
- And feel good about contributing to a better future for North East England.
Apply now
Click below to complete the online form, selecting ‘submit’ to receive your invoice for £0.
Find out more
Watch the videos to find out more about the fully funded membership offer. One for Green Tourism, one Green Meetings.
About Green Tourism
- We are the leading sustainability certification programme, operating since 1997, with 2,800 certified businesses in 30 countries
- We are committed to advancing sustainability standards in the visitor economy, and M&E sector
- We empower businesses with the practical solutions and frameworks to make change
- Our team of qualified and experienced sustainability assessors has undertaken 15,000+ assessments and advised thousands of businesses
- Based on three pillars of caring for People, Places and our Planet, the Green Tourism and Green Meetings criteria cover 70+ indicators across 15 sustainability goals
About Green Meetings
- Meetings and events industry-specific criteria and award, launched 2021 in response to industry demand
- Open to businesses such as hotels, conferences and events venues, colleges and universities, sports stadia, corporate events providers, booking agents, and convention bureau
What our customers say
“The Green Tourism award demonstrates that we are serious about sustainability.”
Conal O’Neill, Group General Manager, Dalata Hotel Group PLC
“The Green Meetings award highlights to corporate buyers that we are investing in sustainability and adopting key practices within our organisation to support the three core pillars of people, places, and planet.”
Krishna Pastaki, Business Development Manager, Edgbaston Park Hotel
* Terms and conditions
- Year 1 fees are fully funded through support from Destination North East.
- Years 2 and 3 are available at discounted rates (Year 2: 50% and Year 3: 25%)
- This offer is only open to the first 100 businesses to successfully apply for Green Tourism membership, and the first 25 for Green Meetings
- The incentive is open only to new Green Tourism or Green Meetings members.
The incentive sign-up period is open now. Businesses must apply before 31st March 2025 to qualify for free year one membership. - Regardless of when they sign up, businesses will receive a full year of membership. For those who opt to continue beyond the first year, invoicing will occur on the anniversary of their initial enrolment.
- Businesses that successfully submit for assessment by 31 March 2025 only will receive extended fully funded membership until 30 June 2026.
- The offer is open only to businesses in the areas covered by Destination North East England’s Local Visitor Economy Partnerships (LVEPs): NewcastleGateshead Initiative, Visit County Durham, Visit Northumberland, Sunderland City Council, North Tyneside Council and South Tyneside Council. For full details, see Destination North East England
- The offer is open to the following business types:
Business Type, Activity Centre, B&B / Guest House, Beauty/Spa, Camp Site, Campus Accommodation, Car/Campervan Rental, Caravan & Camping Site, Conference & Events Venue, Corporate Office, Events Management, Exclusive Use Venue, Glamping, Golf Club, Holiday Park, Hostel/Bunkhouse, Hotel, Inn, Lodge, Multi Centre Estates, Restaurant/Café, Retail, Safari Camp, Self Catering, Serviced Apartments, Theatre, Tour Operator, Tours & Experiences, Visitor Attraction, Visitor Information Centre. - Existing Green Tourism or Green Meetings members who leave membership from 1 April 2024 will not be eligible for project funding
- All images credit: VisitBritain-Pinzutu