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Financial Times: The New Travellers

November 8th, 2019

New technology and differing priorities are changing the way the NextGen travel — from summer camps for grown-ups to offices on the beach.

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Meet Sanne Meijboom from I Like Local

July 1st, 2019

We interview I Like Local – a social venture that aims to offer unique experiences for travelers and financial support for locals in Asia and Africa.

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Changing travel: the sustainable startups boosted by awards from Booking.com

May 21st, 2019

Digital travel firm Booking.com has announced the sustainable travel startups that will receive financial assistance from its 2019 Booking Booster programme.

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Hiking Sri Lanka’s Hill Country: birds, a modern monk and two stray dogs

September 20th, 2018

Our guide stops in his tracks and abruptly turns to the left. A second before, we heard a bird calling and immediately, our guide knew what he was looking for: the Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill. Did we see it? Yes, right before they got chased away by the dogs defending the property we passed.

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Mama's with a Mission/Mama's met een missie

July 5th, 2016

Eten en slapen bij een rijstboer en zijn familie in Thailand, logeren bij een familie in Tanzania en helpen op hun boerderij, een fietstocht maken door historisch Manila of een cursus Gambiaans koken. En dan niet georganiseerd door een commerciële reisorganisatie, maar door de locals zelf. Unieke activiteiten ondernemen tijdens je reis en daarmee ook nog de lokale bevolking steunen. Met dat doel voor ogen richtte Sanne Meijboom I Like Lokal op, een duurzame reissite die reizigers met locals verbindt in 15 verschillende landen in Azië en Afrika.

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A Moment With: Sanne Meijboom, Founder of 'I Like Local'

July 1st, 2016

On the 21st of June I had a chat with the founder of I Like Local, Sanne Meijboom, in London. She shares her story why she founded it and what her goal is with I Like Local.

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