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About us
Learn more about our members, the team, our executive board or our scientific advisory board.
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Our Mission
We promote sustainable travel and make the tourism value chain more environmentally and socially sustainable.
Our Vision
A sustainable tourism industry in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Future
Sustainable tourism is becoming the standard and combines unforgettable experiences with responsibility for people and nature.
Who is Futouris?
Futouris is the sustainability initiative of the German-speaking tourism industry. Our goal is to preserve travel destinations for the long term, protect the environment and climate, and improve the living conditions of local people. Together with partners, we implement projects worldwide, develop practical solutions, and promote knowledge transfer. By doing so, we contribute to systematically embedding sustainability in tourism.
The Futouris Office
In consultation with the Board of Directors, the team manages the association’s business, coordinates the funding projects and is the point of contact for members, project partners and the press.
Inga Meese
Managing Director Futouris e.V.
Inga ist seit 2009 verantwortlich für die strategische und operative Gesamtleitung von Futouris.
Swantje Lehners
Managing Director Projects & Cooperations
Swantje ist seit 2014 an Bord und als Geschäftsführerin verantwortlich für das Futouris Projektmanagement sowie die Betreuung und Entwicklung von Partnerschaften.
Tatjana Peters
Project manager
Seit 2019 verantwortet Tatjana die Koordination der Futouris Paten- und Branchenprojekte.
Lydia Smyk
Communication & Events
Lydia verstärkt seit 2024 das Team und ist zuständig für Kommunikationsthemen sowie die Planung und Umsetzung von Futouris-Veranstaltungen.
The Futouris Executive Board
The Futouris Executive Board is elected by the General Assembly for a period of two years. The Executive Board is supported and adviced by the Scientific Advisory Board.
Lucienne Damm
Chairwoman
Head of Sustainability, TUI Cruises
Ralf Hieke
Vice Chairman
Owner Travel Agency Strier
Friederike Grupp
Chief Financial Officer
Director of Sustainability, Hotelplan Group
Thomas Bohlander
Managing Director Gebeco GmbH & Co. KG
Laura Steden
Director Corporate Responsibility, DERTOUR Group
Ingo Lies
Founder and Managing Director, Chamäleon Reisen
Florian Käufer
Managing Director TFC Airlebnis, Reise & Event GmbH
Prof. Dr. Christian Baumgartner
Futouris Scientific Advisory Board
The Futouris Scientific Advisory Board
As an industry initiative for sustainability, we aim to ensure a high standard of sustainability in our projects, keep the sustainability debate up to date and recognize innovations in this area. Leading international scientists support Futouris and its member companies in the project development process – as consultants and partners, but also as critics and challengers!
Prof. Dr. Christian Baumgartner
University of Applied Sciences Graubünden
Prof. (FH) Dr. Christian Baumgartner is a landscape ecologist and founder of response & ability. In addition to his work as a professor for sustainable tourism and international development at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden, he teaches business ethics in Austria and regularly teaches in an international context (China, Azerbaijan, etc.)
Prof. Dr. Julia Beelitz
University of Applied Sciences Worms
As a professor for “Sustainability and International Management,” Prof. Dr. Julia E. Beelitz focuses on issues of sustainable mass tourism, the analysis of globally relevant niche segments, and the field of tourism philosophy.
Prof. Dr. Nicole Häusler
IU- International University of Applied Sciences, Campus Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Nicole Häusler has been working as a consultant and trainer for sustainable tourism for over 25 years, with a regional focus on Asia. Her areas of expertise include destination management, change management, tourism and culture, qualitative methods in tourism research, and tourism in development cooperation.
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Heuwinkel
Saarland university of applied sciences for technology and economics
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Heuwinkel has been a professor of International Tourism Management at htw saar since 2005, specializing in tourism sociology. Her current research focuses on responsible tourism, with a focus on gender equality and community-based tourism.
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Lund-Durlacher is Professor Emerita in the Department of Tourism and Service Management at Modul University Vienna. Since June 2020, she has been strengthening the team of tourism researchers at the Center for Sustainable Tourism at Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schmude has held the Chair of Economic Geography and Tourism Research at the Department of Geography at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 2008. His main research interests are economic disparities in general and the impacts of global change and climate change on tourism.
Prof. Dr. Jürg Stettler
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Prof. Dr. Jürg Stettler is the Director of the Institute of Tourism Economics (ITW) and Vice Director and Head of Research at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. His research focuses on destination management, sustainable development in tourism, the economic impacts, sustainability, and the legacy of major sporting events, as well as the topic of overtourism.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Strasdas
Emeritus Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Strasdas has been professor emeritus since 2024. His current work at the Center for Sustainable Tourism at Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences focuses on climate protection and adaptation to climate change, sustainable mobility, protected area management, as well as corporate responsibility and certifications in tourism.
Prof. Dr. Harald Zeiss
Harz University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Harald Zeiss has been a professor at the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode since 2011, focusing on sustainability and international tourism. In addition to research and teaching, he has been responsible for the International Tourism Studies (ITS) program since 2012.
Voices of our members
...responsibility for future generations has no limits.
Lucienne Damm
Head of Sustainability, TUI Cruises...traveling means respect and responsibility and must not be depletion of nature.
Ralf Hieke
Travel Agency Strier...I am convinced that only an intact environment and social balance combined with sustainable and resource-efficient development provide the foundation for the future of travel. We want to raise awareness of this through active communication and thus encourage those responsible to take positive action or support their activities.
Dorothea Hohn
Global Communication Experts...we at Gebeco see cooperative, collaborative management for the benefit of our guests as the core of our tourism activities and can only ensure this in the future when working together.
Thomas Bohlander
Managing Director, Gebeco...I want to understand the chances and potential of sustainable tourism in discourse with the tourism industry and to support joint innovative ideas.
Dagmar Lund-Durchlacher
Futouris Scientific Advisory Board...as part of the travel & transport industry, I want to help to protect the ecosystem for our children in a sustainable way.
Markus Orth
Managing Director, Lufthansa City Center Reisebüropartner GmbH... I want to contribute to shape the tourism industry in a sustainable way and assume responsibility for the people, culture and nature in holiday destinations
Friederike Grupp
Head of Sustainability, Hotelplan Group...together with like-minded people I want to make the tourism industry a true pioneer of the sustainability movement.
Thomas Vodde
Marketing & Event, Kurverwaltung Juist...sustainable and responsible travel is team sport and the game has to be shaped by common ideas and goals.
Florian Käufer
Managing Director TCF Airlebnis Reise & Event GmbH...Chamäleon's goal has always been to give people in the destinations a better life and to preserve nature.
Ingo Lies
Founder and Director Chamäleon reisenOur news
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Climate Island Juist Launches Energy Transition Study
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Green Travel Transformation Final Conference – April 19th, 2018
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Green Travel Transformation: Multi-stakeholder dialogue in Berlin
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Green Travel Transformation sets a new course
The Green Travel Transformation project concluded today at the Fraunhofer Forum with a high-profile ...
More Biodiversity in Tourism: Futouris Launches New Project with WWF and mascontour
To ensure that future generations can continue to experience the planet’s rich biodiversity, Futouri...
Webinar und Tipps zur "klimafreundlichen Anreise"
In einer interaktiven Webinarreihe im Rahmen des Futouris-Projektes "Klimaschutz am Counter" geht es...
Successful ‘Sustainable Food’ training for employees of schauinsland-reisen's R2 hotels on Fuerteventura and Mallorca
Hotel management and staff at three R2 hotels on Fuerteventura and one R2 hotel on Mallorca received...
35% less food waste at the R2 Hotel Rio Calma on Fuerteventura
As part of a joint project with the sustainability initiative Futouris e.V., schauinsland-reisen has...
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