Preferred Hotel Group, Inc., a family-owned and-operated company managing global hospitality brands, adds Beyond Green Travel to its portfolio of brands. Beyond Green Travel will join the ranks with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, Historic Hotels of America, Historic Hotels Worldwide and PHG Consulting.

Beyond Green Travel, founded by Costas Christ, an expert in global sustainability and an ecotourism pioneer, provides sustainable travel services and consulting.

The acquisition falls under Preferred Hotel Group’s strategy to enrich the company’s portfolio, and promote sustainable travel and the importance of protecting the planet and its people.

“As we look ahead to the future of travel, particularly during this period of economic recovery, we believe more than ever that the time is now to take sustainable tourism to the next level,” said Lindsey Ueberroth, CEO, Preferred Hotels & Resorts. “Working alongside Costas and his team, we are excited to create a sustainable tourism platform that will enable our brand promise of ‘Believe in Travel’ to help our destination and hospitality clients infuse genuine, holistic, and inspiring sustainability best practices into their daily operations and overall ethos.”

“We are at a transformative crossroads in the history of modern travel, where the need for economic recovery and social change align directly with the core values of sustainable tourism, including a commitment to diversity, equality, and the wellbeing of local communities, environmentally friendly practice, and support for the protection of cultural and natural heritage that are changing the travel and tourism industry for the better,” said Costas Christ, president, Beyond Green Travel.