{"id":669,"date":"2015-02-18T01:04:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T01:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2023-12-24T23:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:40:53","slug":"thestar-com-my-sukau-lodge-gets-natgeo-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/thestar-com-my-sukau-lodge-gets-natgeo-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"THESTAR.COM.MY : SUKAU LODGE GETS NATGEO NOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sukau.png\" alt=\"sukau\" width=\"693\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sukau.png 693w, https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/sukau-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KOTA KINABALU<\/strong>: Sabah\u2019s status as a nature travel destination received a boost with a jungle lodge in the east coast being listed among National Geographic\u2019s 24 Unique Lodges of the World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sukau Rainforest Lodge, located along the wildlife rich Sungai Kinabatangan, is the first such facility in the country to gain entry into the exclusive club and among only three such facilities in Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lodge owner Albert Teo said the National Geographic listing was a special achievement as the facilities represented a collection of boutique hotels at unique locations around the world with a demonstrated commitment to sustainability, authenticity and excellence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSukau Rainforest Lodge was from our vision of creating a complete ecotourism experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis listing presents a unique opportunity not just for us but for Sabah and the entire country as well,\u201d said Teo after celebrating the 20th anniversary of the lodge and its National Geographic listing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among those at the event was state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Geographic deployed experts to each site to evaluate operations, meet staff at all levels, scrutinise the impact on the local environment and community and ensure that these criteria were met.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Costas Christ, National Geographic <em>Traveler<\/em> magazine editor-at-large coordinated an international team to inspect each of the lodges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cTravellers can feel confident when they stay in one of these lodges that they are helping to safeguard cultural and natural treasures in some of the world\u2019s most incredible places,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Sabah\u2019s status as a nature travel destination received a boost with a jungle lodge in the east coast&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"featured_post":[],"class_list":["post-669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5061,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions\/5061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669"},{"taxonomy":"featured_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.borneoecotours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_post?post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}