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HOELZ CONSULTING
advises and accompanies tourism destinations as well as cable car and tourism companies, tourist organizations and public institutions on their way to sustainability. A dedicated sustainability advisor as well as an international network of sustainability and tourism actors from science and practice are at your disposal. We support you in a competent and target-oriented way as you set out on the sustainability path and advise you in the acquisition of suitable funding. HOELZ CONSULTING is the first and only GSTC training partner in Austria and is committed to complying with the GSTC criteria.
Services
GSTC-TRAINING
As the first and only GSTC trainer in Austria, Dr. Michaela Hölz from HOELZ CONSULTING offers the official, internationally known GSTC training “Sustainable Tourism” (ST-DE) in German. This German version focus regional perspectives and best practices from the DACH region, which can be very use- and helpful for tourism stakeholders and government staff and officials from the DACH region to take the next steps in their sustainability journey.
GREEN DESTINATIONS AUSTRIA
HOELZ CONSULTING represents Green Destinations in Austria and is co-founder of Green Destination DACH Region. The association of all German speaking Green Destinations Representatives. Green Destinations is the world’s leading sustainability certification for destinations. Upon request, HOELZ CONSULTING can accompany you through the entire system of Green Destinations or can support you at critical “neuralgic” points such as entry, so that you can work with the Green Destinations system independently.
FUNDING MANAGEMENT
HOELZ CONSULTING has many years of experience with funding instruments of the federal and state governments, is familiar with the funding jungle of the European Union, maintains contact with foundations as potential funders and knows about the numerous dimensions of funding management. Funding lines, as they are spelled out by LEADER, EAFRD, ERDF, Horizon 2020, klar!, klimaaktiv, BMBF, BMLRT, have been acquired by HOELZ CONSULTING.
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
A successful sustainability management strengthens your (tourism) region, your company, your institution to act in a socially, ecologically and economically responsible way by not “only” complying with legal requirements, but by investing “more” beyond mere legal compliance in human capital, in the environment and in the relationship with other stakeholders.
Publications
My publications are all related to the discourse area of “Sustainable Development“ and, depending on the focus, are concerned with the institutions, political and socio-philosophical challenges of sustainability. Yet, they are all in German.
Contact
“Sustainability is not a problem to be solved, but a future to be created.”
Let us lead the way! It is a pleasure for me to support you in advancing your topics and projects with innovative questions and answers, so that together we can make a contribution to sustainability. Of course, I bring my network of international sustainability actors from science, bureaucracy, SMEs and citizens to every project: as a source, as a sounding board and as a contact person for trainings, applications, lectures, workshop discussions, audits and certifications.
With sustainable greetings

Dr. rer. pol. Mag. Michaela Hölz
member at WKÖ consultancy.