Webinar: Steering Travel Toward Measurable Sustainability Goals

A recent webinar explored how how businesses can maintain transparency and accountability for sustainability goals.

India Daily: Travelers Weigh in on the Sustainability Cost-Tradeoff

Nearly 97 percent of Indian travelers want to travel sustainably over the next year, according to Booking.com’s Sustainable Travel Report.

What’s the Travel Industry’s Record on Sustainability?

This week we looked at the travel industry's record on sustainability, as well as headlines about Marriott, American Air, Hopper, and more.

How Skift Has Covered Travel’s Sustainability Efforts

With Earth Day rapidly approaching, here's a glimpse at how Skift has covered sustainability and the environment over a decade.

How Skift Has Covered Travel’s Sustainability Efforts

With Earth Day rapidly approaching, here's a glimpse at how Skift has covered sustainability and the environment over a decade.

Middle East’s Luxury Travelers Prioritize Sustainability

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important consideration within the Middle East’s luxury travel sector.

CitizenM Secures $500 Million Loan Contingent on Sustainability Goals

CitizenM raised $500 million (€480 million) from HSBC UK, HSBC Continental Europe, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and Aareal Bank with a sustainability-linked loan,

Short-Term Rentals Test Sustainability as an Accreditation Standard

The short-term rental industry can be sustainable, but not without support and structure. As it currently stands, there are few institutional incentives The latest estimates for tourism’s contributions to the global greenhouse gas emissions stand at  11 percent, as of 2021 and that number is predicted to double by 2050. The short-term rental industry is in dire need of collaborative efforts towards this pursuit.

Tourism’s Sustainability Pitch Needs to Be More Subtle for Gen Z

Tourism businesses that talk about how sustainable they are won’t win points with Generation Z travelers. In fact, they run the risk of pushing them away, Tourism businesses that talk about how sustainable they are won’t win points with Gen Z travelers. In fact, they run the risk of pushing them away, said Etienne Matichard, director of sales at Ennismore, a collective of 14 hotel brands owned by Accor, at a panel at ITB Berlin titled “GenZ and the Transformation of Travel.”

U.S. Needs to Step Up Proof of Sustainability With European Tourists

The U.S. travel sector needs to revamp its messaging around the sustainable action its destinations and businesses are taking in order to maintain The U.S. travel sector needs to revamp its messaging around the sustainable action its destinations and businesses are taking in order to maintain competitiveness with European markets.