Skift Forum Asia: The Travel Corporation Maps Plan to Sustainability
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There's a long road ahead to achieving environmental sustainability in the travel industry. It involves a lot of effort from companies, but travelers and governments have to get on board too.
Sustainability means many things to Brett Tollman, CEO of The Travel Corporation, one of the world’s largest private travel companies, with more than 30 brands including tour operators, hotels, and river cruises. He evaluates a travel experience based on how it affects people, animals, as well as the environment.
When it comes to that last factor, Tollman is especially concerned with reducing travelers’ reliance on single-use plastics. Targets include water bottles, non-biodegradable name tags, and plastic used throughout the supply chain. “We declared war a couple of years ago on plastics,” he said, noting that he’s also wary of replacing lots of plastic bottles with lots of giveaway reusable bottles. Reducing plastic throughout the supply chain may be tough, according to Tollman, but it’s on the agenda.
Tollman perceives that the travel industry has a tremendous amount of work to do, and that includes
