Climate Hub

Welcome to Skift’s Climate Hub, where solutions-based journalism cuts through industry spin to spotlight real progress in travel sustainability. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, Skift’s editorial team will evaluate environmental claims, highlight meaningful advancements, and hold the travel sector accountable. This independent initiative brings rigorous reporting to the forefront and pushes the industry to meet the moment in the face of growing scrutiny from travelers and stakeholders alike.

David Robles, Global Head of Travel Partnerships EMEA, Google, Zina Bencheikh, Managing Director EMEA, Intrepid Travel, Christian Muhr, COO, Kerten Hospitality and Sarah Kopit, Editor in Chief, Skift.

Tourism

Travel Businesses Must Focus on Simplifying Sustainable Choices

Ensuring sustainable travel is accessible and uncomplicated is a primary goal for travel businesses like Google, Intrepid Travel, and Kerten Hospitality, looking to reduce the burden of climate change on the consumer and the planet.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Tracy Lanza on stage with Carolyn Kremins

Luxury

Skift Global Forum East Video: Taking Regenerative Tourism from Concept to Reality

In this video from the Skift Global Forum East 2023, Tracy Lanza from Red Sea Global highlights how ambitious tourism development can blend luxury with regenerative practices, showcasing the potential for large-scale developments to not only coexist with but actively improve environments.

Red Sea Global + Skift | 1 year ago

Dubai's Transportation Future Must Be Multi-Modal and Sustainable

Dubai's rapid growth presents the challenge of balancing the pitfalls of mass travel against a sustainable and satisfying travel experience.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Tourism

New Report: Accelerating Sustainability in Travel and Tourism

In a new report, Visa details how public and private interests can collaborate to make sustainable travel a reality and conquer the “say-do gap” between travelers’ stated preferences and actual consumption patterns.

Visa + Skift | 1 year ago

Red Sea Global CEO on Why The Red Sea Heralds a New Era in Global Tourism

As Red Sea Global opens its first destination, it’s moving the needle from traditional sustainability to regeneration. The focus on regeneration marks a shift in industry standards, with potential lessons on how tourism can more actively benefit local communities and environments.

Red Sea Global + Skift | 1 year ago

U.K. Ad Watchdog Bans 3 Airline Ads Over 'Greenwashing' Claims

European regulatory agencies are increasingly cracking down on airline ads that claim they have a positive environmental impact.

Meghna Maharishi | 1 year ago

Tourism

Travel in the Ozempic Era

Today's podcast looks at travel in the age of Ozempic, Amazon's AI tools for the travel industry, and Virgin's test run of long-haul sustainable flights.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Richard Branson Shai Weiss Virgin Atlantic SAF flight

Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Pressures UK for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Support

Sometimes you need a big, audacious stunt to garner support for sought-after climate policy.

Edward Russell | 1 year ago

Experiences

G Adventures Sees 50-Something Customers as Part of Its Own Evolution in Adventure Travel

Age is nothing but a number. That is the underlying motivation for the older set wanting to book more active travel adventures.

Selene Brophy | 1 year ago

Hotels

Dubai Startup Envi Lodges Is on a Global Sustainability Mission

Founded two years ago, Envi Lodges is expecting to open its first property next year and already has hopes to spread all over the globe — if it finds the money.

Josh Corder | 1 year ago