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.

Hotels

How Accor Is Supporting Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism

Accor’s company-wide commitment to sustainability and biodiversity calls guests, employees, and even competitors to join in on a collaborative vision of the hospitality industry’s eco-conscious future.

Accor Group + Skift | 3 years ago

Early Lessons From Vancouver Island Tourism's Shift From Marketer to Social Enterprise

Swapping its marketing role to focus on social impact is as inspiring as it gets coming out of a destination's tourism board. But Vancouver Island's 4VI will need to communicate at a whole new level of transparency — staying mindful of priorities that its resident communities may consider most important.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 3 years ago

Online Travel

U.S. National Parks Reservation Requirements May Deter Global Tourists

Limited booking windows for American national parks made sense amid the surging number of domestic visitors. With the resumption of international travel, the customer base has now changed. U.S. national parks may have to rethink their new reservation systems moving forward.

Dawit Habtemariam | 3 years ago

Tourism

The Business Advantage of Sustainability in the Travel Industry

Today on the Skift Travel Podcast we feature a session entitled "The Business Advantage of Sustainability" that was recorded live during this year's Skift Sustainable Tourism Summit.

Jason Clampet | 3 years ago

Business Travel

CWT Adds More Green Travel Options to Corporate Booking App

Travelers’ habits are changing, so corporate booking tools need to reflect that too. CWT’s relaunch is timely when people aspire to be kinder to the planet when they travel.

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Tourism

Hawaii Turns Over Tourism Marketing to Group Rooted in Local Culture

By choosing a community-centered nonprofit to help craft Hawaii's tourism marketing, the state's tourism authority made a bold statement, severing a century-old relationship with the conventions and visitors bureau. It's sparking controversy, but this is the uneasy path to redefining the future of tourism.

Dawit Habtemariam | 3 years ago

Airlines

Europe Approves World-Leading Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate

The European Parliament has passed one of the first sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, mandates that would force production of the low-carbon fuels to ramp up quickly in the coming…

Edward Russell | 3 years ago

Airlines

Aviation Tech Provider SITA Raises $400 Million In ‘Green Financing’

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Meetings

Don’t Let Climate Change Blow Your Event Away

Hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, floods, and other weather events are realities event professionals must plan for. A detailed disaster preparedness plan is key.

3 years ago

Tour Operators

Intrepid's Darrell Wade on Why Sustainability Isn't Easy

Wade bring years of on-the-ground work to the topic of travel and sustainability and his self-aware insights pull few punches.

Jason Clampet | 3 years ago