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.

Skift Originals

Why We Are Covering Plastics as a Travel Beat

Everywhere you look in travel, you see it. It touches every end of the travel experience. And that's not good. So why wouldn't Skift focus on plastics as a core area of coverage? You're going to want to read these stories.

Tom Lowry | 6 years ago

Airlines

Meet American Airlines’ Turbulence Guru

Steve Abelman, the only meteorologist employed by American Airlines, is passionate about his craft.

Brian Sumers | 6 years ago

Hotels

Consumers Lead the Sustainability Debate, Says InterContinental CEO

Of course the tourism industry could do a better job dealing with sustainability. But the bigger issue is that one of its key components — air travel — is a significant contributor to climate change.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Tourism

Combating Overtourism Requires a More Holistic Approach

For decades, destination managers were able to ignore the negative effects of tourism. Now, the age of overtourism calls for a more robust approach to plan for the future.

Andrew Sheivachman | 6 years ago

Luxury

Bogotá's Potential in Wellness Tourism Starts With an Amazonian Nut

The cacay nut is a perfect example of how tourists can directly benefit entire countries simply by buying products for their own wellness in cities like Bogotá that help support poorer regions throughout Colombia. Maybe someday being a tourist will become less about being a foreigner and more about being a better global citizen.

Rebecca Stone | 6 years ago

Airlines

The AOC Effect Comes to Travel, Whether You Like It or Not

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her Green New Deal have stirred up debate about the path toward a sustainable travel future. She's right on time — and hopefully not too late.

Dennis Schaal | 6 years ago

Tourism

Medellin’s Tourism Challenge: Telling the Right Story of Its Violent Past

Medellin has gone through an incredible transformation over the past 30 years, but large issues still remain prevalent. As the city figures out the right story it wants to tell, its "fake it ‘til you make it" strategy somehow works — speaking to the resilience of many developing economies that are navigating histories of crime, corruption, and violence and still figuring out how to position themselves as destinations.

Rebecca Stone | 6 years ago

Airlines

The Existential Climate Change Fears Hit Major Hotels and Airlines

The details included in these reports are chilling, with many corporations citing severe weather events as certain to occur.

Isaac Carey | 6 years ago

Tourism

Bangkok’s Prolonged Haze Could Cost Millions in Tourist Dollars

Bangkok needs more than rainmakers to be treated seriously as the world’s top city destination, and to be a strong contender for medical tourists. Here’s what's choking the city and why it’s unhealthy for tourism.

Raini Hamdi | 6 years ago

Hotels

'Conscious' Travel Emerging as Yet Another Hot Luxury Trend

Do compassion and social consciousness go hand in hand with luxury travel? That's what some luxury travel executives are seeing — and hoping for.

Deanna Ting | 6 years ago