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

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research

We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.

Wouter Geerts | 2 years ago

Experiences

South Africa's Tourism Industry Confronts Worsening Electricity Outage Crisis

South Africa's hospitality and tourism industries have had to source alternative energy proactively. There appears to be no end to the country's ongoing energy crisis that cuts travel business profit margins and puts its digital nomad destination appeal at risk.

Selene Brophy | 2 years ago

Tourism

Gen Z Travelers Are Unimpressed by Sustainability Pitches

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at tourism sustainability, Cathay Pacific’s healthy return, and holograms in hotels.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Dartmoor National Park in southwest England

Short-Term Rentals

Short-Term Rentals Test Sustainability as an Accreditation Standard

The industry may recognize the need to be sustainable, but the incentives need to align with the infrastructure. It's also important to treat sustainability as a common goal and shared outcome, and not as just an accreditation.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 2 years ago

Tourism

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

Gen Zers don't care what tourism businesses say about their sustainability efforts. They just want to see it in their day-to-day experience.

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago

Tourism

Middle East Set to Be One of the Fastest-Growing Airline Markets

As "record aircraft deliveries" make headlines in the Middle East and India market, the current supply chain constraints leave us wondering if the aircraft makers would be able to keep pace with the demand.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

Fairbnb.coop Launches in the UK to Promote Community Tourism

Sustainable tourism organization Fairbnb.coop has launched in the UK.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 2 years ago

Online Travel

Trip.com Expects Chinese Outbound Travel to Gain Momentum in 2nd Quarter

For a faster recovery of the China outbound market, Trip.com executives say the aviation sector will have to ramp up flight capacity from the current 15-20 percent of pre-Covid level.

Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago

Business Travel

Bulgaria Sees Former Communist Party Hotel Being Converted to a Digital Nomad Co-Op

Communism meets co-living in Semkovo, where an entrepreneur wants to transform a hotel built for members of Bulgaria's former ruling party into a more modern hub for digital nomads and remote workers.

Matthew Parsons | 2 years ago

Alison Saar's Monument to the Great Northern Migration

Tourism

Chicago Looks to Drive New Tourism to Overlooked South Side

The $5.5 million grant will obviously help, but Chicago faces a large uphill as it crafts a more inclusive tourism. It's facing historic racial inequalities that continue to keep many neighborhoods down.

Dawit Habtemariam | 2 years ago