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Climate Change and Travel

Complete coverage of how global climate change is affecting the travel industry and how travel brands are helping or hurting humans’ opportunities to fix it.

Airlines

Ryanair Says French Push for Minimum Pricing on Flights Is Politically impossible

European authorities will seemingly have to find way other ways to reduce the carbon footprint of the airline industry. It's incredibly unlikely much of the European Union will support France's push for minimum pricing on flights.

Ryanair Says French Push for Minimum Pricing on Flights Is Politically impossible

Airlines

France to Push For Minimum Price For Flights Across Europe

A minimum price for flights in Europe, if enacted, could help lead to a reduction in airlines' carbon emissions. But France's proposal faces an uphill climb to becoming a reality, especially with several destinations' tourism industries being dependent on low-cost flights.

France to Push For Minimum Price For Flights Across Europe

News Blog

Europe Adopts Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandates From 2025

The European Parliament on Wednesday approved the bloc's sustainable aviation fuel mandates in the push to cut aviation emissions dramatically. The mandates, which are part of the European Union's Fit for 55 program to cut carbon emissions, require that 2% of all aviation fuel used in the bloc must be low-emission sustainable aviation fuel, or…

Airlines

Airlines’ Sustainability Claims Can’t Escape Scrutiny

Is there really so much value in marketing greener flights that airlines would waste their time with campaigns like these?

Airlines’ Sustainability Claims Can’t Escape Scrutiny

Hotels

Hilton to Install Tesla Next-Gen Electric Vehicle Chargers at 2,000 Hotels

Vying for market share breeds opportunity and risk. Hilton's oneupmanship in electric vehicle charging is more than just a win for Tesla. It will prompt hotel rivals to sharpen their strategies.

Hilton to Install Tesla Next-Gen Electric Vehicle Chargers at 2,000 Hotels

Tourism

Future of Tourism: 5 Key Questions

China's economic weakness, city downtowns in trouble, visa delays – these are just some of the issues holding back travel. We will be talking about them with tourism executives at the Skift Global Forum in September.

Future of Tourism: 5 Key Questions

Airlines

Airlines Must Look Beyond Carbon Emissions to Go Truly Green

Greening the airline industry involves more than just slashing carbon emissions. Contrails are warming the Earth today.

Airlines Must Look Beyond Carbon Emissions to Go Truly Green

Tourism

Ask Skift: Does Extreme Weather Deter Tourism?

Destinations across the globe have experienced searing heat this summer, and are those soaring temperatures putting people off from traveling? Ask Skift looks into the impact of the blistering heat on tourism.

Ask Skift: Does Extreme Weather Deter Tourism?

Hotels

Brazilian City Plans to Triple Hotel Capacity, Use Boats for Rooms at 2025 Climate Meeting

The boats can sail away when the climate meeting is finished, but what would Belem do with all of those extra hotel rooms it is getting ready?

Brazilian City Plans to Triple Hotel Capacity, Use Boats for Rooms at 2025 Climate Meeting

News Blog

IDEAS: Eco-Conscious Cruising Via Emission-Free Yachts

As revenge luxury travel and yacht charters for high net worth travelers shifts to exotic locations at slightly more affordable prices, the introduction of emission-free yachting may now allow these private experiences to be a more eco-conscious option, as well. Sunreef Yachts has announced that work has begun on the development of its latest sustainable…