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.

Online Travel

New Research: Understanding Consumer Demand for Sustainable Travel Options

Sustainability is good for the planet, but it’s also good for business. Expedia Group Media Solutions’ Sustainable Travel Study seeks to understand what consumers consider sustainable travel, what trade-offs they’re willing to make, and where they expect to find information to help them make more mindful choices.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 3 years ago

Europe's Multi-Modal Travel Platform Omio Raises $80 Million

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Airlines

Amex GBT, Accenture and Shell Partner on New Sustainable Fuel Platform

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Collage of best designed tourism websites

Online Travel

The 10 Best Designed Tourism Websites in the World 2022

In a frantic attempt to avoid being left behind, official tourism organization websites are doing their best to catch up to the high expectations of the new traveler — tourists of the post-pandemic digital age.

Mary Ann Ha | 3 years ago

Meetings

Are Zero Waste and Emissions Festivals a Testing Ground for Sustainability in Events?

DGTL, an international music festival, is said to be the first circular, climate-neutral event. It is waste-less, plant-based, with zero diesel usage, and pee-to-tea installations. How that all turns out may drive a lot of copycats in the industry.

3 years ago

Airlines

Daily Podcast: A Small Amount of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, June 10, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Jason Clampet | 3 years ago

Airlines

Europe's Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate Leads World in Policy — and Debate

Europe is taking the lead on sustainable aviation fuel that many see as key to cutting airline carbon emissions. The EU has until the end of the year to come to an agreement over the amount and what kind of these fuels to mandate.

Edward Russell | 3 years ago

Ground Transport

Germany's Good Intentions of a 9-Euro Discount Transit Pass May Just Backfire

Germany wants more people to ride trains and buses this summer with a nine-euro pass. But a surge in riders may hit the physical limits of the country's transport infrastructure.

Edward Russell | 3 years ago

Media and PR

Daily Podcast: Instagram Is the New Google for Travel Startups

Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, June 3, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Jason Clampet | 3 years ago

Tourism

Global Tourism Must Confront These 3 Consumer Shifts in Its Sustainability Push

Travelers are hitting the road and the skies again in droves, but their mindsets and habits have morphed. How will the industry tackle the long-term impact of those changes, beyond surface implications? Sustainability discussions still remain far too lofty, far too slow in solutions, and far too focused on the outside visitor.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 3 years ago