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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.

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New Tech to Help Events Reach Net Zero

It is no easy feat for an event to become net zero, but event professionals can now track their progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions using industry-dedicated tools.
3 years ago
A giraffe at sunset in Africa.
Tourism

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism

The quiet, mesmerizing beauty of giraffes makes them marketing gold for Africa's wildlife tourism industry. But the world's tallest mammals are under threat from multiple forces, poachers, diseases, even climate change. Economics aside, conservationists are in a mad dash to hasten their decline.
Harriet Akinyi | 3 years ago
man in mask
Tourism

Mask Mandates Disappear and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, major U.S. airlines didn't hesitate to lift mask requirements, travel numbers in Japan begin steadily rising, and a hotel in South Carolina offers insight on how to create a disability inclusive workforce.
Mary Ann Ha | 3 years ago
Roadside chef cooking in Hua Hin District Prachuap Khiri Khan Province Thailand.
Tourism

Food Tourism Is the Perfect Entrée for Greener Travel

It’s Earth Day 2022, marking yet another year on this planet with our outward cries on climate change and way too empty preachings on practicing sustainability. We all know for greener travel, change starts from the top down, or in the case of food tourism, from the Earth up. So ... who is really doing something?
Mary Ann Ha | 3 years ago
Grenada
Online Travel

Loyalty Meets a Newly Conscious Traveler for Post-Pandemic Resets

Loyalty programs helped brands engage with customers during pandemic lockdowns. But now they need to evolve, and travel companies need to not only decipher what today’s traveler wants, but also how to factor in sustainability in a meaningful way.
Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago
Sustainable travel
Tourism

Asia Tourism CEO Offers 3 Ways to Invest for a Green Recovery

As travel moves to the next stage of recovery and resilience, investment will be key to unlock this phase. With sustainability as the key driver of choice, these investments will need to make local communities active stakeholders.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 3 years ago