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

Skift Global Forum Video: 40 Years of Sandals Resorts

In this conversation from Skift Global Forum, Adam Stewart, executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), speaks with Skift President Carolyn Kremins, about the organization’s dedication to local communities through positive social and economic impact, as well as its unique focus on sustainable tourism.

Sandals Resorts + Skift | 3 years ago

Skift Global Forum Video: Traveler Trends & Insights Driving Recovery

In this brand talk from Skift Global Forum, we hear from Wendy Olson Killion, senior vice president of Expedia Group Media Solutions, on key data from their latest Traveler Trends & Insights Driving Recovery report.

Expedia Group Media Solutions + Skift | 3 years ago

Accor’s Hotel Owners Are Clamoring to Become Lifestyle Brands

CEO Sebastien Bazin has certainly evolved Accor's luxury and lifestyle lineup, but will that be enough to help him finally break into the U.S. market?

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago

Tourism

Can Tourism Go Outside Its Comfort Zone by Confronting Social Issues Head-On?

The message from these two outspoken speakers was clear: the travel industry must go beyond easy rhetoric on diversity to be inclusive, and community-minded. Copping out is not an option.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 years ago

Hotels

Google's New Climate Push Won't Penalize Hotels That Opt Out

What can make a travel companies truly put their money where their mouth is on sustainability? Threaten a lower placement on a Google search.

Cameron Sperance | 3 years ago

Online Travel

How Far Will Google Take New Hotel and Environment Claims?

It's a nice step for Google to provide more information about hotels' sustainability practices in search results. But will the company have the guts to get "political," in the eyes of some, and push hotel listings higher or lower based on environmental practices?

Dennis Schaal | 3 years ago

Flight Path Walk Way at Flight 93 Memorial in Pennsylvania

Airlines

20 Years After 9/11 a Resilient Airline Industry Faces New Challenges

There were naysayers after 9/11 that said people would never fly again in droves out of security concerns, and now Covid and its variant joint-venture partners have rocked the travel industry. History has shown, however, that "travel" and the human spirit are indomitable.

Dennis Schaal | 3 years ago

Tourism

A Travel Coalition Faces Steep Climb Calling Out Industry on Climate Change

Cutting tourism-related carbon emissions in half is very ambitious, but travel can't go small in combating climate change. However, the fight to cut emissions will face an enormous challenge when airline passenger numbers return to pre-Covid levels.

Rashaad Jorden | 3 years ago

Tourism

Why the Travel Industry Can't Afford to Dismiss the UN’s Loudest Climate Change Warning Yet

Ignorance of the science is no longer an excuse — the IPCC report makes sure of that. If the tourism industry doesn't snap out of its inertia faster, its fate will be sealed sooner than any of us thought.

Lebawit Lily Girma | 3 years ago

Business Travel

Global Consulting Firms Project They Will Save Almost $1 Billion by Cutting Corp Travel in 2022

These latest company budgets and stricter travel programs are concrete evidence that there's simply no going back to 2019 levels.

Matthew Parsons | 3 years ago