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

Malaysia's Genting and Spain's Melia Are the Only Travel Companies to Top a New Corp Sustainability Ranking

Kudos to the two companies for coming out on top of The Wall Street Journal's ranking. But shame on the rest of the sector. Time to do better.

Sean O'Neill | 4 years ago

Tourism

Venice Marks Historic Day as Flood Barrier 'Stopped the Sea'

From overtourism to a stark absence of tourists, tourism dynamics have rocked Venice and its citizens. The new flood barrier should at least provide some assurance for awhile that at least the tides won't sink the city's prospects.

Crispian Balmer | 4 years ago

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Skift Global Forum Video: Laying the Groundwork For Tourism’s Sustainable Future

In this video conversation from Skift Global Forum, we hear from Gustavo Segura Sancho, Minister of Tourism, Costa Rica Tourism Board about how the country is laying the groundwork for a new vision of sustainable tourism.

Costa Rica Tourism Board + Skift | 4 years ago

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Hotels

No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory

Masks, social distancing, and vaccines can't stop climate change. It isn't a competition to choose the most dire threat, climate change or Covid-19, because they are interrelated. But taking a long-term view, climate change will be an existential threat to the travel industry, and the world, even as coronavirus fades.

Dennis Schaal | 4 years ago

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Online Travel

UN Tourism Agency Keeps Climate Change Front-and-Center With Startup Competition

Once the pandemic is tamed, the travel sector will have to respond to the climate emergency. Startups with expertise in responsible travel need to prepare now for when their moment arrives next year.

Sean O'Neill | 4 years ago

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Why Community Tourism, Redefined, Is the Future of Post-Pandemic Travel

Community tourism is a concept that places emphasis on bridging the economic and social divides between travelers and locals that is gaining prominence in the travel industry. As we learn in the case studies below from G Adventures, the pioneers of community tourism, redefined, it also has the potential to empower the industry employees who organize, lead, and sell travel experiences to customers.

G Adventures + Skift | 4 years ago

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Skift Forum Europe Video: The Future of Tourism

In this video from Skift Forum Europe 2020, we learn more about how the Red Sea Development Company aims to develop the first fully integrated mixed-use destination in the Middle East.

Red Sea Development Company + Skift | 5 years ago

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Coronavirus

What Covid-19 Can Teach the Airline Industry About Sustainability

Airlines clearly have a lot on their plates at the moment, but putting a renewed focus on sustainability could serve as a rare bit of positivity for the industry.

Publicis Sapient + Skift | 5 years ago

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Tourism

New Calm Created by Coronavirus Offers Southeast Asia Chance to Redo Sustainable Tourism

If the current crisis has taught us anything, it’s that destinations must put sustainability at the top of the agenda to thrive. Will coronavirus be a turning point for Southeast Asia’s volume-fixated tourism model?

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena | 5 years ago

Tourism

Travel's Big Disruption Came Ahead of Schedule: It Wasn't the One We Expected

For the travel industry, coronavirus has upended everything, kind of like how we expected climate change to — just much faster. Recovery, when it comes, will require taking the lessons from this thoroughly global disruption on board.

Rosie Spinks | 5 years ago