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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Airlines

Airlines May Have a Tougher Road to Reducing Plastics Than Hotels

It's easy to say that travel companies should ditch plastics to help save the environment, but this will be much harder for airlines than some other sectors.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Meetings

New Skift Report: The Sustainable Future of Meetings and Events

When it comes to sustainability, the meetings sector is thinking well beyond environmental impacts. With the future of this multi-billion dollar sector on the line, planners and venues alike are dreaming up creative solutions to the biggest challenges facing meetings and events.

IHG + Skift | 6 years ago

Plastics in Airline Catering Raise Questions About Carbon Emissions

Airlines have a love-hate relationship with plastics, especially when it comes to food and beverage. Plastics pose a serious environmental threat, but at the same time they're lightweight and thereby help reduce carbon emissions. Can carriers tackle both of these problems at once?

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Hotels

What Happens When Hotels Pledge to Reduce Plastics?

It's one thing for a hotel to join a coalition and promise to reduce its plastic footprint, and another to make measurable progress.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Tourism

Skift Forum Asia: The Travel Corporation Maps Plan to Sustainability

There's a long road ahead to achieving environmental sustainability in the travel industry. It involves a lot of effort from companies, but travelers and governments have to get on board too.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Hotels

IHG Talking to Its Hotel Owners on Plastics Problem

While there is still plenty to do, it's good to see public companies — and the financial analysts who cover them — paying closer attention to the plastics problem.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago

Hotels

Hotels Have a Problem With Plastics: A Skift Deep Dive

The hotel industry is just waking up to the problem of plastic waste, but this is a two-way street. Hotels rely on this convenient, affordable material just as much as travelers do. The real struggle is turning newfound global awareness and municipal legislation into swift action.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder | 6 years ago

Tourism

Asia's Persistent Pollution Problems Weigh on Tourism Opportunities

If China can make good progress to reduce pollution levels, why can't other Asian countries do it? Makes us sick — pun intended — just thinking about it.

Raini Hamdi | 6 years ago

Cruises

Cruise Insiders (and Outsiders) Highlight Challenges the Industry Must Address

It was refreshing to hear some honest talk about parts of the cruise industry where there is room for improvement. More, please.

Hannah Sampson | 6 years ago

Tourism

Travel and Tourism’s Good, Bad and Ugly Sides

Yes, travel and tourism is a wealth and job creator, but the industry needs to recognize how it plays a central role in some of the world’s biggest problems.

Patrick Whyte | 6 years ago