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Articles tagged “environment”

Hotels

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research

We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research

Hotels

Hotel Green Efforts Are Hitting Right Message for Social Media Users

Can you go wrong with imagery of animals or nature and heartwarming messages? Not if you're a hotel sharing your sustainability efforts via social media. That's what The Datai Langkawi, Fairmont, and Banyan Tree have found.

Hotel Green Efforts Are Hitting Right Message for Social Media Users

Tourism

Caribbean Destinations to Seek Compensation for Climate Change Impact on Tourism

Caribbean nations have long been vocal about the impact of climate change on their tourism industries. But their demands for compensation are getting louder as natural disasters increasingly wreak havoc on their economies.

Caribbean Destinations to Seek Compensation for Climate Change Impact on Tourism

Tourism

Summer Vacationers Are Budgeting and the RV Market Is Responding

While many turned to recreational vehicles and outdoor experiences for social distancing and mental wellness during the pandemic, rising vacation prices are forcing Americans to carefully allocate their finances, adding yet another reason to the list of why RVs are the move this summer.

Summer Vacationers Are Budgeting and the RV Market Is Responding

Airlines

Google Flights Adds Carbon Emission Estimates to Search

Informed consumer choice could help defuse the carbon bomb. But it'll take many actions to respond to the climate emergency.

Google Flights Adds Carbon Emission Estimates to Search

Cruises

Venice Cruise Ship Ban Is Finally Happening in August

We've heard this before, but maybe we'll see a ban go into place in August. And if that's followed by other acts that put locals before tourists, perhaps we'll once again have a town that's something more than a traveler's trinket at city scale.

Venice Cruise Ship Ban Is Finally Happening in August

Airlines

How Travel Loyalty Programs Cost the Environment: New Skift Research

Travel loyalty programs really are frequency programs. As frequency is directly linked to emissions in travel, how can travel companies find environmentally friendly ways to reward its most valuable customers?

How Travel Loyalty Programs Cost the Environment: New Skift Research

Tourism

New Plastics Report Warns Travel Industry and Calls for Unity to Address

As the travel industry slowly emerges from the pandemic, it will soon have to re-engage with dropping single-use plastics because regulators aren't waiting until the travel sector's profitability recovers to tighten laws.

New Plastics Report Warns Travel Industry and Calls for Unity to Address

Airlines

Majority of Airlines Miss Environmental Efficiency Targets: New Skift Research

Fuel efficiency is integral to the bottom line of airline operators. Skift Research found that efficiency improvements fluctuate considerably by year and between companies. Most were unable to achieve efficiency goals set by the industry.

Majority of Airlines Miss Environmental Efficiency Targets: New Skift Research

Airlines

6 Major Airlines Ranked on Green Performance: New Skift Research

Pressure is growing on airlines to reduce their carbon emissions. But how do you do that when you burn through gallons of jet fuel? Our analysis found that airlines have made good progress in becoming more fuel efficient, but have a long way to go to make significant reductions in emissions long-term.

6 Major Airlines Ranked on Green Performance: New Skift Research