Articles tagged “ESG”

We like how this new hotel brand is testing rare concepts. It suggests a rate but lets guests haggle if they feel underwhelmed. It ties guest stays to specific, if minor, environmental and community fixes. And it opposes the trendy asset-light model.

Accor is focused on setting itself apart by offering more than just a place to stay. Jean-Jacques Morin, a top Accor executive, discussed that and more at the Skift Future of Lodging Forum.

Choice Hotels is late to the ESG party, but it's now started to formally report some data. All in all an important first step, but we hope there’s more to come.

CitizenM raised $500 million (€480 million) from HSBC UK, HSBC Continental Europe, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and Aareal Bank with a sustainability-linked loan, becoming one of the first European hospitality companies to…

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.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at Latin American aviation, hotels’ ESG efforts, and Airbnb’s flexible search

Many will argue that Barry Diller's views are contrarian, but he's indeed correct that many sustainability programs are puffery.

European airline leaders agree the industry needs to do more to become more sustainable, but they say they can't achieve the EU's ambitious greenhouse-gas reduction targets without government help. Airlines are calling on the EU to support the transition to sustainable jet fuel.