Articles tagged “travalyst”

Travalyst has built a rare coalition of big-name travel companies working directly together on climate change issues. The challenge now is whether the group can sustain its momentum and broaden its impact.

When Travalyst and its partners release information on what they have learned from this, it could offer valuable insights into how emissions transparency influences traveler choices.

Prince Harry has called for action on travel emissions as the industry keeps growing. Companies are talking about climate and are setting goals. But more real solutions are needed to reduce emissions.

Travalyst's challenge in hospitality will be in trying to make itself a leader in sustainability measurement. This will be a tougher sell than flights.

Cirium is a for-profit company, selling its data to corporations and the airline industry to more accurately measure flight emissions. Could its reluctance at this early stage to share that data with Google and Travalyst be out of self-interest?

The survey encapsulates a seeming dilemma for the travel industry. What proportion of their resources should they pour into promoting sustainable travel choices when a wide swath of travelers aren’t focused on the issue.

All would admit that the way online travel companies display the climate impact of flights is vague and inadequate. But help is on the way.

Calculating the actual environmental impact of flights has been an immature art. Getting real data from Lufthansa should advance the effort.

Adding Amadeus and Travelport certainly expands Travalyst's reach, but the partnerships will only be worthwhile if their corporate travel agency customers adopt Travalyst's method of calculating carbon emissions.

The global focus on sustainability will be the catalyst for the asset light and human-focused tour operator sector going mainstream.