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Articles tagged “environment”

Hotels

Hotel Chains Need to Up Game on Franchise Emission Reporting: New Skift Research

Progress has been made on environmental reporting by hotel companies, but major blind spots remain. The asset-light model being pursued by most large hotel companies jars with the need for greater oversight by head office to really track and improve emissions.

Wouter Geerts | 1 year ago

Hotel Chains Need to Up Game on Franchise Emission Reporting: New Skift Research

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.

Wouter Geerts | 1 year ago

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.

Carley Thornell, Skift | 1 year ago

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.

Jasper Ward and Brian Ellsworth, Reuters | 2 years ago

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.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

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.

Sean O'Neill | 3 years ago

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.

Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones, Reuters | 3 years ago

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?

Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

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.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

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.

Varsha Arora and Wouter Geerts, Skift Research | 3 years ago

Majority of Airlines Miss Environmental Efficiency Targets: New Skift Research