Extreme Heat Is Changing When and Where People Travel: Booking Holdings
Traveler behavior is shifting, but the data suggests it's redistribution, not retreat, with heat and crowds pushing demand into shoulder seasons.
Darin Graham is an award-wining climate journalist covering the travel industry for Skift. He reports on how airlines, hotels, and tourism businesses are responding to the climate change – from the innovations and technologies respawning the industry to greenwashing allegations and business risk.
The Net-Zero Club: The Green Hotels Rejecting Fossil Fuels
Hotels that cut fossil fuels can lower operating costs and risk and even improve guest comfort, but the industry still treats decarbonization as optional, too expensive, confusing, and hard to compare or find.
Authorities Around the World Are Banning Flight Ads Due To Climate. But Will It Change Anything?
The bans may not ground a single flight, but they are opening the door to harder policy conversations.
Delta Walks Back Climate Targets
Delta's language shift, from "goal" to "aspiration," may sound like semantics, but it signals a broader retreat from hard climate commitments at a moment when the airline industry's 2050 net-zero pledge is already under strain.
Closed Reefs Cost Money. A Colombian Coral Island May Have The Solution.
Tourism has always counted visitors. This could help tourism count the environmental cost.
Buffets First in Line as Hotel Groups Tell UN They’ll Halve Food Waste
A group of 11 hotels and travel companies have pledged to halve food waste in support of a UN campaign.
Singapore Slams Brakes on Climate Levy and Cleaner Fuel Mandate
Singapore's decision to pause its SAF levy reflects the brutal economics of flying in 2026.
A Gulf Hotel Just Signed the World’s Leading Tourism Climate Pact. Its Home Country Runs on Oil and Gas
Coral Beach Resort Sharjah is the first hotel in the Middle East to sign the Glasgow Declaration. But the real question for hotel owners is whether these pledges translate into lower costs or stronger demand in a region still heavily reliant on fossil fuels.
Can An Electric Snowmobile Become The Tesla Of Winter Tourism?
Decarbonization targets are opening a market for electric equipment in ski resorts and electric snowmobiles are among the first products that can compete with diesel on price and performance.
Radisson’s Net Zero Hotels to ‘Future Proof’ Against Rising Energy Costs
As the Iran war pushes oil prices up and disrupts supply, Radisson is telling hotel owners that switching to electric and renewables can reduce exposure to rising fuel costs.