Climate Hub

Welcome to Skift’s Climate Hub, where solutions-based journalism cuts through industry spin to spotlight real progress in travel sustainability. In partnership with Intrepid Travel, Skift’s editorial team will evaluate environmental claims, highlight meaningful advancements, and hold the travel sector accountable. This independent initiative brings rigorous reporting to the forefront and pushes the industry to meet the moment in the face of growing scrutiny from travelers and stakeholders alike.

Hotels

Hotelbeds Has Big Ambitions for Its Environmental, Social, and Governance Goals

Leading bedbank Hotelbeds is paving the way forward as more businesses respond to consumer and stakeholder demand to level up on social and environmental responsibilities.

Hotelbeds + Skift | 4 years ago

Conscious Travelers Can Be a Money-Making Opportunity

Marketing to conscious travelers, for all of its societal benefits, may lead to potentially lucrative results, as well. Win-win?

Dennis Schaal | 5 years ago

Tour Operators

Intrepid Travel CEO Calls for More Advocacy in Tourism and Less Fixation on Numbers

As travel revives, industry leaders must address their sector's impact on the climate and on local communities. Otherwise, the sector risks attacks from the media and becoming a "poster child of something pretty negative," says the top boss of tour operator Intrepid.

Sean O'Neill | 5 years ago

Travel Technology

Sustainability and Travel: What Companies Should Know for 2022 and Beyond

Sustainability can no longer be an afterthought for travel companies. Those that make bold moves now to redefine how things work for a reemerging sector have the potential to become industry leaders in an altered world.

Accenture + Skift | 5 years ago

United Flies to D.C. Using Cooking Oil to Showcase Sustainable Fuels for Fed Dollars

United Airlines took its sustainability crusade to Washington, D.C., this week. The carrier demoed the ability of used cooking oil to power a jet on a flight to the nation's capital with the aim of getting the feds to pick up some of the estimated $250 billion needed to kick start sustainable fuels.

Edward Russell | 5 years ago

Airlines

Skift Aviation Forum Video: Remaining Agile in the Face of Change

In this video conversation from the 2021 Skift Aviation Forum, we hear from Sean Donohue, CEO of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport on DFW’s enduring pandemic resilience, the broader recovery of the aviation industry, and DFW’s latest sustainability and tech innovations.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport + Skift | 5 years ago

Podcast: Marriott CEO on Going Net-Zero

Listen now to a conversation with Marriott International CEO Anthony Capuano at Skift Global Forum in September 2021 in New York City.

Skift Staff | 5 years ago

Business Travel

How Travel Companies Are Meeting the Needs of the Emerging Super Commuter

Frequent business travelers are typically offered the most flexible rates, but now workers tentatively returning to the office are being targeted.

Matthew Parsons | 5 years ago

Airlines

Etihad Aviation CEO Wants Policy Makers to Take the Strain of Making Flying Greener

Governments will likely use taxes and penalties as incentives to encourage airlines to operate more sustainably over the next decade, but Tony Douglas wants more players in the commercial aviation ecosystem to pay their part.

Matthew Parsons | 5 years ago

Airlines

Airlines Are Getting Religion About the Environment Thanks to Wall Street

The airline industry may say it welcomes the pressure from investors to be more green, but consumers too, hold an enormous amount of sway about whether airlines can be truly more sustainable. The questions is if travelers are willing to pony up more money to help the environment.

Rashaad Jorden | 5 years ago