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Avoiding Russia has become a climate problem for airlines heading from Europe to Northeast Asia — and a competitive disadvantage. Finnair, one of the most affected airlines, says it’s committed to its climate goals.
Radisson’s net zero push is moving from hotels it leases to hotels it manages. In South Africa, the hardest part wasn’t the building investments but buying the necessary renewable power.
The toll of extreme heat is mounting. Europe’s tourism industry, on a continent largely resistant to air conditioning, must figure out how to adapt — as a matter of safety, not just comfort.
Summer heat and drought brought hospitality’s use of water into sharp focus. The industry is betting on simple fixes like aerated showerheads and less laundry — the question is whether more structural but costly measures can scale.
Climate is already a business risk that Himalayan tour operators grapple with, absorbing cancellations and rerouting. The bigger exposure is the destination itself as disasters reveal its fragility.
The four new Verified Net Zero Hotels are based in Stockholm and Copenhagen, reinforcing the scheme’s Nordic skew and highlighting a key bottleneck in scaling decarbonization: access to renewable energy.
Hotel and airline sustainability chiefs welcome the enforcement of legislation that they expect will cut the number of eco-labels — the question is, which ones will survive?
Home2 Suites clean energy prototype is a zero-emissions design — but it’s voluntary. Hilton’s sustainability chief Jean Garris Hand is hoping that high energy bills will encourage uptake.
Intrepid thinks U.S. customers can swap Morocco for New Mexico to bring down flight emissions. The result: a test of whether culture and connection matter more to travelers than distance.
Banyan is betting on conservation action rather than beating the sustainability drum. The test is whether contributions to the environment will make a meaningful change, or whether it will just become the newest buzzword.
The Duke of Sussex and founder of Travalyst wants the travel industry to prioritize the health and value of the people and places it sells — because business success relies on the longevity of those destinations.
An investigation conducted by the Guardian is raising questions about potential conflicts of interest among experts helping produce the next major assessment from the UN’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. Out of the 223 lead authors in the part of the body which assesses how emissions can be reduced or removed, 20 have a strong conflict of interest, according to the investigation, with more than half linked to Saudi institutions, including two employees of oil giant Saudi Aramco.
The UK's official climate advisors just told the government that a Heathrow expansion does not work with the country’s climate goals — and if technology to bring emissions down doesn’t materialize, demand management could be on the cards.
Europe’s support to the industry through its Emissions Trading Scheme swelled to four times 2024’s figure as the race to meet mandated blending targets gets underway.
