Sustainability tips

When we talk about traveling the world, we often speak exclusively of the earth’s surface: the number of countries visited, borders crossed, cities surveyed.

In 2025, Virgin Atlantic will begin adding a "green levy" to airfares to help cover the cost of using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Just days before Apollo Group Management announced a deal to acquire The Travel Corporation, Nick Lim, the group tour company’s Asia CEO, spoke with about the outlook for the business in the region.

About a year before starting a family, my husband and I applied for permanent New Zealand residency because we wanted to raise our future child in the United States and New Zealand.

Google, a key partner in the Prince Harry-founded Travalyst coalition, has been a leading authority on measuring airline emissions.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) debuted a program on Wednesday to showcase hotels whose operations have low carbon emissions footprints.

The Global Destination Sustainability Movement opens applications for the 2024 GDS-Awards, recognizing innovative sustainability projects in tourism at their annual event.

In Madrid, TUI calls for support for package holidays as the safest and most attractive form of travel: avoid further burdens, level playing field for all – broad consensus and regular dialogue agreed

The 12th Revised Edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, updated by HFTP and AHLA’s Global Finance Committee, introduces new sections on sustainability and all-inclusive hotels, enhancing transparency and global benchmarking.

The 23rd Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards feature 56 entries from 20 countries, showcasing global dedication to sustainable travel practices.

Murmuration partners with Green Evolution, leveraging location intelligence for sustainable development in Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, focusing on tourism, urbanization, and smart cities.

EASA advances aviation decarbonization by supporting the scale-up of sustainable aviation fuels through the EU SAF Clearing House, aimed at facilitating SAF deployment and approval of new pathways.

Iberostar Beachfront Resorts rebrands with new segmentation: Iberostar Waves, Iberostar Selection, and JOIA by Iberostar, enhancing its commitment to exceptional, sustainable holiday experiences.

Consider this the summer of soap slashing.

In addition to being functional, outdoor restaurant furniture is essential in determining a restaurant’s entire eating experience.

Carbon offsets have become controversial in recent years, and some say they’re just greenwashing. But have they been unfairly maligned?

Anna Grigoryan, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of HBX Group, outlines emerging travel trends and the evolving profile of future travelers at MarketHub 2024 in Istanbul.

Lufthansa Airlines as well as Lufthansa CityLine receives EMAS validation according to environmental standard ISO 14001 in Frankfurt and Munich.

A new fee for Venice day trippers. A looming ban on vacation rentals in Barcelona. Restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Majorca. At a time when overwhelmed European destinations are slapping tourists with restrictions and fees, Copenhagen is trying a different approach: rewarding visitors who act responsibly.

Travelers to Copenhagen can soon pay for perks at some of the Danish capital's coolest attractions by going for a bike ride, showing a train ticket and partaking in other climate-friendly activities.

The meadow is a vibrant shade of green, with stately trees rising high above a backdrop of rolling hills. The holm oaks spread their branches wide, like an eagle displaying its wingspan, while the cork oaks stand sentinel, their knotted limbs bearing witness to the passage of time. I am standing on Rosa González Nieto’s pig farm in the Sierra Morena of southern Spain, and the scene defies preconceptions. While modern-day livestock operations can be a litany of horrors, the production of Ibérico pork is an outlier—a meat industry that simultaneously protects and relies on its natural environment, provides its animals with a good quality of life, and creates one of the most exquisite products in the world.