Global tourism body announces verification scheme for Basics - Thousands of hotels, destinations and OTAs support Hotel Sustainability Basics - Inaugural partners include destinations, major international hotel groups and tourist resorts - Research shows almost all hotels are aware of their responsibility to the planet
The result has been achieved in spite of a more stringent analysis which has caused decreases in the overall score of 25% of the more than 10,000 companies analysed.
Choice Hotels International, Inc. has joined the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, a global network for responsible hospitality which unites hotel companies to build a more sustainable future.
Accor is partnering with SOURCE Global, PBC to bring the world’s first truly sustainable bottled drinking water brand to prominent hotels in Singapore.
As economic and environmental pressures create an unprecedented context, fresh ideas, impetus and inspiration are more important than ever to transform society sustainably. Keen to play a key role in this transformation, Accor has committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 and increasing energy efficiency in the short and long term.
Travel & Tourism sector commits to vision to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
The company plans to install more than 400 EV chargers in the region by 2025
In further moves towards decarbonising the business travel sector
The tourism sector has set out its plans to achieve its climate action ambitions. At COP27, UNWTO brought leading sector stakeholders together to share practical insights into accelerating the shift to greater sustainability and reaching Net-Zero.
Worried about backlash, some companies don’t openly share the steps they may be taking to reduce their carbon footprint. Wharton’s Mirko Heinle explains this troubling trend of 'greenhushing' and what it means for climate change.
The Group’s carbon footprint in 2019 was 230,000 tonnes of greenhouse gasses. While the company estimates emissions per hotel to decrease by 2030, through its work towards efficiency and by using renewable energy, Iberostar could be restoring up to 560,000 mangroves in its destinations to reach neutrality
The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance has updated its Hotel Carbon Measurement Initiative (HCMI) and is calling on the hospitality industry, including corporate clients and booking platforms, to use common measurement metrics to ensure a transparent and globally comparable approach to carbon, water and waste reporting.
AHLA, the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance and their member brands continue to lead efforts in the hospitality sector that benefit both people and the planet
Leading industry body UKHospitality unveils its ‘vitally important’ programme aimed at guiding the sector to net zero by 2040.
WTTC and the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance aim to build a more sustainable, net positive, global hospitality industry
Iberostar Group will install Winnow technology in its more than 100 hotels to prevent the waste of 5 million meals per year and stop emitting almost 8,000 tons of CO2 per year
The authentication has been provided by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) a partnership between experts such as CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) and the United Nations Global Compact, which drives ambitious climate action in business.
We recently published a blog on best practices for hosting a sustainable event. The conversation continues to gain momentum, perhaps more so than ever before and we have the pandemic to thank for that. The volume of waste from personal protective equipment (PPE) alone is absolutely staggering plus we have seen how much our climate benefitted during the lockdowns.
Accor has mapped EV charge points at hotels across Europe letting you easily filter hotels by charge units and plan a route that lets you rest and your car recharge.
There’s just one Earth, and it is currently in a triple emergency according to the United Nations. Here’s the part your hotel can play in bringing a change.
Resort launches sustainably bottled drinking water in-house and replaces single-use plastic by the pool and beach with Tritan refillable bottles.
CJ BIO will develop solutions to replace single-use plastic amenities with products made with biodegradable PHA for Accor-affiliated hotels in Korea. The two companies will review future expansion to global chains
GlobalData’s Company Filing Analytics reveals that environment, social and governance (ESG), COVID-19 and geopolitics are the top three themes mentioned by European tourism companies so far in 2022, respectively, indicating that these are the most pressing issues that the continent’s tourism industry faces.
Behold the hotel of the future: It’s plastic bottle-free, anti-fossil fuel, and powered entirely by renewable energy. A renovation project, it gives new life to existing structures of concrete and steel, and reuses door frames, light fixtures, and even tile.
A United Nations global assessment of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes clear the important role that tourism must play in achieving the ambitious agenda for change.