Articles tagged “environment”

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IDEAS: Anantara Hotels and Resorts Rolls Out ‘Dollar for Deeds’ Program Globally

Anantara Hotels and Resorts has rolled out its ‘Dollar for Deeds’ program at its properties globally, having originally launched the initiative at select hotels in Thailand almost ten years ago. The 'Dollar for Deeds' program provides travellers with the opportunity to give back to the local community of a property by pledging a donation to…

Adam Stacey | 2 months ago

Hotels

Marriott on Track For Emissions Goal – but Trending in Wrong Direction

Marriott’s environmental data shows that the company is working hard to reduce its carbon footprint, but more needs to be done to hit 2030 targets.

Wouter Geerts | 2 months ago

Marriott on Track For Emissions Goal – but Trending in Wrong Direction
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Tourism

Q&A: NEOM’s New Managing Director on Its Sustainable Tourism Approach

As eco-conscious travel gains traction, destinations worldwide face the task of converting sustainability rhetoric into reality. NEOM aims to substantiate its environmental commitments through action. Ultimately, transparency will be the critical factor in earning traveler trust.

NEOM + Skift | 2 months ago

Q&A: NEOM’s New Managing Director on Its Sustainable Tourism Approach

Tourism

Ask Skift: Is Travel Sustainable?

Travel executives and travelers are eager to make the industry greener, but are they really making tangible progress on reducing travel's massive carbon footprint?

Rashaad Jorden | 4 months ago

Ask Skift: Is Travel Sustainable?

Hotels

Hotel Execs Face New Reporting Challenge. Here’s What They Need to Know.

What's keeping hotel executives up at night these days? For some, it's looming reporting requirements for sustainability.

Sean O'Neill | 4 months ago

Hotel Execs Face New Reporting Challenge. Here’s What They Need to Know.

Hotels

Ambiente Sedona Brings Landscape Hotel Design Trend to U.S.

Place what are essentially glass boxes amid breathtaking scenery. That's the "landscape design" trend in hotels. A great case in point is the new luxury hotel Ambiente Sedona.

Leslie Barrie | 6 months ago

Ambiente Sedona Brings Landscape Hotel Design Trend to U.S.

Tourism

A Short History of the Travel Industry’s Sustainability Efforts

Although many travel companies are vocal about environmental issues, there's often been an enormous disconnect between their words and actions. Here's a look at how Skift has covered the industry's successes and failures in sustainability.

Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago

A Short History of the Travel Industry’s Sustainability Efforts

Hotels

Choice Hotels Boosts Environmental Reporting But Overlooks Key Pieces

Choice Hotels is late to the ESG party, but it's now started to formally report some data. All in all an important first step, but we hope there’s more to come.

Wouter Geerts | 8 months ago

Choice Hotels Boosts Environmental Reporting But Overlooks Key Pieces

Hotels

Hotel Chains Need to Up Game on Franchise Emission Reporting: New Skift Research

Progress has been made on environmental reporting by hotel companies, but major blind spots remain. The asset-light model being pursued by most large hotel companies jars with the need for greater oversight by head office to really track and improve emissions.

Wouter Geerts | 8 months ago

Hotel Chains Need to Up Game on Franchise Emission Reporting: New Skift Research

Hotels

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research

We've covered the environmental performance of hotel companies before, but that research was due an update. Much has happened in the world, and — probably unrelated — hotel companies have become better at setting emission reduction targets and reporting of current performance. Let's continue that trend.

Wouter Geerts | 9 months ago

Hotel Companies Show Progress on Greener Emissions Accountability: New Skift Research