The GBTA Foundation's 2026 benchmark of 204 companies across 28 countries shows average travel sustainability maturity rising to 1.5 on a 0-5 scale, with APAC leading gains and the Americas losing ground.
Deevana Hotels & Resorts targets a 45:55 plant-to-animal protein split across its southern Thailand properties by 2030, developed in partnership with NGO Lever Foundation.
Trip.com Group's survey of 8,777 travellers across 29 markets finds 75% value sustainability, prompting the launch of My Travel Impact, an in-app dashboard consolidating sustainable hotel, flight and rail choices.
Hoteza earned the EcoVadis Committed Badge and outlines how its digital guest journey tools can help hotels reduce paper use, support energy efficiency, and promote sustainable guest behaviors.
SHTM research using 36 interviews and a 350+ manager survey finds green governance and staff training are the critical links between environmental technology adoption and measurable hotel sustainability outcomes.
Mandarin Oriental's MO.RE platform sets a 2050 net-zero pathway, introduces climate-risk profiling per hotel, and commits to biodiversity, cultural heritage, and community programs across its portfolio.
Analysis of 100 hospitality sustainability profiles finds 77% of food waste ambitions miss their original deadlines, with supply chain, staff training, and local infrastructure as the primary barriers.
GCSTIMES outlines its sustainability credentials for hotel key cards and hospitality supplies, including FSC CoC, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, and an EcoVadis scorecard.
Relais & Châteaux's MyImpact platform reached 39% member adoption in its first year, offering carbon footprint assessment, reduction planning, and benchmarking across 580 properties in 65 countries.
Radisson Hotel Group adds four Radisson Blu properties in Stockholm and Copenhagen to its Verified Net Zero portfolio, bringing the total to nine hotels across the Nordics and UK toward a 2030 target of 100.
RIU Hotels & Resorts has joined The Code UK, extending its child protection framework to a fifth country after 13+ years of global membership and Top Member status in Spain and Mexico.
ETC, ECTN, Europa Nostra and NECSTouR announced the 2026 winners across six categories, chosen from 72 entries, at a ceremony in Skiathos on 24 September 2026.
Hilton's new optional clean energy prototype for Home2 Suites targets 30% higher energy efficiency and up to 40% lower annual energy costs, with zero operational emissions, for U.S. owners and developers.
Suan Dusit Arun, Bangkok's largest public rooftop park atop Dusit Central Park, attracted over 951,000 visitors in its first year while recording measurable cooling, air quality, and stormwater benefits.
The EU's PPWR (Regulation 2025/40) takes effect from August 2026, requiring hotels to eliminate PFAS in food-contact packaging and prepare for broader recyclability and reuse mandates from 2030.
Radisson Hotel Group and GDS-Movement have launched a practical guide for Associations and PCOs, addressing the gap where 66% see sustainability as a priority but fewer than 34% have embedded it into operations.
The Routledge Handbook on Regenerative Tourism and Hospitality, co-edited by the author, challenges hospitality to account for natural and community systems before they fail, not after.
PATA and Content With Purpose have launched a free documentary series exploring sustainable, community-centered tourism across Asia Pacific, featuring destinations in Hawaii, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Thailand, and the Marianas.
Radisson Hotel Group has certified three Norwegian Radisson Blu hotels as Verified Net Zero, bringing its total to four in Norway, as part of a goal to reach 100 verified net zero hotels by 2030.
A Conrad New York Downtown executive outlines how sustainability drives competitive advantage through guest amenities, rooftop farming, community partnerships, and ESG data reporting via Hilton's LightStay platform.