The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in collaboration with global consultancy ICF, has today launched a bold new framework urging the entire Travel & Tourism sector to unite in tackling one of its toughest challenges: scaling up the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other renewable fuels.
UN Tourism was once seen as the guiding force in global tourism, a beacon for sustainable development, cultural preservation and international cooperation. Established to promote responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism, the agency was meant to shape the future of travel and tourism, offering solutions to the most pressing challenges in the industry.
With the publication of its 2025 Untold Stories report, Lemala Camps & Lodges lifts the veil on a quietly radical transformation happening across East Africa’s luxury safari landscape. In an era where "eco-conscious" has become an industry standard, Lemala is reshaping the very foundations of safari travel—elevating sustainability from a sideline feature to the core philosophy of luxury in the wild.
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa has launched the Bodu Huraa Tree Planting Project, a community-driven sustainability initiative designed to offset Scope 3 carbon emissions while deepening the Resort’s long-standing partnership with its neighbouring island, Bodu Huraa. The initiative aligns with the global Four Seasons For Good framework, reinforcing the brand’s commitment to environmental stewardship and local empowerment.
The Travel Foundation has today announced the first six destinations to trial a new method to identify climate-related risks in tourism, and invited other destinations and businesses to get involved. The Climate RiskScan project is a collaboration with researchers from CELTH, a collective of Dutch universities, and risk and resilience scientists from Risklayer in Germany.
The Sustainable Hospitality Challenge (SHC), founded by Hotelschool The Hague, returns in 2025 with a dynamic new format that reflects the evolving landscape of hospitality innovation. It now features two powerful tracks centered around Impact and Inspiration. SHC continues to empower top students from around the world to redefine the future of sustainable travel and tourism.
We live in extraordinary times. Never before has humanity had such seamless access to the world. Today, 80% of global youth (ages 15–24) own a smartphone and are more globally connected than any previous generation. With one click, they can board a virtual flight to another continent – or a real one.
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s leading hospitality company, continues to drive impactful change in waste management through Paathya, its ESG+ framework, in collaboration with United Way Mumbai.
A landmark two-month camera-trap survey has revealed that the endangered dhole (Asiatic wild dog) still roams, and that a breeding herd of Asian elephants now finds safe haven, inside the 18,000-hectare forest concession that Minor Hotels has leased and protected since 2014 in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains.
In the lead up to the Future Hospitality Summit Saudi Arabia 2025 taking place in Riyadh next week, we asked several industry partners about the opportunities they see for the hospitaliy industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2025 and beyond.
Sustainability is increasingly becoming a core part of how hospitality venues are designed and fitted out. Operators are embracing this shift to reduce emissions, save money, improve efficiency and create standout spaces. However, many in the industry still face a gap: they want to design more sustainably but don’t know where to start. They're looking for inspiration, guidance, and reassurance that it's possible to do this well without compromising on cost, quality or timelines.
Tracy Wilkins, operations director at BWH Hotels, Great Britain’s largest group of independent hotels, on how UK Sustainability Reporting Standards will impact hoteliers
MOB HOTEL, the visionary hospitality concept founded by Cyril Aouizerate, is reinventing the way we travel and stay through four unique destinations across France. More than just hotels, each MOB location serves as a living space, blending affordability with prices starting from €76, community spirit, and environmental responsibility into a singular experience rooted in local life and global values.
As the United States completes its recognition of National Volunteer Month, Marriott International today announced it has exceeded its volunteerism goal of 15 million hours served around the world – one year ahead of schedule – supporting the company’s sustainability and social impact platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Every Direction. From 2016 through the end of 2024, Marriott associates completed a total of 15.6 million volunteer hours in their local communities.
A new hospitality industry sustainability scorecard released by Shanghai-based food consultancy Lever China highlights eleven leading hotel groups in China receiving the highest possible rating for their policy commitments on plant-based foods.
Fairmont Rio de Janeiro reinforces its global commitment to sustainability and announces the receipt of the Raízen Power certification for carbon emissions reduction. The renewable energy company uses a calculation methodology developed by the GHG Protocol, the leading national and international program for quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, validated by organizations such as the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Team members from Premier Inn Middle East, in collaboration with Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR), participated in the 18th Emirates Physical Fitness Championship for People of Determination organised by the Emirates Autism Center. As part of the initiative, they distributed 500 lunch boxes to children with autism at a special fitness event at Al Jazira Club in Abu Dhabi on 24 April.
Hospitality accounts for 10% of global GDP, while providing jobs to more than 348 million citizens worldwide. Besides, hospitality is a nexus sector deeply interconnected with agriculture and food systems, construction and real estate, energy and utilities, mobility and transport, waste and circular economy, culture and creative industries, health and well-being, education and capacity building. Hospitality also has the unique capacity to transform people and catalyse behavioral change by making regenerative principles tangible, offering rare sanctuaries for reconnection, and allowing individuals to focus on the essential. At a time of converging social, environmental and economic instability, how could the industry operate its metamorphosis to regenerate relationships with fellow individuals and the living environment? How can we harness this unique power of hospitality to lead the way towards a regenerative world?
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) has renewed its partnership with Community Chest (ComChest) with a three-year commitment to donate S$1 million (US$762,514) to support vulnerable communities in Singapore.
The current system is failing us. Today’s sustainability practices are not enough to meet the scale of our planetary and social crises. Since the Industrial Revolution, our relationship with nature has shifted dramatically - from interdependence and interconnectedness to extraction. Human activity has pushed the planet beyond safe operating limits. As Rockström and colleagues revealed in their 2024 study, six of nine planetary boundaries have now been breached, threatening the delicate balance that sustains life.