Cornell CHR report from Climate Week NYC 2024 finds the hospitality sector lacks the data systems and financing structures needed to convert sustainability ambition into measurable financial benefit.
Europe's tourism sector is entering a decisive decade, challenged by climate change, geopolitical instability, technological advancements, demographic shifts and evolving traveller expectations. These trends make long-term planning increasingly complex while raising the need for resilience and adaptive strategies. To help destinations navigate this complex landscape, the European Travel Commission (ETC) has published Future Proofing European Tourism Through Scenario Planning and Strategic Foresight, a study that looks at the forces shaping tourism and possible futures to 2035.
What are travelers’ new expectations? How to find the right balance between digital and human in the guest experience? How are loyalty programs transforming to better serve and engage clients? What does it take today to attract, engage, and retain talent? How can we become sustainably local? We take a closer look at the transformations impacting key aspects of our industry.
Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming today announced the release of its 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: Fifty Years Forward. Social purpose has propelled Hard Rock since its inception in 1971, guided by its founding mottos: Love All-Serve All, All Is One, Save The Planet, and Take Time To Be Kind.
A major new report by World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Trip.com Group, together with Deloitte, reveals a heightened appetite for sustainable tourism amongst consumers, with 69% of travellers actively seeking sustainable travel options1.
Relais & Châteaux announces an ambitious sustainability action plan and publishes its first-ever sustainability report examining the global association’s environmental, social and societal impact and setting 15 objectives for 2025 and 2030. Sustainability Report: In Search of Hospitality in Harmony with the Natural World (the baseline year 2021) seeks to measure, share and accelerate the association's progress and highlight the positive contribution the group’s independent chefs, hoteliers and restaurateurs can have on the environment, diversity, and local communities and economies.
In November 2022, close to 300 delegates - including 100 corporate travel managers - gathered in Brussels for GBTA’s first-ever Global Business Travel Sustainability Summit. Participants from 20 countries, including business travel professionals, policymakers, NGOs, and experts, tackled the most critical sustainability issues impacting the business travel industry. Through panel discussions, breakouts and an interactive session on climate action planning, the business travel community showcased their strong commitment towards decarbonizing the industry. Revisit the discussion via our event highlights, including:
Marriott International, Inc., today released its 2022 Serve 360 Report presenting data from 2021 and demonstrating its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) efforts toward the company’s 2025 Sustainability and Social Impact Goals. The Report can be accessed on the Serve 360 website.
Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, today released its inaugural "Sustainable Travel Consumer Report 2022", celebrating World Tourism Day. The report sheds light on the increased acceptance of sustainable travel and its implications for the travel industry and the wider world.
A new report published today by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shows how Travel & Tourism can play a critical role in halting and reversing the destruction of nature.
Kempinski acknowledges that the travel industry must accelerate efforts to mitigate its contribution to climate change and is therefore pleased to have published its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report 2021.
2021 was a year of all-around recovery for RIU Hotels & Resorts, as well as a year full of courageous decision-making and new investments. Presented yesterday by RIU to its stakeholders in July, the report is the first of its kind, as, in addition to being the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility report, it also presents the hotel chain’s major indicators and projects in 2021.
All over Europe, more than 20 million people engage in naturism, or naturist tourism. Without having Spain as a competitor, countries such as Germany, France and Greece have made their way to the top of the list of naturist destinations. While in these countries there exists a more deep-rooted tradition, this type of tourism didn't arrive in Spain until 1975 and its exploitation was paralyzed 10 years after it began. Naturism in Spain is lagging behind but it is developing fast. According to a study conducted by “Hosteltur”, more than 30 000 people routinely engage in naturism in Spain and more than 500 000 do so occasionally. Despite the large number of interested people, the scarceness of offerings in Spain cannot keep up with the demand for naturist destinations.
During the first half of 2016, the worldwide international tourist arrivals increased by 4% according to United Nations World Travel Organization (UNWTO), as compared to the period between January and June the previous year. Specifically, Sub-Saharan Africa is noted to be on an upward recovery curve at (+12%). This is a promising growth trend in Africa's tourism with incomparable nimbleness to the persistent challenges, including terrorism threats and negative portrayal of the continent by international media.
The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India is pleased to present the twelfth annual edition of the Indian Hotel Industry Survey in cooperation with HVS Hospitality Services. This survey, covering the performance of hotels across different cities and different quality standards, provides an indepth understanding of the Indian hospitality industry; becoming a benchmark reference standard. We would like to thank the participating hotels for all the detailed information they have provided and helped improve the quality of this research.
Over the last decade, the movement towards ecologically sound tourism is sweeping across the globe. The practices being implemented are as diverse as the different geographies. Hotel companies are being prompted by rising energy costs, government pressure, consumer expectations and the competitive landscape to make sustainability a top priority. Education programs, reforestation programs, eco-resorts, the implementation of energy efficient practices, and the development of buildings that comply with government-defined standards -- these are all signs that the greening of the industry is here to stay.
When you start seeing cars marketed on the basis of lower CO2 emissions rather than performance or design features, you know a seismic shift in public attitudes is taking place. We talked at some length about climate change in the 2006 edition of Hospitality Directions1, but in the two years since then we have reached and passed a major tipping point. The science of global warming has finally been validated, and governments, businesses and individuals are coming to terms with the scale and speed of the consequences.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. | Although environmental conservation is an important topic across the globe and, in response, many hotels have implemented environmentally friendly programs at their properties, nearly one-half of European hotel guests are unaware of them, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 European Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index StudySM released today.
“Our study is not a ‘beauty contest’, or a statement about the attractiveness of a country. On the contrary, we aim to measure the factors that make it attractive to develop the travel and tourism industry of individual countries. The top rankings of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore demonstrate the importance of supportive business and regulatory frameworks, coupled with world-class transport and tourism infrastructure and a focus on nurturing human and natural resources, for fostering an environment that is attractive for developing the travel & tourism (T&T) sector,” said Jennifer Blanke, Senior Economist of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Network.
Downturn Makes Little Difference At Macdonald Hotels
Macdonald Hotels, the UK's eighth-largest hotel chain, has announced its results for the six months to 4 October. Pre-tax profit of £7.5 million was up 7% on last year's comparable period, with turnover surging by 81% to £70.4 million. The group's 25 wholly owned hotels emerged relatively unscathed from the effects of the terrorist attacks in the USA and foot-and-mouth disease in the UK to post a 4% rise in occupancy to 66% and a 9% rise in RevPAR to £98.58. However, the group's 48 Heritage hotels, which it purchased earlier this year in a £235 million joint venture with the Bank of Scotland, suffered from their proximity to London, which has been badly hit by the loss of business from the USA. At these hotels, occupancy fell 4% to 70%, with RevPAR falling 3% to £93.28. Nevertheless, Macdonald Hotels sees great development potential in the Heritage portfolio, which will be expanded by up to 500 rooms thanks to a £60 million investment by the joint venture over the next five years. In addition, all Heritage hotels will take the Macdonald brand name by June 2002. Although the company sees considerable trading challenges ahead, it views the geographic spread and quality of its portfolio and the cost savings arising from the Heritage integration as just some of the reasons for future optimism.