Sustainability

Travel leaders named among LGBTQ+ trailblazers in Attitude 101

Former Celebrity Cruises managing director EMEA Jo Rzymowska, Tui commercial director Phillip Iveson and Virgin Atlantic VP Anthony Woodman among the 101 to be recognised by the magazine

Pura Aventura recertifies as B Corp after boosting score by nearly 20%

The specialist, one of the co-founders of the Travel by B Corp group, said it wouldn’t reverse any of the changes it has made during the course of its B Corp journey

Byway sees sales boost amid ‘shift in the mindset of holidaymakers’

Flight-free travel company Byway is seeing a sales boost as 2024 bookings so far have already topped 2022 levels and are worth nearly a third of 2023 sales

Explore MD: ‘Our single biggest challenge is growing without doing more damage’

TTG caught up with Explore managing director Michael Edwards to find out and how its first Purpose Paper will drive its B Corp journey

Explore: ‘If you’re not B Corp Certified in our space, it’s a disadvantage’

Adventure specialist becomes latest travel business to obtain B Corp Certification after going through a rigorous process dating back to November 2021

Explore Worldwide becomes travel’s latest B Corp Certified business

Adventure specialist completes two-and-a-half year journey to achieving sustainability milestone

Join the class of 2024 TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors

Would you like to become a TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassador? We’re recruiting agents to help build a Smarter, Better, Fairer travel industry.

Prince Harry’s Travalyst bids to make sustainability information freely available

The coalition, founded by The Duke of Sussex in 2019, will vet more than 100 global tourism certification bodies

TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes 2024 launches with new sector champions

AE Expeditions (part of Aurora Expeditions) and TTC Tour Brands have joined Iberostar and Intrepid as sector champions for this year’s TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes travel agent training programme – launching today (5 February)

'Being B Corp Certified isn't a not-for-profit exercise'

Daniel Pearce sets out the reasons why TTG Media started the journey to become B Corp Certified 12 months ago – and why more travel businesses should make the leap.

The sweet spot: Travel Matters’ Karen Simmonds on 25 years of doing what she loves most

Karen Simmonds, founder of south-west London agency Travel Matters, sits down with TTG to talk about how following your beliefs makes good business

Safer Tourism Foundation names ex-Hotelplan chief Paul Carter as new chair

Carter will oversee the foundation’s efforts to ensure Brits’ safety while on holiday

Conversations around DEI are changing – so have travel ads kept up?

Travel’s peaks push shows the industry is taking some steps in the right direction, but firms’ 2023/24 campaigns also point towards more progress needing to be made, writes inclusive communications director Shilpa Saul for TTG

Seven sustainability trends agents can't afford to ignore

TTG’s sustainability partner TerraVerde warns 2024 will be the year sustainability standards go from ’nice-to-haves’ to strict rules, while agents will need to demonstrate and practise carbon literacy ever-more frequently – and confidently

Intrepid pledges more than £500,000 to charity causes this year

Over the past year, the non-profit Intrepid Foundation has raised £1.4 million for charities around the world

How these inspiring agents have become champions for change

Find out what our community of TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors have achieved with their newfound knowledge

New tour operator promises to ‘put sustainability first and the destination second’

Sustainable Journeys is the new UK tour operator launched by Melissa Tilling, chief executive of Charitable Travel with Estonia as its launch destination.

Exodus Adventure Travels awarded B Corp status

Head of sustainability Rochelle Turner said on Monday (15 January) the small-group specialist was immensely proud of being awarded the B Corp status

Travel consultancy TTC earns B Corp status

Travel Trade Consultancy joins the likes of TTG Media, Intrepid and Inside Travel Group

Arrival figures: are there better ways to measure tourism success?

Is chasing ever higher visitor numbers sustainable? And is it even the best way for destinations to measure tourism success?

Allergies and bike accidents among growing threats to holidaymakers

New data from the Safer Tourism Foundation reveals some of the new threats impacting travellers over the past year

‘Let's make 2024 the year travel fights for nature's survival’

“Whatever your travel niche, nature is your business,’ says Responsible Travel chief executive Justin Francis

How carbon labelling can help travel become more responsible

Byway, Explore and Intrepid are among the operators adding ‘carbon labels’ to their trips this year. TTG considers how carbon labelling works and how it can help travel meet sustainability goals

Jet2holidays unveils hotel sustainability labelling scheme

Chief executive Steve Heapy said the new scheme would help agents choose the best accommodation for their clients