Animal welfare

G Adventures to show agents impact of responsible travel with Change Makers trip

100 travel consultants from across the world will be taken to a mystery destination next summer

Elephant campaigner to trek Great Wall and investigate ivory culture in China

Holly Budge will meet local communities to explore the demand for elephant-tusk ivory in Chinese culture

Travel firms back WTTC pledge to combat illegal wildlife trade

More than 100 businesses, associations, media outlets, NGOs and destinations have supported the WTTC’s campaign

Monty Halls: Agents 'can't ignore responsible trend'

Agents should not ignore the recent surge in interest in responsible tourism, according to broadcaster and marine biologist Monty Halls

Prince William flies BA to start #EndWildlifeCrime campaign

He will visit Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya to highlight the global threat of poaching

Grenada takes a stand on plastic waste

Caribbean island to ban all single use plastic next year

How responsible are turtle hatcheries?

Responsible Travel is shining a light on the ethics of turtle hatcheries after conducting an investigation. Abra Dunsby speaks to Vicki Brown to hear why the firm is taking a stand.

Dozens of elephants found dead near Botswana wildlife reserve

Nearly 90 elephants have been killed over the past three months by poaches in and around the Okavango Delta, according to Elephants Without Borders

Virgin Holidays and Tui outline captive whale and dolphin strategies

While Thomas Cook has taken SeaWorld off sale, Tui and Virgin Holidays continue to sell the attraction

Intrepid launches social media fight against elephant abuse

Operator starts campaign to stop travellers riding elephants

Thomas Cook confirms further audits after Dolphin Freedom criticism

Cook announced last month that it was dropping SeaWorld and any attraction which featured captive orcas

Intrepid Group becomes travel's largest B Corp certified business

B Corp status recognises companies’ efforts to ensure its actions have a positive impact on society and the environment

Do Something Different parent outlines commitment to selling SeaWorld

It comes after Thomas Cook announced it would drop SeaWorld from next summer

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd ditches plastic straws

The company said it anticipated the strategy would led to the axing of more than 50 million plastic straws each year

‘Obese’ tourists are crippling Santorini donkeys, charity warns

Help the Santorini Donkeys is calling for a weight restriction to be imposed

POLL: Is Thomas Cook right to drop SeaWorld and other orca attractions?

Cook announced on Sunday it was pulling out of SeaWorld and Loro Parque and would no longer sell trips to attractions featuring captive orcas

'My Family and the Galapagos' star to open Wildlife & Safari Travel Show – plus win tickets

The presenter of the new My Family and the Galapagos series is to kick-off the Wildlife & Safari Travel Show in September – and agents can win one of two pairs of tickets to attend.

Thomas Cook drops SeaWorld and other captive orca attractions

Cook said with 90% of it customers saying they were concerned by animal welfare, the time was right to move on from such attractions

What does sustainability really mean to the customer?

Fiona Jeffery OBE says while unprecedented public engagement with issues of sustainability is encouraging, there is still much for the travel sector to do

How winners of the Tourism for Tomorrow awards are helping to forge a greener future

The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, held alongside the World Travel and Tourism Council’s global summit, put heroes of responsible tourism in the spotlight. Holly Tuppen outlines five top trends that came out of this year’s event

The Travel Corporation signs wildlife declaration

Organisation becomes one of the first to sign up for new WTTC initiative

TTC's TreadRight Foundation launches initiative with big cat charities

The scheme will look to protect the animals, local people and their livestock in South Africa

Hurtigruten to ban single-use plastics across fleet

The Norwegian specialist said it would ditch all “unnecessary” plastics, such as drinking straws, by July 2

Industry pledge to curb illegal wildlife trade

Dozens of major travel companies have backed the World Travel and Tourism Council’s drive to support sustainable wildlife tourism