Charity

Travel industry urged to support Vaccinaid in World Immunisation Week

Travel companies are being asked to rally in support of a nationwide appeal for the biggest vaccine drive in history to fund and deliver Covid-19 vaccines around the world

TTG and Abta LifeLine launch industry wellness week

Get Travel Talking Week will share experiences and advice around mental health and boosting workplace wellbeing

Earth Day: Accor scales up sustainability efforts with new role

Accor said it aims to cement its commitment to the area with the appointment of a new chief sustainability officer

Travel's version of the Captain Tom 100 Challenge launched

Charitable Travel Fund wants participants for Captain Tom 100 challenge

Thousands raised for out-of-work Peruvian porters

Lata Foundation’s #Peru25for25 campaign saw 44 fundraisers take on an individual 25-mile challenge in March, raising in excess of £17,000

Give Them A Break campaign comes to fruition thanks to FHA

More than 50 low-income key workers and their families to be offered much-needed UK breaks thanks to campaign’s fundraising efforts

Family Holiday Association to resume offering breaks in May

The charity is once again offering trips away after a year of being unable to operate due to the pandemic

Fred Olsen partners with marine wildlife charity

Guests booked on the line’s ‘no port’ sailings this summer will be joined by experts from Orca

VaccinAid confirmed as partner of TTG's Agenda 2021

VaccinAid will be supporting TTG’s Agenda 2021 seminar on Thursday with more details about the campaign and how travel companies can get involved revealed during the afternoon

Travel industry urged to 'Give The World A Shot' in VaccinAid campaign

TTG has teamed up with Unicef UK and Crowdfunder to urge the travel industry to support a nationwide appeal for the biggest vaccine drive in history to fund and deliver Covid-19 vaccines around the world

'Colleagues in the developing world cannot be left abandoned to disadvantage'

The Covid-19 crisis, given its truly global impact, has shone a stark light on the truth of what has been achieved pre-pandemic in terms of robust and enduring social inclusion and social welfare in developing world tourism destinations.

How does travel 'build back better' from Covid-19?

The post-pandemic travel industry has a chance to rebuild itself as a more sustainable sector, but how exactly can it be done? James Chapple reports

Virgin to host themed quiz in aid of food charity

The virtual event offers the chance to win memorabilia and two Upper Class return flights anywhere on the airline’s network

Sandals seeks donations to tackle Caribbean period poverty

Guests are being asked to pack sanitary towels, tampons and hand sanitiser to donate to local women’s centres in Jamaica, Barbados and the Bahamas

'Build back better for the planet – and your business'

As the industry begins to plan its restart, businesses and destinations are exploring how they can champion responsible travel

Teesside airport launches charity currency collection

Three local good causes will be helped by the new fundraising drive

Lata Foundation steps up support for Peruvian porters

New fundraising campaign launched to help porters hit by the Covid tourism downturn

Throwing out a lifeline: How cruise ship crew are being supported during the crisis

With port closures, travel restrictions and an inability to sail, the pandemic has meant crew experiencing far different voyages than they’ve known before

Tui commits to continue helping families in key destinations

Operator’s foundation has already supported 40,000 disadvantaged people with aid packages

Intrepid raises £11k for Peruvians hit by tourism downturn

Cash to help feed more than 1,700 people in Peru’s Sacred Valley whose livelihoods have been impacted by a lack of tourism owing to Covid

Free exercise and mental health classes launched for travel industry

TTG Media will be hosting recordings of the sessions on its new Mental Health hub from next week

BTA calls for technology donations to help students in need

The association has partnered with a charity that provides pre-owned PCs, furniture and other vital amenities to UK primary and secondary schools

Travel leaders named among LGBTQ+ 'trailblazers'

Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Celebrity Cruises and Charitable Travel chiefs among travel figures to be honoured by Attitude magazine

Trailfinders makes £5 million charity donation despite pandemic's effects

Agency’s charitable trust has contributed £75 million to good causes in past quarter century