Responsible business

'Be intentional about your commitment to DEAI,' travel told

Social inclusion should be at the forefront of business intent, not just a tagline, WTM London delegates told

Consumers' cost and climate worries to become barriers to travel spend – report

The latest WTM Global Travel Report highlights how cost will impact consumer decision making for travel spend and become a challenge to industry

Tunisia shifts tourism focus in fight to guard against overtourism

The north African country wants to make tourism more equitable as it seeks to pre-empt overtourism concerns

Video: Watch as Tui chief faces orca protest at WTM London

Protesters took to the stage at WTM London on Tuesday (5 November) during a sustainability panel session featuring Tui’s chief strategy officer and chief executive of holiday experiences, Peter Krueger

Agents at the centre of Thailand's mission for better quality tourism

Thailand’s mission for better quality tourism will rely on UK agents showing their clients a different side of the country. Ilaria Grasso Macola reports

Intrepid Travel's Spain flooding appeal nears $20,000

The tour operator is raising money to support communities in the Valencia region and Castilla La Mancha, two of the areas most severely affected by flash flooding over the past week

'Dynamic pricing could play a powerful role in addressing overtourism'

’For dynamic pricing to deliver overtourism benefit, travellers must not view it as a tool for maximising profits,’ writes 8020 Communications founder and chief Marc Cornelius for TTG

6 reasons why understanding neurodiversity is good for business

As October draws to a close, so too does the end of ADHD month. But the work to understand and accept neurodiversity should be year long

Explore MD: 'Sustainability is an increasingly important part of our sales pitch'

Explore Worldwide managing director Michael Edwards tells TTG why sustainability is becoming the "currency" of what a good travel business looks like for both agents and customers

TTG Media shortlisted for sustainability award

TTG Media has been shortlisted for a sustainability accolade in The Association of Women Travel Executives 2024 annual awards

'Male allyship is critical in creating a more level playing field in the workplace'

With men continuing to dominate senior leadership roles in travel, Women in Travel CIC founder Alessandra Alonso writes for TTG on how the industry can harness their influence through male allyship

Meet the TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors class of 2024

In March we recruited a group of enthusiastic travel agents to embark on our TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes programme, which is exclusively designed to educate the trade on how to sell more responsible holidays

Ponant reveals plans to downsize ahead of move to ‘slow cruising’

The changes are part of the luxury cruise line’s commitment to becoming a zero-emissions company.

Meet the Sandals team scaling the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines volcanic peaks for charity

With just a week to go before the Sandals Island Challenge gets under way, four of the participants set to run, kayak and climb the 50-mile route reveal to TTG their motivations

Intrepid Travel launches e-rickshaw initiative to empower Indian women

The Intrepid Foundation has invested £28,000 in the Holy City Rickshaw Program in Varanasi, which will train women to become rickshaw drivers

The four-day week, and five other HR and employment challenges facing travel

Unfair dismissal, flexible working, neurodiversity and the four-day week were among an assortment of topical HR and employment issues leading the agenda at seminar hosted by C&M Travel Recruitment

Hurricane Helene: 'catastrophic' storm makes landfall in Florida

Florida’s Big Bend region was in line to feel the worst effects of Helene, but potentially life-threatening conditions are forecast across much of the state’s western coast

Virgin Atlantic to make BSL-trained crew available to all passengers

The carrier has revealed a BSL-trained member of cabin crew will be available on request on all flights

'Many ways to support a low carbon future,' Responsible Travel insists

The activist operator announced on Tuesday (24 September) all the progress it has made since releasing its 2023 impact report

British Airways pledges £9 million to accelerate carbon removal focus

British Airways will spend £9 million on carbon removal projects, hoping to encourage the fledgling industry by investing in projects in the UK and abroad

‘No safe trips’: lone wolves and misinformation among new threats to travellers

Security specialists have warned agents’ are facing an increasingly broad range of risks when they travel stemming from factors such as climate insecurity and geopolitical tensions

New travel-led cancer support charity smashes initial fundraising target three times over

Following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2019, Clare Sacco set up Embers charity after identifying ‘a gap’ in support for young adults with the same prognosis

Sustainable travel 'Agora' to return at Abta Convention next month

The agora – or “assembly” – will discuss the subject of Balancing Act: Integrating Nature Protection with Responsible Tourism and will be moderated by Abta’s head of sustainability Carol Rose

What makes the cruise industry's bond with Alaska so strong?

After the world’s cruise lines once again came together in support of the Alaskan port city of Juneau following severe flooding, TTG’s Harry Kemble explores the enduring relationship between this unique destination and the cruise sector