Sustainability

'I saw the best and worst of Sri Lanka, and it's changed how I sell it'

After experiencing overcrowding during an elephant safari, Travel Counsellor Caroline Joyner is now committed to recommending positive impact tourism operators in the destination

Meet the first-ever TTG LGBT+ Travel Ambassadors

The first TTG LGBT+ Travel Ambassadors training programme took place this year in partnership with Intrepid Travel and Virgin Atlantic. After attending educational workshops, completing bespoke business-building tasks and joining an inclusivity-focused fam trip to India, four travel agents have been named the 2025 TTG LGBT+ Travel Ambassadors

'Big step for sustainable travel': Eurostar signs deal for direct rail link with Germany

Set to start in the early 2030s, the routes would use Eurostar’s new double-decker Celestia fleet

Remember, DEI is lucrative and sustainability saves you money – plus six more Aito conference takeaways

The rise of AI, an increasingly discount-led market and the business benefits of DEI and sustainability were key talking points at this year's Aito conference in Asturias. Dea Jusufi reports

Agents 'missing out' by failing to champion travel's green credentials in their advertising

Vast majority of travel agents are not capitalising on travel's sustainability efforts in their advertising, but among those that are, two-thirds are making mistakes that could incur the watchdog's wrath

TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassador partners with beauty brand to create travel essentials kit

Annika Nickson personally tested the beauty kit everywhere from the turquoise lagoons of Tahiti to the icy wilderness of Svalbard

Agents warned to back up green claims in supplied marketing materials – or risk regulator's wrath

When it comes to eco-friendly claims about cruise lines and air travel, agents are discovering to their cost the buck stops with them

Turtle-y transfixed: behind the scenes on Iberostar’s fam blending nature with nurture

Iberostar whisked four TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors off to the Mexican Caribbean to show the travel agents why its all-inclusive loving clients will love the Paraiso resort’s extra special wildlife encounters, exceptional gastronomy and community-based jungle adventure

Four reasons why you and your clients should prioritise positive impact travel

The fourth TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes workshop saw Intrepid extol the virtues of selling positive-impact holidays – and share how agents can benefit too.

Transport secretary insists SAF legislation not designed to make flying more expensive

Heidi Alexander tells Airlines 2025 conference demand for flights 'only going in one direction' and that the cost of sustainable fuel should not be a barrier to more flights

An agent's viewpoint: 'There's an aura of change in the Maldives, which has me conflicted'

A Travel Counsellor is charmed by local island tourism in the Maldives, but finds the experience also leaves her with mixed emotions about the archipelago's future

Travel must work harder to collaborate on sustainability and highlight progress to consumers

WTM London panel laments lack of collaboration on sustainability and some consumers' reluctance to engage with it

Balearics hails successful 'de-seasonalisation' efforts and crackdown on illegal accommodation

The archipelago recorded only a minimal year-on-year increase in visitors this summer, 0.8% in July and 1.8% in August

'Record numbers' holidaying in Greece's shoulder seasons as country vows continue prioritising sustainable growth

How Greece is prioritising sustainability alongside increasing visitor numbers, as the country’s tourism minister vows to continue investing in regenerative tourism

Introducing the 2025 TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors

This year our dedicated agents have learnt how to identify, sell and celebrate sustainable travel by attending informative workshops and fun fam trips with the TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes. We’re thrilled to present this year’s cohort of TTG Sustainable Travel Ambassadors, and here they share the impact the programme has had on them

Royal Caribbean Group claims new beach club site will help ease 'congestion' in Santorini

Both Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises guests can visit Royal Beach Club Santorini on the Greek island from next summer

Airport expansion 'a serious risk' to UK's net zero ambitions, say MPs

Parliament's influential Environmental Audit Committee says industry can't be left to decarbonise on its own, and warns new technologies aren't a silver bullet

'Eurostar's new trains herald a new era for clean, connected European travel'

'People aren’t just booking more flight-free travel, they’re sharing the impact and inspiring friends to travel in ways that feel better for both themselves and the planet,' says Byway head of partnerships Paul Conroy

Eurostar firms up €2 billion deal for up to 50 new fully-electric double-decker trains

First Celestia trains, set to be the first double-deckers to operate in the UK and via the Channel Tunnel, to enter service in 2031

Travel by B Corp launches initiative to encourage flight-free travel to Europe

Group wants to 'break down barriers' limiting flight-free sales and has created a survey to identify potential obstacles or put-offs

'We're all looking to grow': B Corps seek to dispel myth that being purpose-driven comes at the expense of profit

'It's shorthand for people to understand a business has a purpose and is the kind of business I want to buy from rather than just relying on a marketing message'

Intrepid to invest nearly £1m into emission reduction initiatives each year

The B Corp-certified operator has revamped how it assesses the carbon impact of its holidays, calculating the total impact including individual flights

Cost rather than climate change driving demand for shoulder season travel, Abta Convention told

Bosses of industry's two largest operators play down effect of climate change on demand for shoulder seasons

Hurtigruten to operate first 'climate-neutral' cruise this month

Richard With will sail from Bergen to Kirkenes and back again using only advanced biofuel