10 Takeaways from the 2023 Booking.com Sustainable Travel Report
Now in its eighth year, Booking.com’s 2023 annual Sustainable Travel Report, gathered insights from over 33,000 travellers from 35 countries. The latest survey shows that there is a huge appetite for sustainable travel solutions – but it helps if those options are not more expensive. Booking.com has committed to reach net-zero by 2040, by achieving...
Sustainability article in ‘School Snowsports’
In his role as founder of Ski Flight Free, Iain was asked to contribute to Schools Snowsports – the annual publication from the National Schools Snowsports Association. His article on how to cut the carbon cost of travelling to a ski resort was recently published in their 2022 edition.
Andermatt article in ‘Skier & Snowboarder Magazine’
Iain travelled out to Andermatt in Switzerland in March 2022 to report on their sustainability credentials. His article has now been published in the October issue of ‘Skier & Snowboarder Magazine’. You can read the issue online by taking this link. You can listen to Iain’s review of his trip in Episode 92 of The...
The Outdoor Industry Demands Climate Policy
We encourage all businesses working in the snowsports industry to join this campaign, organised by the lobbying group Protect Our Winters, asking policy makers to catch up and produce policies that support increased sustainability while penalising bad practices. These demands will be presented in an open letter to European policy makers ahead of COP27. A...
Five Easy Things Ski Companies Can Do Today To Promote Sustainability
This time last week, I was busy hosting a lively sustainability session at the spring 2022 edition of LISTEX, organised by the Mountain Trade Network. Consumers want sustainable travel Hopefully the session was valuable for those who attended. We covered topics as diverse as train travel to wind power, EVs to upcycled clothing, but the...
5 Things We Learned from LISTEX Online 2021
This week, the snowsports industry enjoyed one of the regular virtual networking events organised by James Gambrill of the Mountain Trade Network. The format over three days allowed private one-to-one meetings between suppliers and buyers, destinations and journalists and also featured nine forum events, covering topics from sustainability to big data, the future of snowsports...