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According to the UN Environment Program and UN World Tourism Organisation Sustainable tourism is defined as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities.”

The Next Phase of Net Zero: What ISO 14060 Means for Business

A lot has happened recently in the world of [...]

By |2026-06-30T13:45:58+00:00June 30, 2026|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on The Next Phase of Net Zero: What ISO 14060 Means for Business
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How do we continue to grow tourism in destinations facing chronic water stress?

Water scarcity is becoming one of the defining sustainability [...]

By |2026-06-30T13:43:53+00:00June 16, 2026|Climate Change, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on How do we continue to grow tourism in destinations facing chronic water stress?
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ITT Sustainability Big Debate: “Do Travellers Care? Does It Matter?

Last month, our Founding Director, Patrick Richards, joined travel [...]

By |2026-06-16T13:51:49+00:00June 1, 2026|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on ITT Sustainability Big Debate: “Do Travellers Care? Does It Matter?
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Do destinations trust the travel trade with sustainability?

A friend runs master’s degree courses, which pull together students [...]

By |2025-10-08T06:09:46+00:00October 8, 2025|Sustainable Communications, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Do destinations trust the travel trade with sustainability?
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Sustainability in the Nordics: Reflections from the Captain’s Cruise

So, what’s the latest with sustainability in the Nordics? “Go [...]

By |2025-09-25T20:14:23+00:00September 25, 2025|Climate Change, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Sustainability in the Nordics: Reflections from the Captain’s Cruise
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Bloomberg – Hotter Summers and Overcrowding Threaten Europe’s Tourist Economies

Our Founding Director, Patrick Richards, was delighted to have the [...]

By |2025-09-05T06:00:47+00:00September 5, 2025|Climate Change, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Bloomberg – Hotter Summers and Overcrowding Threaten Europe’s Tourist Economies
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The ATOL Top 50 revisited – Are the UK’s top travel companies moving with the times on sustainability?

Last year, we assessed the Top 50 ATOL holders against [...]

By |2025-03-25T11:26:13+00:00March 24, 2025|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on The ATOL Top 50 revisited – Are the UK’s top travel companies moving with the times on sustainability?
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Tourism leaders still look short-term… this needs to change.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) brings together leaders from politics, [...]

By |2025-02-03T16:18:09+00:00February 3, 2025|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Tourism leaders still look short-term… this needs to change.
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What is the real culprit for anti-tourism resentment? (and what can the travel trade start doing about it.)

“Refugees welcome, tourists go home!” is an increasingly common piece [...]

By |2026-02-05T21:15:26+00:00December 11, 2024|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism, The Trailblazers|Comments Off on What is the real culprit for anti-tourism resentment? (and what can the travel trade start doing about it.)
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Navigate uncertainty to craft a successful sustainability strategy. 

When we first meet with clients, they are often unsure [...]

By |2024-09-18T05:55:34+00:00September 18, 2024|Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism, The Trailblazers|Comments Off on Navigate uncertainty to craft a successful sustainability strategy. 
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It’s only greenwashing if you intend to deceive. Right?

Imagine you are a marketing professional working for a Tour [...]

By |2024-06-10T15:51:44+00:00June 10, 2024|Sustainable Communications, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on It’s only greenwashing if you intend to deceive. Right?
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Operators, are you prepared for climate change? Let’s assess risks and solutions.

Nobody caught in the wildfires that swept through Rhodes last [...]

By |2024-06-19T14:52:50+00:00May 8, 2024|Climate Change, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Operators, are you prepared for climate change? Let’s assess risks and solutions.
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Poo powered planes: could human waste fuel the future of flight?

Hungarian airline Wizz air believe it could. The airline has teamed [...]

By |2024-06-04T15:08:13+00:00April 28, 2024|Sustainable Innovation, Sustainable Strategy, Sustainable Travel & Tourism|Comments Off on Poo powered planes: could human waste fuel the future of flight?
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Joanna Lawton

Jo is skilled in all aspects of online marketing, e-commerce and product development with over 20 years experience. She is commercially focused with proven success increasing traffic and revenue online.

Starting her career as an Interactive Graphic Designer for QVC Jo quickly became more involved in front-end design and coding, whilst developing a keen interest in usability and analytics. Joining the team at HotelConnect, as a Web Designer she progressed to Head of Online before moving to Stanfords Travel to work as their E-Commerce Manager. In 2013 Jo set up her own company supporting a range of businesses with their marketing and e-commerce strategies.

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Zennor Pascoe

With a decade in the marine industry and five years in corporate sustainability, Zennor brings a unique blend of expertise across both sectors. As one of the youngest RYA Yachtmasters, she worked on a wide range of vessels, from high-performance sailing yachts to superyachts. Transitioning into sustainability, Zennor now specialises in carbon footprint analysis, emissions reduction, and sustainability reporting. She has developed and implemented strategies aligned with global best practices, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver meaningful environmental and community impact.

Zennor’s dual background enables her to navigate challenges at the intersection of industry and sustainability. She is passionate about advancing sustainable practices and engaging with others to drive positive change.

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Liza Degtyareva

Liza is a sustainability consultant and business designer, a keen advocate for regenerative economy with consulting experience in the energy, technology and social impact sectors. Liza co-founded and developed the 4D Sustainability Canvas framework to help SMEs set on their sustainability journey, the tool helped hundreds of businesses assess their impact and create actionable plans. She is keen on creating new solutions that can help businesses unlock positive impact, often advises start-ups and incubator programs. Liza is originally from Hungary but lived in 4 countries among them the UK and Brazil, her multicultural background and language skills makes her thrive in culturally diverse environments.

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Marina Bradford

Marina is a sustainability consultant with the focus on environmental management, value chain impact creation and responsible resource management. A founder of a certified B-Corp sustainability practice and an advocate of inclusive, regenerative and triple bottom line economies, Marina is passionate about creating and enabling solutions that can help address social and environmental challenges.

Marina was born in Russia, educated in the UK, lived on 3 continents and worked in over 19 countries – which has helped her gain global outlooks across a variety of cultures and sectors.

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Chris Fraser

Chris is an entrepreneur and CEO with a 35-year career in travel, hotels, tailor-made luxury tour operating, hotel room distribution and short breaks. He advises international travel & tourism organisations, now concentrating on Sustainability.

For 18 years, Chris was CEO of HotelConnect Ltd, a company he founded in 1993 as one of the first accommodation only sellers. HotelConnect was the first hotel supplier to sell rooms on any UK low cost airline website and one of the very first to launch online transactional hotel booking. HotelConnect became universally recognised for excellence in customer service and quality checked accommodation, winning many awards for its call centre and internet booking systems.

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Patrick Richards

Patrick’s 35-year career spans leadership and transformational roles across the travel sector. This includes a 20-year stint on the executive committee of GTA, the pioneer in the hotel bedbank and groups segments, sold to Cendant for $1.1 billion in 2005. Post ’05, the company owners included Blackstone’s Travelport and Kuoni. As a core member of the management team, Richards drove change and revived growth. Joining Cox and Kings in 2013, as Chief Commercial Officer, he modernised the commercial face and globalised the group, additionally being appointed President of the business’ arm in the Americas and Ezeego1 Board Director (the on-line sister brand).

Between 2007-2014, Richards chaired the European Tourism Association (ETOA). Remaining as a director (from 2015 to 2021); he took on board-level responsibility for the association’s drive on positive climate action. It quickly became apparent to him that a real gap existed between travel & tourism’s sustainability rhetoric and real adoption across the commercial sector. This led to the creation of TerraVerde. Today, additional board roles are held in trade association the Nordic Tourism Collective, and an innovative tourism e-learning start-up LVG Learning.

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