sustainable development

Sustainable development will undoubtedly be one of the key factors in the upturn in business travel. In the Netherlands, Hilton is offering companies the chance to offset the environmental impact of their meetings and events involving 10 or more participants. The offer is free of charge, thanks to a partnership with the South Pole group, one of the world's leading...

The fall was inevitable and will come as no surprise to anyone. In 2020, the Best Western network in France recorded an unprecedented drop in sales of -52.4 %, following a record performance in 2019. The causes are well known: a pandemic which, through confinements and border closures, triggered a series of...

The study published by Trainline on 19 April comes at a relatively sensitive time. For several years now, air travel has been criticised for its impact on the environment, and the trend has accelerated with the phenomenon of "flygskam", or the "shame of flying". Now, with the economic crisis, government subsidies to airlines...

Possible is a UK-based charity working towards a low-carbon British society. Its "A Free Ride" campaign seeks to limit the use of environmentally damaging forms of transport. Air transport is naturally one of them. But the campaign also includes - less frequently - the idea of justice...

HRS recently announced the launch of a sustainable hotel booking initiative. Does the subject of CSR seem more topical than ever within companies? Emmanuel Ebray - Indeed. Whether it's with a customer or a prospect, with a company or an institution, I never have a single exchange...

In line with its environmental strategy, aimed at achieving its "Net-Zero Carbon" objective by 2030, FreeNow is preparing to take a new step forward. The multimodal platform has just unveiled a new partnership with Tier. The micro-mobility operator's electric scooters and scooters will be added to the FreeNow solution. As a result, business travellers will be able to...

The SNCF announced the launch of this new service back in January, when it presented its Planete Voyages eco-mobility project. Now it's done: its mobility comparator has been online since 4 March on the home page of the OUI.sncf website. Journey times by train, but also by coach, car,...

Expedia and Accor are joining forces to expand the UNESCO Commitment to Sustainable Tourism. This initiative, launched by the UN agency in October 2019 with the Thai Ministry of Tourism and, already, Expedia as partners, has so far brought together just over 500 hotels in Thailand. These include the Anantara resorts, the...

Organising business travel in a more eco-responsible way. This ambition is based on the desire, now widely shared at global level, by governments, companies and individuals alike, to make sustainable development the major issue of the years to come. But this desire to reduce emissions and, ultimately, to become carbon neutral...

What are FREENOW's new environmental commitments? Auriane Nirascou - FREENOW is one of the leaders in mobility in Europe and VTC in France, and we are present in 10 countries and 100 cities on the European market. Given our influence, it is therefore our duty to...

This was supposed to be a recovery event for Châteauform' after the relaxation of health constraints scheduled for 20 January. Unfortunately, the spread of the pandemic continues unabated, and business at the seminar centres is still at a standstill. Despite its position as France's leading seminar and training venue, Châteauform'...

Voyages SNCF intends to play an active part in reducing the rail group's emissions by 50 % by 2030, the target set by SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou. To this end, it is launching Planète Voyages, an ecological mobility project based first and foremost on raising awareness and training staff and on-board personnel...

Uber is starting 2021 by putting its good resolutions into practice straight away. To achieve the sustainable objectives unveiled a few months earlier - namely 50% electric vehicles by 2025 and the elimination of diesel vehicles from 2024 on the French market - new measures are coming into force. These measures are based on two principles...

Launched in 2019 in Beaune by the Accor group, the Greet brand has just rolled out its sustainable, designer concept in Lyon. Following openings in Marseille Centre Saint Charles and Marseille Provence Aéroport, the budget brand has set up shop in another key thoroughfare for business travellers, just two minutes...

The Spanish group Meliá Hotels International took advantage of the virtual version of the ILTM international travel fair to present the development of its luxury offer in the business, lifestyle and resort segments. Among these, the Gran Melia brand will be setting up a new benchmark establishment in Milan in 2023, taking its place in a...

Already ardently supported, notably by supporters of the flygskam movement, the sustainable dimension of travel is undoubtedly taking on new importance with the current pandemic. "We've had a host of conversations with meeting organisers, members of our I Prefer loyalty programme, specialist travel advisers, and experts...

With reconfinement measures on the increase in Europe, companies have an opportunity to take a step back from their travel policies and improve their CSR performance. With this in mind, new initiatives are emerging on the French market to support this repositioning. Alongside SAP Concur and Green Evénements, the new...

Why did you launch the Treep? Laurent La Rocca - We created the Treep in 2016, positioning ourselves at the time as a mobility service for the general public, with a view to reducing CO2 emissions, with an application that aggregated all low-carbon means of transport. Faced with growing demand from businesses and...

Already integrated into the transport section, to better manage the carbon emissions of flights and trains, the 'sustainable' filter is now making its appearance in the Neo hotel catalogue. American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) announced on 28 October that its business travel and expense management software is now adding a sustainable filter to its hotel catalogue.

Marcel is extending its footprint in green mobility by launching a range of electric scooters with drivers. The VTC operator, founded in 2014, has teamed up with Felix Citybird, which operates motorbike taxis in Paris and its inner suburbs, to develop this e-scooter offering integrated into its app. In practice, the range comprises...