sustainable development

London Heathrow closed 2024 with the unveiling of a €2.8 billion modernisation plan. The plan promised to give a prominent place to decarbonising the airport, but did not describe the concrete implications. At the start of this year, the London hub is giving more substance to this good resolution. The airport management has...

Atmosfair can do better, Transport & Environnement is satisfied with SAF: Air France-KLM has had mixed fortunes when it comes to assessing its environmental efforts. Drawing on an existing study based on CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometre and the airlines' fleets, the German NGO presented its findings at the Air France-KLM...

The demand for eco-responsible seminars and events is exploding. Whatever the reasons, good or bad, greenhushing or greenwashing, CSR criteria are playing an increasingly important role in the choice of destination. Choosing CSR activities, working with committed service providers, assessing the carbon footprint of your event:...

When it comes to the environment, there's a lot of talk, good resolutions and sometimes greenwashing... and then there's the reality on the ground. Business travel is no exception. While all business travel players are more or less openly involved in eco-responsible initiatives, travellers remain... "pragmatic'. And when it comes to booking their flight,...

Marriott is taking its turn in measuring the carbon footprint of events organised in the group's hotels through the "Connect Responsibly with Marriott Bonvoy Events" programme. To be launched worldwide by the end of October, this new programme will provide detailed reports on the environmental impact of meetings, available on the Marriott website...

And in the end, it's a major northern city that wins. After Gothenburg for the last two years, Helsinki has taken over the top spot in the GDS Index, the ranking of sustainable tourist destinations. Helsinki has consistently demonstrated its commitment to sustainability over the years," says Nina...

PortAventura Business & Events' MICE offering, in terms of both products and services, stands out for its versatility and adaptability. The aim is to satisfy all the requirements of event organisers through a 360° service that can be fully customised. The "All in One" concept is based on...

For this second edition, how have you refined the IFTM-Kactus MICE Barometer? Arnaud Katz - We've added several key elements, in particular the CSR section, which some people criticised us for not including enough last year. We laid the foundations last year, and now we have a truly comprehensive barometer....

Slight though it may be, business travel is definitely on the up, according to figures published on 21 August by Airplus. The AirPlus Business Travel Index report shows an estimated increase of 1.7 % in business travel expenditure on air tickets over the period...

The 2024 edition of IFTM Top Resa kicks off on 17 September. So the final sprint is on... Laurence Gaborieau - Yes, the timetable has changed due to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP 2024), and in particular the Paralympic part organised from 28 August to 8 September. So we had to...

In recent weeks, hotel groups have taken it in turns to present their progress in the area of eco-responsibility. In its Serve 360 report - named after the platform that guides the group's CSR efforts - Marriott outlined the progress it has made in recent years...

Business tourism in Austria has long been no secret. From an incentive event in the Salzburg Citadel to a private cocktail party at the Vienna Opera House, from a seminar in the famous Olympic ski jump in Innsbruck to a private boat trip along the Danube, the incentive destination of Austria is a must...

Almost all hoteliers agree that the bleisure trend has become a reality in their establishments. Arriving earlier to discover the city, following up a business trip with a weekend of leisure, sometimes with the family: according to a recent study by SAP Concur, carried out in...

A shorter format in this Olympic year, but no less effective: for its annual See You There (SYT) event, following on from Nancy and Deauville, UNIMEV chose the Palais des Congrès in Versailles to bring together more than 300 players in the events industry for professional exchanges and conferences on a range of themes...

In the wake of its merger with Thalys, Eurostar has unveiled its first sustainability report, detailing its sustainability commitments and current progress in this area. The first objective, the most important for its fleet of 51 trains, aims to reduce its energy consumption and use 100% of renewable energy...

It may not be the first zero-energy hotel for IHG, but it will be for Singapore and its Changi airport. While the British group awaits the opening next year of the voco Zeal Exeter Science Park, promised to be "zero carbon emission", its contemporary brand Hotel Indigo is going to imitate this eco-responsible positioning for its installation at...

A carbon footprint calculator created for the events industry by the events industry; a solution that is flexible enough to reflect the realities on the ground, from site operation to catering, stand design and design agencies, but also very rigorous in the collection and analysis of data.

Faced with the growing needs of airlines, the production of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) is gradually changing scale. Last year, as part of the Singapore Expansion Project, the world leader, Finland's Neste, increased the production capacity of its refinery to one million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel, which will be used to supply Singapore...

Accor intends to take the ecological transition of its establishments one step further by finding a partner of choice to support it: ADEME. The hotel group has just signed a framework agreement with the public body under the aegis of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition. This is a "decisive step" for Brune Poirson, Director of Sustainable Development for the French group. With its...

Artificial intelligence is making inroads into all segments of business travel. While the trend sometimes borders on the merely fashionable or even gadget-like, the objectives unveiled at the beginning of February by KLM are promising, to say the least. Based on technology developed by Kickstart AI, the Dutch airline aims to reduce wastage by 63 %...