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TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECARBONISING TRAVEL & TOURISM
DECARBONISING TRAVEL & TOURISM
Climate change remains high on the agenda for the travel and tourism industry and, as more is being done to tackle carbon emissions, the industry is in the midst of reshaping itself.
With an estimated 1.8 billion travellers expected by 2020, the panel discussed challenges facing businesses as well as the customers, who are also viewed as having a responsibility of choice. “Travel by air is by far the largest market – nearly 52% – so aviation is a key element. Tourism as a whole, as research by UNWTO has shown, indicates that 5% is produced by tourism overall, of which 2% by aviation,” announced the chair of the Tuesday seminar Martin Brackenbury, Director, Classic Collection Holidays. Dirk Aguila, President and Co-founder of
Calasi.com, highlighted that “passenger growth outpaces fuel efficiency
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improvements”, then identified that responsibility also lies with the consumer. To help with customer choice he has created a website which figures out fuel efficiency when booking flights. According to research: • 21% of travellers in the US want this type of information. • A UK study shows that 57% of people in the UK acted on this type of information to book more efficient flights. John Counsell, Chair of Sustainable Aviation, went on to say: “200 of next generation aircraft are on order for UK airlines. For example, with BA’s first two Boeing 787s flying to Toronto and NY, they are 30% more efficient than the aircraft they replace. The next generation beyond that is a 65% reduction in noise & 75% CO2
reduction by 2050.”
BA has secured a site for a state-of-the-art sustainable jet bio-fuel plant in London, a key move towards the airline’s efforts to secure carbon neutral growth by 2020. The site should turn around 500,000 tonnes of waste that would
otherwise go to landfill and turn it into 50,000 tonnes of sustainable jet fuel each year.
Andy Cooper at Thomas Cook talked about flights and accommodation: “We need to make sure that all parts of our supply chain offer sustainable solutions.” Robert McCann, Global Corporate Responsibility Manager for IHG (Intercontinental, Crown Plaza) talks about water consumption, which is a big issue particularly in Asia and the Middle East – by 2030, the world might face a 40% global demand/supply gap of accessible, reliable water supply for economic development, a sentiment echoed elsewhere at WTM.
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