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Sustainability Isn't Easy With Intrepid Travel's Darrell Wade
Sustainability Isn't Easy With Intrepid Travel's Darrell Wade
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jul 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The chairman and co-founder of Intrepid Travel has said there was too much “rhetorical flourish” from travel companies when it comes to discussing sustainability.
Speaking at the Skift Sustainable Tourism Summit, Darrell Wade bemoaned how organizations were touting a “build back better” ethos, while failing to take action.
“It’s disappointing, embedded into marketing, or even worse the boardroom,” he said during the online event.
“Half of the companies, probably more, will have done nothing. At the World Travel & Tourism Council, a good number of companies are talking the right way, and committing, but not enough are putting the rubber on the road.”
While some companies had managed to go beyond what he described rhetorical flourish, he said travel companies needed to ensure there was”company engagement” from the top, and they needed to commit measurable action, including science based targets. “You need to sign up to have that line in the sand,” Wade told moderator Rafat Ali, Skift CEO and co-founder.
“Sustainability is not easy, it’s heavy lifting. Even one aspect like climate change, to work out a pathway to zero emissions, is a lot of work,” he added.
For more insight into tourism, destinations, and sustainability, please visit https://skift.com/tourism.
Speaking at the Skift Sustainable Tourism Summit, Darrell Wade bemoaned how organizations were touting a “build back better” ethos, while failing to take action.
“It’s disappointing, embedded into marketing, or even worse the boardroom,” he said during the online event.
“Half of the companies, probably more, will have done nothing. At the World Travel & Tourism Council, a good number of companies are talking the right way, and committing, but not enough are putting the rubber on the road.”
While some companies had managed to go beyond what he described rhetorical flourish, he said travel companies needed to ensure there was”company engagement” from the top, and they needed to commit measurable action, including science based targets. “You need to sign up to have that line in the sand,” Wade told moderator Rafat Ali, Skift CEO and co-founder.
“Sustainability is not easy, it’s heavy lifting. Even one aspect like climate change, to work out a pathway to zero emissions, is a lot of work,” he added.
For more insight into tourism, destinations, and sustainability, please visit https://skift.com/tourism.
Released:
Jul 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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