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New! The Autumn issue of The Green Traveller e-mag has landed, packed with ideas for great trips, including hiking in Herefordshire, wildlife watching in Gran Canaria, island-hopping across the Ionian Islands & community-based conservation in Saint Lucia issuu.com/greentravell...

Is there really a future in green travel? I discuss this with
@simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...

Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets Firm will instead invest A$2m a year in ‘climate impact fund’ supporting renewables and switching to EVs

Significant announcement from Intrepid regarding changes to its Climate Action Plan that will reverberate across the industry, incl "a new lifecycle target that takes full accountability of our total emissions, including customer flights to and from our trips" www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘It feels as though the mountains are ours alone’: family-friendly hiking in the French Alps The ‘wonderfully wild’ Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail caters for experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge

We travelled by FlixBus coach to the French Alps to hike a section of The Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail, which caters for both experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

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What is Community Tourism and how do you measure it? Find out in the latest episode of It's a Journey Podcast with guests Manisha Pande, MD of Village Ways in India, and Kelly Galaski, Head of Impact at the non-profit organisation Planeterra www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...

Can train travel in Europe be a practical, affordable, low-emissions alternative to air travel? The next episode of It's a Journey podcast has dropped with @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Björn Bender CEO of Rail Europe & Sarah Fussey Marketing Director of Inntravel www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...

Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.

Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty, reports Jennifer McKiernan and Becky Morton for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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New! Episode 2 of It's a Journey Podcast has dropped: Costing Nature - can doing the right thing by people and planet also make commercial sense? With guests James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel and Siddarth Shrikanth, author of 'A Case for Nature', listen here: www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...

Thanks Olly!

Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm

Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm

FlixTrain announces €2.4bn new fleet investment German open-access operator FlixTrain has announced that it is to invest up to €2.4bn in a fleet of 65 new inter-city trains.

German open-access operator FlixTrain has announced that it's to invest up to €2.4bn in a fleet of 65 new inter-city trains, reports Mark Simmons for International Rail Journal www.railjournal.com/fleet/flixtr...

My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Thomas Power, co-founder & CEO Pura Aventura

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Packed house at #SpainTalks, the flagship forum of the Spanish Tourist Office in London where keynote speakers and panellists from Spain and the UK travel industry come to explore sustainable travel strategies in Spain and beyond socialnewsroom.spain.info/spain-talks-...

A panel discussion on writing about sustainable travel at the Inspire Global Media Awards.

An action shot from last night’s panel discussion at the Inspire Global Media Awards. Really enjoyed chatting to @karennedwards.bsky.social, Pippa Jacks & @richardgehammond.bsky.social about progressive travel storytelling. Congratulations to all the winners 🎉

#IGMAs #positiveimpacttorytelling

My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures

St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany The London station's owner and Eurotunnel hope to expand routes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Switzerland.

St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany, reports Charlotte Edwards for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for Lemongrass PR's Insight series www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...

Westminster Abbey in Central London

Fab couple of days of 25 x 15-min meetings at TravMedia's #IMM2025 hearing from tour ops & tourist boards near and far about the latest sustainable tourism initiatives. Always love walking past this beauty on the way in

Mark Smith runs the brilliant website 'The Man in Seat 61'

The Man in Seat 61's dream list for re-instated train journeys. It's a look back at great train journeys that no longer exist, but could it also be a glimpse of the future? www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/the-man...

Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for the Insight series @lemongrasspr.bsky.social www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...

Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London - DutchNews.nl Direct Eurostar trains from Amsterdam to London resumed on Monday following the opening of a UK border checkpoint at the Dutch capital’s main railway station. The service was suspended last June after...

Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London, with an early morning train added to the timetable, leaving at 6.40am and arriving in to London at 9.57am www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/euro...

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Snowshoeing at twilight in the forests above Les Arcs in the French Alps, on a snow-train-to-the-Alps trip with Inghams

All aboard the snow train to the French Alps

YouTube video by Simpson Travel Simpson Travel: Because your time is precious.

Loved filming this TV ad for the clever folk at Simpson Travel youtu.be/vHpHuxqLAx4?...

Simpson Travel first villa operator to sign safer tourism pledge | Travel Weekly Collaboration underlines commitment to health, safety and risk management

Simpson Travel first villa operator to sign safer tourism pledge, reports Phil Davies in Travel Weekly travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism...

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The Big Rail Sale is back! Starts this Tuesday 14 Jan – make the most of up to half price discounts on over 2 million tickets for journeys made between 17 January and 31 March 2025 across Great Britain www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/rail-sa...

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Beautiful morning up here on the Mendips

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Walking the Derwent Valley Heritage Trail for 5 days over New Year

Introducing a new video series where I ask leading lights in the tourism industry to explain in less than 60 secs the one thing they'd change to address tourism's impact on the climate and nature emergencies. First up is Al Judge, founder of AliKats Mountain Holidays and President of Montagne Verte: