30 May 2023: TUI, one of the world’s leading tourism businesses, has increased the number of ‘Green & Fair’ labelled hotels on offer to customers to 997, an increase of nearly 50%. The ‘Green & Fair’ label, first introduced in November 2022, highlights hotels that have been independently certified in line with strict sustainability credentials, known as the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Criteria.

The GSTC Criteria works as the worldwide standard for sustainability in travel and tourism and is focused around four key areas: sustainable management; environmental protection; social and economic support of the local community and recognising and promoting cultural heritage. Examples of this include favouring local suppliers, measuring energy consumption and taking steps to minimise overall consumption and promoting reusable, returnable and recycled goods.

Richard Sofer, Commercial Director at TUI, said: “We know making sustainable choices is becoming more and more important to our customers and we launched our Green & Fair label to make it easy for them to see which hotels offer the best sustainable options. We’re delighted so many more of our hotel partners have now been certified as meeting the robust GSTC criteria and are proud to label them Green & Fair. By staying in a Green & Fair hotel, your holiday choice goes a few steps further to help our planet and worldwide communities. We want customers to be able to integrate sustainability into their entire holiday, which is why, as well as choosing a Green & Fair hotel, they can also select from a wide range of Green & Fair labelled experiences.”

TUI EXPANDS THE NUMBER OF HOTELS WITH THE ‘GREEN & FAIR’ LABEL BY NEARLY 50%, TO ENABLE CUSTOMERS TO MAKE MORE SUSTAINABLE CHOICES.