“Ski resorts are afraid for their future”
Make sure you pick up a copy of this month’s ‘Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Magazine’ encouraging skiers to #SkiFlightFree. You can find Iain’s opinion piece on the existential threat to ski resorts on page 20: Find out more at www.skiflightfree.org
Ski Flight Free in the news
It’s been great to see some excellent support for the Ski Flight Free campaign in the specialist ski industry press, as well as the national papers. Maybe you read about Ski Flight Free in one of these articles: If you know of any other press mentions for...
“Meet the man trying to put us out of business…”
I was at the London Ski & Snowboard Festival last month. It has its critics, but I always enjoy catching up with other people in the industry, and also having the chance to meet the people that mean there is a ski business at all – the holiday-taking public. London is the only remaining consumer...
Ski Flight Free in The Telegraph
It was great to see this article by Ski Flight Free founder Iain Martin published by The Telegraph this week. Under the title ‘Climate change could kill the ski industry – so take the train to the Alps this winter’, Iain explains his motivations for setting up the Ski Flight Free campaign. It’s the well-educated...
Survey shows importance of environment for business travel
The appetite for action on climate change within the travel industry is growing quickly. Business travel specialists TripActions has taken the decision to provide its customers with data on the CO2 emissions, to enable them to make better decisions in relation to their travel choices. Minimising environmental impact the single most important factor A recent...
Why Ski Flight Free?
Climate change represents an existential threat to human life on the planet. The evidence for this has been widely published, but you don’t have to take my word for it. This is what Britain’s most trusted man has to say on the subject: An existential threat to the ski industry Climate change also represents an...
How Resorts Can Make A Difference
Not every resort will be able to deliver a Ski Flight Free message to the UK. If you’re in the Dolomites or eastern Austria, let alone Bulgaria or Scandinavia, travelling by train is going to be harder. But for most resorts in Europe, there’s plenty to gain by promoting flight free options. Complement your sustainable policies...
How Ski Companies Can Make A Difference
If you are a ski company offering holidays in the Alps, you don’t have to stop offering flights, but you can still make a difference. Ask yourself, how can you help your customers reduce their emissions? Reduce emissions and win business You may have charter flights and a commercial need to fill the seats you...
How Individuals Can Make A Difference
You don’t have to stop taking ski holidays, but if you decide to take one less flight this winter then you will have made a difference. Will flying less make a difference? There are a lot of ways of calculating CO2 per person. Most estimates suggest the CO2 per capita in the UK is currently...