♦ While our goal at TTC is to reduce printed brochures by 50% by 2025, we’re ensuring the remainder is sourced responsibly. The body of all Trafalgar, Costsaver, Brendan Vacations, AAT Kings, Contiki, Adventure World Travel, Evan Evans Tours and Insight Vacations brochures are produced from 100% LEIPA paper. This recyled post-consumer waste paper is recognized as the most eco-friendly solution for publishing printed catalogues. LEIPA papers are certified according to leading environmental standards. At Luxury Gold, Uniworld and African Travel, Inc., print brochure covers come from PEFC-certified, sustainably managed forests that ensure the strictest environmental, social and economic requirements.

♦ In 2018 we committed to eliminate all unnecessary single-use plastics from our offices, eliminating more than 20 types. In 2019 we implemented a Sustainable Procurement Policy to ensure our teams consider responsibly sourced, plastic-free items when making purchases, as well as the end-of-life disposal to ensure we recycle or reuse items as much as possible. This policy serves as the driving tool for our business’s needs while maintaining the highest ethical standards to avoid harmful effects on the environment.

♦ Our composting program, implemented at our various offices in employee cafeterias, allows us to further reduce the amount of waste generated on a daily basis.

♦ In order to reduce its footprint and to keep Africa at the heart of everything at Lion World Travel, all business cards are printed on paper consisting of sanitized fiber from the dung of elephants, rhinos, and other wild African herbivores.

♦ Red Carnation Hotels partners with Leitha CleanCoat to implement electrostatic spray cleaning in response to COVID-19. This type of cleaning is proven to reduce microbes such as bacteria and viruses without using toxic chemicals or single-use plastics. Learn more>

♦ At our Red Carnation Hotel properties, all shower soaps and shampoos are provided in refillable cannisters, eliminating single-use plastic toiletry bottles. All London Red Carnation Hotels properties partner with luxury brand Floris for this initiative.

♦ Red Carnation Hotels is a proud partner of Belu, which ensures that all drinking water in rooms and dining areas are provided in refillable glass bottles. Learn more>

♦ Uniworld River Cruises, like our Red Carnation Hotels, partners with Leitha CleanCoat to implement electrostatic spray cleaning in response to COVID-19. This type of cleaning is proven to reduce microbes such as bacteria and viruses without using toxic chemicals or single-use plastics. Learn more>

♦ Uniworld has replaced its toiletries with bamboo alternatives.

♦ Xigera Safari Lodge is the first hotel in the Red Carnation Hotels Collection to completely replace cling film with bees wax wraps, its sustainable alternative.

♦ Our efforts to eliminate all unnecessary single-use plastics extends to the itineraries of The Travel Corporation’s family of brands. We’ve eliminated the sale of plastic water bottles on our trips. Our guests are made aware well in advance and encouraged to pack a reusable water bottle, while our Travel Directors and Managers ensure multiple water refill opportunities throughout their trips.

♦ To encourage responsible consumption and reduce waste, in 2017 we began planting a tree for each guest who chose to receive their travel documents digitally. Through this program, more than 200,000 trees have been planted across 600-plus acres throughout North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa, in partnership with One Tree Planted. In 2020, in order to further reduce our impact and provide our guests with maximum santiation and efficiency, TTC transitioned exclusively to electronic documents. Eliminating paper documents allows us to save trees and reduce paper waste. 

♦ Contiki subsidises 50% of the cost of its reusable, foldable, and travel-friendly water bottle which uses an advanced filtration system that removes 99.95% of bacteria and 99.97% of protozoa. This creates clean and safe drinking water anywhere in the world, and removes the need for harmful single-use plastics, protecting the planet while saving guests money, too.

♦ Contiki’s clothing collection with sustainable fashion platform Teemill is part of the circular fashion economy, manufactured using certified organic farming methods and print-on-demand technology powered by renewable energy, ensuring no waste. 

♦ The Travel Corporation (TTC) and its family of brands engage with our suppliers on sustainability practices that empower responsible consumption. For example, Trafalgar and Insight Vacations work with our packaging and promotional material provider MaCher on plastic reduction allowing them to reduce their environmental impact, encourage change with their suppliers, and provide sustainable options to their partners and guests.