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SINGAPORE, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Trip.com Group, a leading global travel service provider, announced its long-term goal of building green tourism, which covers three key areas, including: working with partners in the launch of over 10,000 low-carbon travel products; promoting sustainable travel concepts and engaging 100 million travelers in low-carbon practices; and, aiming to further reduce carbon emissions in its own operations.
Launched 10,000 low-carbon travel products
The Trip.com Group aims to launch more than 10,000 eco-friendly travel products, with many initiatives already underway in the Group’s long-term plan. Trip.com and Skyscanner, sub-brands of the Trip.com Group, have partnered with CHOOOSE, a company dedicated to offsetting CO2 emissions for flights by supporting climate-impact solutions in worldwide and enable customers to seamlessly address their CO2 emissions as part of the customer experience. Users from over 35 different Trip.com sites can now purchase this carbon offsetting option on nearly all flight inventory.
On the mainland China, Trip.com Group’s sub-brand Ctrip, collaborates with suppliers to offer a variety of eco-friendly travel products, such as zero waste camping and eco hiking. Trip.Biz, a corporate travel brand of the Group, recently conducted a campaign to promote “Green Hotels” and “Green Flights” in the mainland. China. The corporate travel brand was also awarded a Silver rating by EcoVadis, an internationally recognized corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating platform in 2022. In its car rental business, Ctrip promotes travel with alternative fuel vehicles and through this promotion saw related orders grow at an annual rate of approximately 140%. According to the current assessment of the order, compared to traditional vehicles, the rental of alternative fuel vehicles will reduce carbon emissions by about 10,000 tons in 2022.
Promoting sustainability awareness and inspiring 100 million travelers
As part of the Group’s long-term commitment to raising awareness of sustainability, consumer brand Trip.com surveyed its customers to learn more about user sentiment on sustainable travel and how it impacts consumer opinion pandemic. Importantly, the survey revealed that sustainable travel is important to most respondents.
The Trip.com Group continues to build on its content marketing strategy to bring awareness to more sustainable options. Trip Moments, the home of Trip.com’s user-generated travel content, encourages users to review, recommend and share their travel content with more than two million travelers worldwide. . Building up to World Environment Day 2022, Trip.com South Korea organizes various events and activities to encourage users to think more sustainably and share Trip Moments content using the hashtag ‘sustainable travel’ – driving awareness among users.
In promoting sustainable tourism, Ctrip uses its self-produced variety show to advertise eco-friendly travel. The green travel variety show is a collaboration between Ctrip and National Geographic that features environmental experts and travel professionals who join special guests in exploring sustainable lifestyles while discovering the beauty of in China city and countryside. It is in China first travel variety show that focuses on ecological awareness.
reduced carbon emissions throughout the operation
As a one-stop travel service provider with more than 30,000 employees and businesses worldwide, Trip.com Group continues to value operational practices that care for the environment. The Group has pledged to further reduce carbon emissions in its own operations in the near future.
The Group has adopted several environmental initiatives, including the construction of an intelligent energy management system, a solar hot water system, and a renewable heating system to reduce energy consumption. Its headquarters in Shanghai awarded LEED Gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. From 2019 to 2021, a new round of energy saving investment is being made in the offices of the Trip.com Group Shanghai headquarters, this upgrade has resulted in a 45-50% reduction in energy used for lighting buildings.
In 2021, Trip.com Group announced the establishment of its ESG Committee and joined the UN Global Compact, which commits to creating a more sustainable future for tourism and society.
Jane SunTrip.com Group CEO commented, “We always follow the vision of ‘pursuing the perfect trip for a better world’ and work with our users and partners to further reduce carbon emissions in a more holistic and systematic way. because there is still a long way to go.”
