The Duke of Sussex is in Amsterdam this morning to launch a new eco-tourism project between Booking.com, SkyScanner, CTrip, TripAdvisor and Visa and the new Sussex Royal Foundation. The new initiative will help transform to travel industry to better project tourist destinations and the communities that depend on them. The event comes after a summer full of criticism for the Sussexes’ private jet use. He reportedly flew out last night or early this morning on a commercial flight.
[getty src="1165805291" width="395" height="594"][getty src="1165805466" width="395" height="594"] The event took place at the A’dam Tower and the Duke of Sussex
also gave a speech and hosted a panel discussion between Gillian
Tans, Chairwoman of Booking.com, Bryan Dove, CEO of Skyscanner,
Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, Kanika Soni, President, Hotels, at
TripAdvisor, and Suzan Kereere, Global Head of Merchant Sales and
Acquiring for VISA. Announcing the project, the Duke of Sussex
said, “I am proud to announce…Travalyst. Travalyst
is a first-of-its-kind coalition, a united front of businesses
dedicated to making travel an engine for sustainability.
The founding partners, who are represented here today, include some
of the leaders and heavy hitters of the global travel
industry— Booking.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and
VISA. These are organisations that can really make waves, and
the tide is changing. Surfs up!”
The Duke of Sussex, alongside the Duchess of Sussex, will also highlight eco-tourism during their tour to Africa later this month. They will tour Cape Town and Johannesburg together and the Duke of Sussex will also travel alone to Botswana, Angola and Malawi.
