It's a Journey - a sustainable travel podcast

Episode 10: Paying it forward: Can luxury travel be sustainable? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss whether luxury tourism and hospitality can be sustainable with guests Anne-Kathrin Zschiegner, Director of The Long Run, Geetie Singh-Watson, founder of The Bull Inn, and Lucy Cleland Co-founder and Editorial Director of Country & Town House. In this episode, we unpa...

Episode 9: Nature Positive Tourism –  Long-term plan or short-term jargon? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss how tourism can support biodiversity and nature regeneration and whether the term nature positive tourism is jargon or a long-term plan for the industry with guests Kasia Morgan, Head of Sustainability for Exodus Adventure Travels, and Frans Schepers, Founder an...

Episode 8: Certification – Labels, labels everywhere: To certify, or not to certify?  Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss certification, what it is, whether there are too many labels, and whether it’s worth the investment with expert guests Rochelle Turner, Head of Impact EMEA, Intrepid Travel and Kees Jan Boonen, Head of Policy and Government Affairs, Travalyst.  In this...

Episode 8: It's a Journey podcast sponsor Lemongrass shares insights on the travel trends shaping 2026 A one-off episode where Holly and Richard hear from our sponsor Lemongrass about some of the relevant work it's doing in sustainable travel, including a recent trend report for 2026. Guests are Lemongrass’s founder and CEO Miriam Peternek McCartney and Senior Director of Digital Strategy...

Episode 7: Carbon Talks – Is measuring your carbon emissions a worthwhile investment? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss the benefits, challenges and opportunities for measuring carbon emissions with guests Paul Easto, Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer, Wilderness Group, Nadine Pinto, Head of Sustainability, Touring for The Travel Corporation, and a special appeara...

Episode 6: Risk and Regulation – Is climate a ticking time bomb for those not yet on board? ? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss climate risk and regulation with guests Jeremy Sampson, CEO, The Travel Foundation and Willy Legrand, Professor of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management at IU International University. In this episode, we unpack: What climate regulation, if a...

Richard and Holly look back at 2025 and discuss what't hot and what's not for the year ahead. Some of the significant developments in 2025 discussed are Intrepid's change to it's Climate Action Plan that Richard thinks will likely reverberate across the industry in 2026, as well as the decision by the office of Rail and Road to grant Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills which could...

Episode 5: Community tourism. What does good community tourism look like and can we measure its benefits? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss the benefits of community tourism and how to measure it, with guests Manisha Pande, Founder and Managing Director of Village Ways and Kelly Galaski, Senior Director, Operations & Head of Impact at Planeterra. In this episode, we unp...

Episode 4. Partnerships for Good. Are public-private partnerships the best way to accelerate change in the tourism industry? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠⁠ Holly and Richard discuss the benefits of public private partnerships with guests Shannon Guihan, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Travel Corporation, Rebecca Armstrong, Head of Impact and Development from The Travel Foundation, Gwen Raez, St...

Episode 3: The future of rail.  Can train travel in Europe be a practical, affordable, low-emissions alternative to air travel? Sponsored by  ⁠⁠Lemongrass⁠ Holly and Richard, along with their guests Bjorn Bender, CEO and Executive Chairman of RailEurope, Mark Smith of The Man in Seat 61 (seat61.com), and Sarah Fussey, Marketing Director of Inntravel, discuss the future of rail. The message from al...

Episode 2: Costing Nature. Can doing the right thing by people and planet also make commercial sense? Holly and Richard, along with their guests James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel and Siddarth Shrikanth, author of A Case for Nature, explore how valuing nature and prioritising sustainability can be at the heart of a successful travel business. Sponsored by ⁠Lemongrass⁠ “A third of travel busine...

Episode 1: Don't mention the S word. Communicating sustainability - should you shout about your sustainability actions? Hear key stats on consumer trust, outcomes from a groundbreaking new report that explores customer responses to sustainability messaging from hotels, and what the travel industry can learn from marketing and insight experts working across multiple sectors. Sponsored by Lemong...