Hostelworld – the Irish online accommodation booking platform – has welcomed a research report confirming hostels are more climate friendly than regular hotels.
The report, by leading sustainability and compliance specialist Bureau Veritas, claims hostels emit significantly less Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions compared to mainstream hotels on a per bed-night basis.
The report also claims hostels have reduced their emissions, year-on-year, while hotels have increased theirs.
Hostelworld said ensuring a sustainable future “is of paramount importance to all our stakeholders, and is reflected in our company values”.
On the back of a strong set of annual financial results – which showed a return to group profitability last year – Hostelworld said: “Hostelling clearly offers consumers a unique opportunity to travel responsibly and this affords Hostelworld, as the only OTA exclusively promoting hostels, a distinct competitive advantage. Given its leadership position in the…
