It’s a Journey: A New Podcast Recently Launched that Explores the Future of Sustainable Travel

By Pru Goudie

We're delighted to share all episodes of It’s a Journey: A Sustainable Travel Podcast series recently launched and hosted by sustainable travel expert and writer Holly Tuppen and Richard Hammond, Publishing Director of Green Traveller Media.

Most of you will already be familiar with Holly and Richard, as they regularly moderate panel sessions at the Adventure Travel Networking (ATN) annual conference, held in Central London each February.

Each episode of It’s a Journey tackles the uncomfortable, complex, and often overlooked questions facing the travel industry as it strives to have a better impact on people and places.

What to expect from the series

• Candid, thought-provoking dialogue between hosts and leading voices in sustainable travel

• Soundbites and real-world examples to ground the discussion

• Practical takeaways for destinations, travel brands, and marketers

• Curated reading lists to continue the conversation beyond the episode

• Constructive, challenging, and intelligent - designed for industry professionals who care about making meaningful change.

Featuring guests from across tourism, conservation, marketing, and academia, It’s a Journey invites honest, sometimes challenging conversations between the hosts and leading voices in sustainable travel. Each episode delivers frank, thought-provoking dialogue, powerful soundbites, and real-world examples that bring the issues to life.

Listeners can expect practical takeaways and curated reading lists designed to extend the conversation well beyond the episode.

Key topics explored across the five episodes of It’s a Journey include:

• Should you shout about your sustainability actions?

• Does the right thing by people and nature make commercial sense?

• Can train travel be a practical, affordable, low-emissions alternative to air travel?

• Are public-private partnerships the best way to accelerate change in the tourism industry?

• What does good look like, and can we measure its benefits?

Featured podcast guests include Denise Hicks, Global Climate Lead at C Space, and Xavier Font, Professor of Sustainability Marketing at the University of Surrey. Author of A Case for Nature, Siddarth Shrikanth, joins the conversation alongside James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel, and Björn Bender, CEO and Executive Chairman of Rail Europe.

We’ll also hear from Sarah Fussey, Marketing Director at Inntravel; Mark Smith, the iconic Man in Seat 61; and Gwen Raez, Strategy Lead at VisitScotland. Sustainability leaders such as Shannon Guihan, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Travel Corporation, and Rebecca Armstrong, Head of Impact and Development at The Travel Foundation, share their insights.

Further influential voices include Dr. Anna Spenceley, former Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg; Manisha Pande, Founder and Managing Director of Village Ways; and Kelly Galaski, Senior Director of Operations and Head of Impact at Planeterra.

🎙️ Listen on Spotify.

It's a Journey is also available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.

Tune in on your preferred platform!

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It's a Journey is proudly sponsored by Lemongrass

The B Corp PR and content agency for travel brands

Lemongrass is a Business Member of ATN