Sabre Joins Prince Harry’s ‘Travalyst’ Coalition to Boost Sustainable Travel

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Travalyst, the not-for-profit organization founded by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, on Thursday welcomed travel technology company Sabre and Mastercard to its coalition.

Sabre Corporation and Mastercard join other leading travel and technology brands in the Travalyst coalition including Amadeus, Booking.com, Expedia Group, Google, Skyscanner, Travelport, Trip.com Group, Tripadvisor and Visa.

The group, which represents a combined market cap of almost $3tn, aims to bring sustainability information to the mainstream to help people make better travel choices. The addition of Mastercard and Sabre is expected to help accelerate that ambition.

“We’re committed to taking on the biggest opportunities and solving the most complex challenges in travel, so we’re thrilled to be joining forces with Travalyst and our peers in the industry to help drive more sustainable travel decisions,” said Sabre Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer Kristin Hays.

Travalyst works to deliver clear, consistent and credible sustainability information, at scale, to enable people to make better choices when they travel. For example, the same flight emissions estimates are now available across the majority of Travalyst’s partner platforms. The lower-emitting flight is flagged which empowers the person booking travel to select a flight with lower-than-average emissions, reducing the impact of their trip.

According to Travalyst, providing consistent sustainability information is key to driving travelers’ trust.

Founded in 2019 by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Travalyst is a not-for-profit global coalition of some of the biggest brands in travel and technology. Photo source: www.royal.uk

Mastercard’s global head of Commercial Solutions, Chad Wallace, said that by joining the Travalyst coalition, the company can further activate the power of its global network, insights and technologies to empower travelers to better understand the environmental impact of their business and leisure trips.

Travelyst sees the addition of Mastercard and Sabre aligning with its partnerships strategy and adding further scale to its mission.

“Bringing a payments technology leader on board, as well as enhancing our presence among key technology providers to the travel industry, means we are strategically poised to deliver on our mission to mainstream sustainability information within the travel industry to help drive change,” said Travalyst Head of Partnerships Brad West.