Richard Hammond
@richardgehammond.bsky.social
Videographer (camera operator, drone pilot CAA/EASA, video editor/director). Publishing Director @greentraveller. Co-host It's a Journey podcast. Views my own.
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Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm
"Look outside, hear the thunder, feel the rain: in the real world, change is happening" @fionaharvey.bsky.social in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30
In this week’s newsletter: Ultimately, climate progress will come from real-world action, and this year’s summit made some promising strides on that front
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Look outside, hear the thunder, feel the rain: in the real world, change is happening" @fionaharvey.bsky.social in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves "could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays", a move that would give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says "it will ramp up prices and inflation", reports Lauren Almeida in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reeves could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays
Move to give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says it will ramp up prices and inflation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves "could allow holiday tax on English hotel and Airbnb stays", a move that would give mayors powers to raise funds through levies, but industry says "it will ramp up prices and inflation", reports Lauren Almeida in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Spain's Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau launching Spain's tourism strategy to 2030 this morning at World Travel Market #wtm #wtm2025 #wtmlondon
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Spain's Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau launching Spain's tourism strategy to 2030 this morning at World Travel Market #wtm #wtm2025 #wtmlondon
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New! The Autumn issue of The Green Traveller e-mag has landed, packed with ideas for great trips, including hiking in Herefordshire, wildlife watching in Gran Canaria, island-hopping across the Ionian Islands & community-based conservation in Saint Lucia issuu.com/greentravell...
October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New! The Autumn issue of The Green Traveller e-mag has landed, packed with ideas for great trips, including hiking in Herefordshire, wildlife watching in Gran Canaria, island-hopping across the Ionian Islands & community-based conservation in Saint Lucia issuu.com/greentravell...
Is there really a future in green travel? I discuss this with
@simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...
@simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Is there really a future in green travel? I discuss this with
@simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...
@simoncalder.bsky.social on his Independent Travel Podcast. We talked about family travel to Europe on Flixbus, and the opportunities that increased competition could create for the UK's rail network shows.acast.com/green-list-t...
Significant announcement from Intrepid regarding changes to its Climate Action Plan that will reverberate across the industry, incl "a new lifecycle target that takes full accountability of our total emissions, including customer flights to and from our trips" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Tour operator Intrepid drops carbon offsets and emissions targets
Firm will instead invest A$2m a year in ‘climate impact fund’ supporting renewables and switching to EVs
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Significant announcement from Intrepid regarding changes to its Climate Action Plan that will reverberate across the industry, incl "a new lifecycle target that takes full accountability of our total emissions, including customer flights to and from our trips" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We travelled by FlixBus coach to the French Alps to hike a section of The Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail, which caters for both experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
‘It feels as though the mountains are ours alone’: family-friendly hiking in the French Alps
The ‘wonderfully wild’ Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail caters for experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We travelled by FlixBus coach to the French Alps to hike a section of The Grand Tour de Tarentaise trail, which caters for both experienced hikers and first-timers, with cosy mountain refuges offering the perfect place to recharge www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
What is Community Tourism and how do you measure it? Find out in the latest episode of It's a Journey Podcast with guests Manisha Pande, MD of Village Ways in India, and Kelly Galaski, Head of Impact at the non-profit organisation Planeterra www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
What is Community Tourism and how do you measure it? Find out in the latest episode of It's a Journey Podcast with guests Manisha Pande, MD of Village Ways in India, and Kelly Galaski, Head of Impact at the non-profit organisation Planeterra www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
Can train travel in Europe be a practical, affordable, low-emissions alternative to air travel? The next episode of It's a Journey podcast has dropped with @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Björn Bender CEO of Rail Europe & Sarah Fussey Marketing Director of Inntravel www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
July 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Can train travel in Europe be a practical, affordable, low-emissions alternative to air travel? The next episode of It's a Journey podcast has dropped with @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Björn Bender CEO of Rail Europe & Sarah Fussey Marketing Director of Inntravel www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty, reports Jennifer McKiernan and Becky Morton for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty
It comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Plans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treaty, reports Jennifer McKiernan and Becky Morton for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New! Episode 2 of It's a Journey Podcast has dropped: Costing Nature - can doing the right thing by people and planet also make commercial sense? With guests James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel and Siddarth Shrikanth, author of 'A Case for Nature', listen here: www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
July 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New! Episode 2 of It's a Journey Podcast has dropped: Costing Nature - can doing the right thing by people and planet also make commercial sense? With guests James Thornton, CEO of Intrepid Travel and Siddarth Shrikanth, author of 'A Case for Nature', listen here: www.itsajourney.fm/podcast-epis...
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Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm
July 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm
Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm
July 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Just dropped! Thrilled to launch a new podcast — It’s a Journey: A sustainable travel podcast for the travel industry that I'm co-hosting with Holly Tuppen featuring guests from across and beyond the travel industry. Sponsored by Lemongrass www.itsajourney.fm
German open-access operator FlixTrain has announced that it's to invest up to €2.4bn in a fleet of 65 new inter-city trains, reports Mark Simmons for International Rail Journal www.railjournal.com/fleet/flixtr...
FlixTrain announces €2.4bn new fleet investment
German open-access operator FlixTrain has announced that it is to invest up to €2.4bn in a fleet of 65 new inter-city trains.
www.railjournal.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
German open-access operator FlixTrain has announced that it's to invest up to €2.4bn in a fleet of 65 new inter-city trains, reports Mark Simmons for International Rail Journal www.railjournal.com/fleet/flixtr...
My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Thomas Power, co-founder & CEO Pura Aventura
🙏 Thomas Power, co-founder & CEO Pura Aventura
May 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Thomas Power, co-founder & CEO Pura Aventura
🙏 Thomas Power, co-founder & CEO Pura Aventura
Packed house at #SpainTalks, the flagship forum of the Spanish Tourist Office in London where keynote speakers and panellists from Spain and the UK travel industry come to explore sustainable travel strategies in Spain and beyond socialnewsroom.spain.info/spain-talks-...
May 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Packed house at #SpainTalks, the flagship forum of the Spanish Tourist Office in London where keynote speakers and panellists from Spain and the UK travel industry come to explore sustainable travel strategies in Spain and beyond socialnewsroom.spain.info/spain-talks-...
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An action shot from last night’s panel discussion at the Inspire Global Media Awards. Really enjoyed chatting to @karennedwards.bsky.social, Pippa Jacks & @richardgehammond.bsky.social about progressive travel storytelling. Congratulations to all the winners 🎉
#IGMAs #positiveimpacttorytelling
#IGMAs #positiveimpacttorytelling
April 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An action shot from last night’s panel discussion at the Inspire Global Media Awards. Really enjoyed chatting to @karennedwards.bsky.social, Pippa Jacks & @richardgehammond.bsky.social about progressive travel storytelling. Congratulations to all the winners 🎉
#IGMAs #positiveimpacttorytelling
#IGMAs #positiveimpacttorytelling
My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures
🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures
March 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My latest 60-sec interview with a prominent person in the travel industry, answering the question: "What is the one thing you'd change given the climate and nature emergencies?"
🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures
🙏 Bruce Poon Tip, founder of G Adventures
St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany, reports Charlotte Edwards for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany
The London station's owner and Eurotunnel hope to expand routes to Cologne, Frankfurt and Switzerland.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
St Pancras plans for direct trains from UK to Germany, reports Charlotte Edwards for the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for Lemongrass PR's Insight series www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...
February 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for Lemongrass PR's Insight series www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...
Fab couple of days of 25 x 15-min meetings at TravMedia's #IMM2025 hearing from tour ops & tourist boards near and far about the latest sustainable tourism initiatives. Always love walking past this beauty on the way in
February 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Fab couple of days of 25 x 15-min meetings at TravMedia's #IMM2025 hearing from tour ops & tourist boards near and far about the latest sustainable tourism initiatives. Always love walking past this beauty on the way in
The Man in Seat 61's dream list for re-instated train journeys. It's a look back at great train journeys that no longer exist, but could it also be a glimpse of the future? www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/the-man...
February 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Man in Seat 61's dream list for re-instated train journeys. It's a look back at great train journeys that no longer exist, but could it also be a glimpse of the future? www.greentraveller.co.uk/post/the-man...
Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for the Insight series @lemongrasspr.bsky.social www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...
Why Travel Brands Need to Consider Video Marketing
Video is a powerful tool in travel marketing, offering a unique way to engage audiences and inspire bookings. Richard Hammond highlights how video is an affordable, versatile asset for content marketi...
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February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why travel brands need to consider video marketing, post by me for the Insight series @lemongrasspr.bsky.social www.lemongrassmarketing.com/insights/vid...
Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London, with an early morning train added to the timetable, leaving at 6.40am and arriving in to London at 9.57am www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/euro...
Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London - DutchNews.nl
Direct Eurostar trains from Amsterdam to London resumed on Monday following the opening of a UK border checkpoint at the Dutch capital’s main railway station. The service was suspended last June after...
www.dutchnews.nl
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Eurostar resumes direct trains from Amsterdam to London, with an early morning train added to the timetable, leaving at 6.40am and arriving in to London at 9.57am www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/euro...
Snowshoeing at twilight in the forests above Les Arcs in the French Alps, on a snow-train-to-the-Alps trip with Inghams
January 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Snowshoeing at twilight in the forests above Les Arcs in the French Alps, on a snow-train-to-the-Alps trip with Inghams