'Climate Is Our Number One Risk': Iberostar Pushes for Tourism Sector Action
The Spanish international hotel group Iberostar has said that climate change is the number one risk to its business and is calling for greater investment in the tourism sector to counter the impact.
Iberostar, with more than 100 hotels in 15 countries, says it is intensifying efforts to protect its properties, especially in vulnerable coastal areas like the Caribbean.
'For us, climate is our number 1 risk,' said Gloria Fluxà Thienemann, Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer at Iberostar Group, speaking Wednesday at London Climate Week. "We operate more than 80% of our portfolio in exposed areas like beach front regions. And we are not alone – this is a problem for the whole tourism sector.'
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Thienemann also outlined some of the actions Iberostar is taking.
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