Tourism Cares and UnTours Foundation Launch the Meaningful Travel Fund
Tourism Cares, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainability within the tourism industry, has partnered with the UnTours Foundation, the impact investment arm of UnTours—the world’s first Certified B Corporation—to launch the Meaningful Travel Fund. This innovative financing opportunity will provide affordable capital to small, purpose-driven tourism businesses worldwide, empowering them to scale their efforts in […]
UnTours Foundation Announces Partnership with Agoda and WWF-Singapore to Launch Sustainable Tourism Impact Fund
“We believe that the future of tourism must be more sustainable and community-focused, and we need to elevate businesses showing the world what it looks like to create positive impact in destinations where land, life, and tourism meet. The Sustainable Tourism Impact Fund provides flexible and affordable investment capital to help those leading businesses grow […]
UnTours Foundation Awarded 2024 Expedia Made to Travel™ Fund Grant
This Giving Tuesday, we’re proud to announce that the UnTours Foundation has been chosen as a 2024 grantee of the Expedia Made to Travel Fund. Committed to making travel more inclusive and accessible, the Made to Travel Fund removes barriers to travel globally for underserved and underrepresented communities. To learn more, visit www.madetotravelfund.com In light of […]
Reset Tourism Fund Raises $1.5M, and Invests in 30 Changemaking Tourism Businesses
We are thrilled to announce that our Reset Tourism Fund has surpassed its Phase One fundraising goal, raising $1.5 million from a coalition of key partners in the travel industry to support changemaking small tourism businesses. Together, these funding partners enable the Reset Tourism Fund to provide access to the kind of flexible and affordable […]
Skyscanner Supports UnTours Foundation Reset Tourism Fund
We’re thrilled to partner with regenerative tourism fund, the UnTours Foundation. Supporting and investing in small, progressive businesses that create jobs and support fair trade, economic justice, and a green economy, UnTours have just surpassed its Phase One fundraising goal. Now, they’ve raised $1.5 million from a coalition of key partners in the travel industry – […]
EXO Foundation & UnTours Foundation Launch Microfinance Initiative to Empower Tourism Partners
EXO Foundation has partnered with UnTours Foundation on a microfinance initiative that will empower EXO Travel’s network of tourism partners to invest in a greener future. The UnTours Foundation’s Reset Tourism Fund will provide accessible and flexible financial resources to select suppliers within EXO Travel’s network of tourism partners. These funds can be used to invest in a variety of green […]
MaCher Announces $50,000 Donation to UnTours Foundation’s Reset Tourism Fund
We are excited to announce a new partnership between MaCher, a Certified B Corp that designs and manufactures sustainable branded products for the travel industry, and the UnTours Foundation, the owner of the world’s very first B Corp (UnTours) who uses 100% of its endowment and 100% of UnTours’ profits to invest in world-changing businesses. […]
Expedia Awards Travel Grant to UnTours Foundation Through New Made to Travel Fund
On this Giving Tuesday, we are pleased to announce receiving a $250,000 grant from Expedia® as part of the travel company’s new Made to Travel™ Fund, a program that awards grants to nonprofits that share the common goal of removing barriers to travel. The grant was awarded to the UnTours Foundation in recognition of its […]
Meet the Winners: The First-Ever Adventure Innovation Challenge
On September 13, 2023, the UnTours Foundation co-hosted the first-ever Adventure Innovation Challenge with the Adventure Travel Trade Association in beautiful Hokkaido, Japan at the Adventure Travel World Summit. After receiving over 50 applications to compete for funding in this pitch competition, the foundation team selected and coached three entrepreneurs to create and deliver exceptional […]
SKIFT: Expedia, TUI-Backed Fund Created to Support Sustainable Tourism
by Dawit Habtemariam, Skift The UnTours Foundation is tired of all the talk and no action when it comes to making tourism sustainable. They hope their new $10 million fund will finally get the tourism industry in action mode. If the fund shows both impact and returns are possible, maybe the financial markets will take […]
