UnTours Foundation Awarded 2024 Expedia Made to Travelâ„¢ 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 […]

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 Travelâ„¢ 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 […]

Travel Massive Podcast: Interview with UnTours Jonathan and Richard

LOGO: Travel Massive

Enjoy this conversation between Travel Massive’s Ric Gazarian, UnTours Foundation Co-CEO Jonathan Coleman, and UnTours CMO Richard Edwards about UnTours, our foundation, Reset Tourism Fund, and the slow travel movement! Ric Gazarian (Extraordinary Travel Festival and Travel Massive Asia) interviews insiders making positive change across the travel industry. Jonathan Coleman is CEO at the UnTours […]

The UnTours Foundation Launches $10 Million ‘Reset Tourism Fund’ to Support High-Impact Tourism Businesses Worldwide

Purple Elephant Ventures Team

We are excited to announce the launch of the Reset Tourism Fund alongside our founding partners – Expedia Group, TUI Care Foundation, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Flywire, and B Tourism – providing much-needed financing to tourism entrepreneurs and start-ups around the world.  With over $540,000 already committed by the UnTours Foundation and funding partners, this […]