October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"

Update: 2025-10-22

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My guest today is Richard Hammond, founder of Green Traveller – an organisation that aims to provide news and inspiration about lower-carbon holidays. We're talking at a time when the Berlin-Paris sleeper train is about to come to a shuddering halt. But Richard says competition between rail firms can lead to the kind of growth we saw with low-cost airlines. And we bonded with our mutual fondness for FlixBus.

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October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"

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October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"

October 22nd - Is there really a future in "Green Travel?"