Spearheaded by the Duke of Sussex and co-founded by Booking.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and Visa, Travelyst combines the words' travel' and 'catalyst' to highlight the importance of sustainable travel as catalysts to accelerate positive change.
"#Travalyst aims to make travel more sustainable, to help protect destinations and benefit communities long into the future, and to enable consumers to make more environmental [sic] friendly choices whilst travelling," a post on the Sussex Royal Instagram page explains.
According to E! News, at the launch of Travelyst, while Prince Harry spoke about how travel and tourism if appropriately conducted, can be a benefit in the long run, he also addressed the backlash he and Meghan recently faced.
As you know, royal commentators called Harry and Meghan hypocrites for boarding a private jet, considering their reputation as an environmentally conscious couple. And even though the appropriate contribution was made to Carbon Footprint, making the flight carbon neutral, the couple couldn't entirely escape the controversy of the ordeal.
Defending himself and his decision to board the private jet, Prince Harry, in our opinion, gave the best, no-nonsense response.
Make of it what you will:
"I came here by commercial. I spend 99% of my life travelling the world by commercial. Occasionally, there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure my family are safe.
"And it's genuinely as simple as that."
Is that the cheeky redhead from the early 2000s we're seeing come out?
In our opinion, it's just a doting dad, who also happens to be a royal, mimd you, and has to do what he needs to to protect his family. It's really, genuinely, as simple as that.
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