easyJet holidays signs up to Safer Tourism Pledge
We’re very pleased to announce that easyJet holidays is now a Safer Tourism Pledge partner. The package holiday provider signed up to the Pledge in November, further cementing their commitment to customer safety.
The Safer Tourism Pledge is a set of commitments, developed in partnership with the travel industry, articulating a stringent approach to traveller risk, health and safety. The pledge was created as a means to review and recognise those businesses that not only have excellent safety systems and protocols in place, but also put collaboration ahead of competition when it comes to customer safety.
Jonathan Perkins, Head of Customer Safety & Wellbeing at easyJet holidays said, “There is nothing more important to us than the safety and wellbeing of our customers when they head on their well-deserved holidays. At easyJet holidays we are totally committed to being there for our customers through every stage of their holiday to ensure that everything goes right, but also to look after them on the rare occasion that their trip doesn’t go quite to plan. So, we’re very proud to be recognised as a company that goes above and beyond, and we’re looking forward to working closely with Safer Tourism and other Pledge partners to continually improve when it comes to traveller safety.”
The Safer Tourism Foundation assesses the safety management systems of companies wishing to sign up to the Pledge, and travel companies in turn agree to adhere to the six commitments:
Share Safer Tourism’s mission - Pledge partners fully support the Safer Tourism Foundation's mission to save lives and reduce preventable injury and harm to travellers while on holiday
Safety excellence - Pledge partners will do all they can, within reason, to keep travellers safe and well when travelling and demand the same high standards of those who work with them
Advise and inform - Safer Tourism Pledge partners provide travellers with practical advice and information to help them take responsibility for their own safety and wellbeing while travelling
Highly responsive - Pledge partners want to hear about genuine concerns travellers have for their safety so that issues can be resolved quicky and problems addressed and fixed
Sharing data and best practices - Safer Tourism Pledge partners commit to working collaboratively and sharing travel safety knowledge, for the benefit of everyone who travels
Influence for improvement - Pledge partners work with providers around the world and commit to leveraging their influence to improve health and safety standards wherever they operate
Safer Tourism Foundation’s CEO, Katherine Atkinson said, “We’re delighted to have easyJet holidays as a new Safer Tourism Pledge partner. easyJet holidays has grown incredibly quickly since it was established just before the Covid pandemic, and we were really impressed at the safety and risk management systems developed to manage that growth. We’re really looking forward to working with easyJet Holidays alongside all our Pledge partners, encouraging the sharing of good practice and working to resolve practical issues to prevent traveller harm.”
As a Safer Tourism Pledge partner, easyJet holidays will join many other leading travel companies in working collaboratively to identify potential travel risks and proactively work on ways to prevent harm to travellers. easyJet holidays will also share their anonymised travel incident data with the Safer Tourism Foundation, helping to build an evidence base to understand the root causes of preventable harm and danger.
The announcement comes on the heels of our recent Pack Safe Appeal campaign, calling on travellers to carry carbon monoxide alarms with them when they travel.