A company built on solid core values and an anything-is-possible attitude, using technology to solve the world’s biggest problems.
Sustainable Commercedrives our purpose.
Left’s purpose is to harness technology and empower people to make travel better for everyone - people, business, and our planet.Left’s model of Sustainable Commerce generates profit by doing what is ‘right’ for all stakeholders.
Sustainable Commerce drives our purpose.
Left’s purpose is to harness technology and empower people to make travel better for everyone - people, business, and our planet.Left’s model of Sustainable Commerce generates profit by doing what is ‘right’ for all stakeholders.
Purpose is about determination and intent. It’s about understanding that actions have reactions and ensuring you are doing things for the right reasons. We like to say ‘We’re Left, and we do things right’. For us, that means always balancing profit and growth with the good we can do in the world.
John Lyotier
Co-Founder and CEO
Left’s flagship travel brands leverage technology, marketing, and automation to increase the benefits and decrease the downsides of travel, so everyone benefits from travel the ‘right’ way.
Left Travel
We’ve put more than 5 million ‘heads in the perfect beds’. Using Ai and predictive analysis to pull from 500+ million data points and an inventory of 14+ million places to stay, we reduce vacancies for our partners and help travellers find “the one”.
One Degree
We help travellers reduce their carbon footprint and find eco-friendly properties. Our Sustainable Impact Score rewards property owners for providing sustainable accommodation.
TravelMind
This is the proprietary cloud-based demand generation platform and decision engine that fuels $450 million in gross travel bookings annually for Left Travel. It emulates human decision making to match the purpose of your travel with the perfect place.
Left Travel
We’ve put more than 5 million ‘heads in the perfect beds’. Using Ai and predictive analysis to pull from 500+ million data points and an inventory of 14+ million places to stay, we reduce vacancies for our partners and help travellers find “the one”.
One Degree
We help travellers reduce their carbon footprint and find eco-friendly properties. Our Sustainable Impact Score rewards property owners for providing sustainable accommodation.
TravelMindTM
This is the proprietary cloud-based demand generation platform and decision engine that fuels $450 million in gross travel bookings annually for Left Travel. It emulates human decision making to match the purpose of your travel with the perfect place.
Sustainable Development Goals
Travel broadens minds, opens hearts, lifts people out of poverty, and drives entire communities. But, travel can also hurt our planet, bury age-old cultures, and devastate communities.
The achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals will require all hands on deck. It will require different sectors and actors working together in an integrated manner by pooling financial resources, knowledge and expertise.
Find out how we are addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Travel broadens minds, opens hearts, lifts people out of poverty, and drives entire communities. But, travel can also hurt our planet, bury age-old cultures, and devastate communities.
How
Left is recognized as one of the happiest, most meaningful, and fastest growing travel technology companies in Canada and North America. Here’s how we do it:
People
We hire purpose-driven people and empower them to make a positive impact in the world. We nurture our people with an award-winning culture that has made us one of “Canada’s Top 100 Employers” and a B Corporation “Best For The World”.
Platforms
We embrace technological innovation, marketing, and automation to create platforms that make travel with purpose possible so every stakeholder – including our planet – benefits from travel the ‘right’ way.
Purpose
Our purpose is to build a business that balances profits and growth with the good we can do in the world. We do this by practicing ‘Sustainable Commerce’ – giving value back everywhere we extract value.
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