Global travel amenities company Buzz has acquired cult sustainable  personal care brand Single Use Ain’t Sexy, for an undisclosed sum. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen Buzz’s position at the forefront of an  evolving travel sector by further expanding its global product portfolio with a focus on  refillable solutions.

“Buzz has always been a proud first mover in the war against waste, so we are delighted to  welcome another trailblazer in Single Use Ain’t Sexy to the Buzz family. We firmly believe we will  be stronger together as we continue revolutionizing how the world’s best airlines, hotels, cruise  and rail lines replace single-use amenities with refillable alternatives for travelers,” said Buzz  Founder and Managing Director, Barry Gold.

By the end of 2023 Buzz is on track to supply large format and refillable amenities – designed  to replace mini single-use plastic bottles – plus other sustainably designed products, to over  50,000 hotel rooms globally for hotel brands including Hilton, Marriott, MGM Resorts, SLS, Atlantis  and Belmond.

Under Buzz, Single Use Ain’t Sexy will shift its focus to the wholesale travel market and cease  operating as a direct-to-consumer ecommerce brand. As part of the acquisition, Single  Use Ain’t Sexy Founder & CEO Josh Howard will join the Buzz team in an international role to  help scale their full sustainable portfolio across an extensive distribution network of global  travel partners.

“I am motivated by impact and this partnership with Buzz gives us the platform to affect much  larger change together. The sheer scale of their global operations means we will save more  single-use plastic bottles from landfill with just one hotel partnership than we could achieve  alone – that excites me,” Howard says.

Since its inception Buzz has invested heavily in sustainable initiatives. In recent years its market leading proprietary ecoTHREAD™ blankets for airlines like Emirates have saved over 100 million  plastic drinking bottles from landfill.

“Creativity and innovation are at the heart of everything we do. We create incredible  collaborations with the world’s best brands including Armani, Le Labo, TUMI and Acqua Di  Parma. Our vision aligns perfectly with the design-led, market first and impact-driven ethos of  Single Use Ain’t Sexy and we are thrilled to have them on board” said Buzz Founder and Creative  Director, Leonard Hamersfeld.