Savvy Sustainable Solutions
As hotels in warmer drive-to markets across the U.S. begin opening their doors and serving guests again, the importance of a safe and sanitized environment has become top priority. Branded hotel operators will have...
Single-use bans are making their way through the country. Dispensed amenity fixtures offer a simple solution. California is leading the charge in sustainability law efforts. In 2014, it became the first state to ban...
The time for amenity dispensers is now. A major societal shift and technological advancement is combining to make this a solution something guests demand, and they happen to be at a price point owners...
Sometimes it’s great to feel like a zero. OK, maybe only when it concerns your hotel’s amenity waste program. But more often this is becoming a smart strategy for hotel management to significantly reduce...
Every so often I experience what I call “green fatigue”. As you may know we have been extolling the virtues of green hotelkeeping since the early 1990’s and exhorting our colleagues in the lodging...
As it is my habit, I often look at upcoming conferences to see if there is an opportunity to push the green agenda. I came across one that had the curious title of “Events...
Greener hotels are popping up in some places you may least expect to find them. We aren’t talking about college towns or left-leaning cities Some of these hotels are in some of the most conservative...
I don’t think a lot of consumers have given much thought to whether a hotel that markets and/or positions itself as green should also be 100% non smoking, but they may in the future....
During the past couple of decades it has been my privilege to meet some of people that I consider to be Environmental Champions. It has been a pleasure to talk briefly with Ray Anderson, Ed...
Yesterday, I went out to buy myself a birthday present and came back with both the gift and a copy of the September 28th edition of Newsweek. It may prove to be a memorable...