Category: going green

A Model That Works January 22, 2009 My uncle, Larry Daniel, is an avid nature photographer and he sent this to me on January 20th. (Inauguration Day) As you may know the Bald Eagle...

Looking For A New Source Of Business? December 30, 2008 In this economy that may be a silly question, but the answers are not. One source that others are tapping is the green meetings market....

Green Hotels & Smoking December 5, 2008 Question: Should Green Hotels be 100% Non Smoking? Answer: I don’t know, but we may be headed in that direction. What do you think? Keep in mind: 1) Non-smoking...

Do We Need To Leave The Light On? December 1, 2008 With apologies to Motel 6 and Tom Bodett I couldn’t resist their “catchy” trademark promise for the title of this blog post. For...

Bucket List November 20, 2008 These past few months have been a blur of activity, some of which is due to an effort to cross some items off my Bucket List. A few of these...

I Wonder… October 9, 2008 I wonder if Smith Travel Research has any numbers about how greener hotels are performing against their competitive set? I wonder why the majority of hotel owners seem to think...

Get Educated On Green Hospitality October 8, 2008 As we noted in our last blog entry, the number of green hospitality educational opportunities are multiplying like pasture-raised rabbits. I would suggest you select at...

Green Reading, Events October 3, 2008 Every so often I find myself completely inundated and bombarded by messages from a wide variety of sources. In this case we will just use numbers to put...

What Goes Around Comes Around September 18, 2008 While wandering recently in New England I was pleased to visit what could have been the predecessor to LEED certified hotels on the campus at the...

Leading The “Ecolution” August 27, 2008 On a recent trip to Boston and points beyond I had the privilege of attending a monthly meeting of the Boston Green Tourismorganization. As a visitor to Boston I...