Recent Posts Tagged With 'hotels'

• Master-List of LEED Certified Hotels & Resorts

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 21:52 in hotels, resorts, lodging, u.s. green building council, leed, green hotels, usgbc, green hotel, leed certified, hotels & lodging, green lists, eco friendly hotels

  The U.S. Green Building Council says that as of now, there were 888 applications from hotels and resorts awaiting LEED certification. And 697 of these applicants are from the U.S. It’s soon going to be difficult for travelers to keep track or...

• The Nines Hotel, Portland gets Silver LEED Certification

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 01:37 in hotels, Hotel, oregon, portland, leed, green hotels, usgbc, leed certification, the nines, hotels & lodging, nines

  Good Karma or coincidence? Just in time to celebrate 09-09-09, the Nines Hotel, which occupies the top 9 floors of the historic Meier & Frank Building in downtown Portland, Ore., has been awarded Silver LEED Certification by the U.S. Green Build...

• IHG Maps Out Future of Responsible Travel with $1m Oxford Pledge

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 03:31 in hotels, biodiversity, oxford, responsible travel, ihg, intercontinental hotels group, hotels & lodging

  InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s largest hotel company, has pledged up to $1 million to the University of Oxford to support innovation behind conservation. But it’s not just a philanthropic gesture by IHG. This $1m is ext...

• Environmentally Conscious or Exploitative

  Posted on Monday December 24th, 2007 at 15:48 in communication, hotels, Emotions, environmental issues, consumers, towels, environmental footprint, greenwashing, marketingprofs, green initiatives, hotels & lodging

  Happy Holidays to all. Just wanted to check in and post a link related to a discussion we’ve been having on this blog the last week or so.  The folks at MarketingProfs had a very interesting post recently about how hotels play on travelers&#...

• Marriott’s Environmental Initiatives: Parsing Bark and Bite

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 00:37 in hotels, lodging, energy efficiency, waste, greenwashing, spudware, environmental practices, green initiatives, mariott

  Recently, the Marriott Corporation initiated a program of reducing waste at the company’s headquarters. It announced the new initiative by blasting a press release out on America Recycles Day to take advantage of the publicity opportunity, an...

• T&L’s Got Travelers Paying Green for Green.

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 22:12 in hotels, lodging, green hotels, economic value, green lodging, t&l

  Last month, Travel + Leisure ran a story on its Top 15 green hotels in the world and the associated press release was picked up by a number of sources including USA Today. The list was assembled by the magazine in collaboration with Conservation Inte...

• Selecting an Environmentally-Friendly Hotel

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 11:07 in hotels, lodging, factors to consider, evaluating choices

  Whereas the environmental impact of transportation is fairly clear-cut, other travel decisions can be significantly more fuzzy. Lodging is a good example. What is it that makes a hotel environmentally friendly? Sure, it’s great to give guests th...