Starwood Hotels (owner of Sheraton, Westin, St Regis etc.), one of the leading American chains, has announced a cooperation with Conservation International (CI). The Starwood — CI collaboration has 2 main goals: setting and achieving environmental performance goals and creating awareness around environmental issues. More info at www.travelmole.com/stories/1142003.php More info on US green hotels at …
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Another hotel chain into greener practices… Langham Hotels
The Hong-Kong based, luxury chain, Langham Hotels, owner of Langham and Eaton brands, has just announced a partnership with EarthCheck. This will result in all Langham and Eaton properties upgrading to EarthCheck so that they align with international standards of best practice including waste reduction and non-renewable resource management. More info on Langham Hotels green …
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The cleanest countries in the World ..
We just got that research fromhttp://www.forbes.com/2010/04/21/environment-cleanest-countries-business-iceland-cleanest-countries_slide.html?partner=yahoofr – Yale and Columbia ranked countries’ environmental performance based on a number of metrics, including water and air quality, habitat protection and the impact of the environment on the health of the population. European countries make up more than half of the top 30, while the U.S. ranks 61st.Researchers …
The Earth Day
Are you concerned about the environment ? 1/ Join us and Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Earth Day, and sign the Earth Day 2010 Climate Declaration http://action.earthday.net/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2732 2/ Research green travel, eco hotels and eco resorts on www.greenty.com
ecotourism in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a small country in Central America, with 6% of all the species of flora and fauna on the planet. This country has been the leader of conservation and ecotourism, with the ambition that all hotels would become eco hotels, green hotels in Costa Rica and would implement sustainability practices. Costa Rica has …
Green Hotel Key Card
More companies, specially green Hotels, are becoming earth friendly and are starting to use sustainable products. For example the wooden hotel cards that are made by some companies called the Sustainable Cards, Guest Acess International and Cadmus. Sustainable Cards offers two types of green key cards: 100% wood card and a hybrid wood card. Cards …
ESTAS Award for responsible travel in Europe launched on Facebook and Linkedin !
The VESTAS awards in Europe (Vision-Destinet European Sustainable Tourism Awards) have kicked off through a social media campaign on both FACEBOOK and LINKEDIN This aiming at creating more awareness on European sustainable tourism initiatives. 44 countries are eligible to participate: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, …
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A “green” airline company
Since October 2009, Lowcost Southwest Company launched their « sustainable tourism » plan and did develop a green plane . The american press has been indeed impressed by the objective of this company which is willing to reduce the weight of their plane while using eco friendly materials like 100% recyclable and completely carbon neutral …
Partnership with Clean the World Program
The Sheraton Sand Key Resort has recently partnered with Clean the World (CTW), a non-profit, charitable organization, who is making a difference in the world by recycling, reducing waste, providing jobs… For exemple, what happens to the unused bits of soap and shampoo at hotels, eco hotels, green hotels after the clients departure ? Clean …
Olympics and Sustainable Tourism
Some interesting take on Sustainability and the Olympics. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) is aiming at achieving a carbon neutral direct footprint. Helping them in this path are many resorts in Canada, as for instance the Four Seasons Resort Whistler. In this hotel, you will a Sempa Power Hybrid Heating system – reducing annual energy …