Improved Hotel Sustainability Benchmarks Outlined by Cornell Study

the Center for Hospitality Research | August 29, 2016

Ithaca, NY, August 29, 2016 - Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) has released the latest benchmarks from an ongoing international project to create default sustainability data for the global hotel industry. The report, "Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index 2016: Energy, Water, and Carbon," compiled by Eric Ricaurte in collaboration with eleven global hotel firms, analyzes data provided for 8,880 properties. The report, which details the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmark Index (CHSB), is available at no charge from the CHR at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "By adding new segmentation by climate and hotel...