environmental sustainability
Why Social Causes Are Rising Up Hotels’ Agendas
JLL | September 29, 2022
Hotels are stepping up their efforts to give back to local communities in response to increasing pressure from travelers, looking beyond environmental commitments when it comes to doing good. From collaborations with local minority-owned and female-owned businesses in the U.S. to donating bedding to homeless shelters in the Nordics, social-value initiatives are moving up the agenda. “Silence is no longer an option. Employees and guests want to know where the leadership of these companies stand on social issues, while longer-term institutional investors are demanding more socially conscious investments,” says JLL’s Global CEO of Ho...
IHG Hotels & Resorts Reveals Guests’ Growing Passion to Travel Better
IHG | February 15, 2021
People are more mindful than ever about travelling consciously following the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals a new global survey by IHG® Hotels & Resorts. The research is commissioned as part of IHG’s launch of ‘Journey to Tomorrow’: a 10-year action plan comprising a series of far-reaching new commitments to make a positive difference and help shape the future of responsible travel. 60 per cent of the 9,000 adults surveyed across the US, UK, Germany, Greater China, the UAE and Australia agree that they want to be more environmentally and socially conscious on their travels. This is led by 69 per cent of younger travellers (aged 18 t...
Nordic Choice Hotels Opens Comfort Hotel Arlanda Airport in Stockholm
Choice Hotels | February 11, 2020
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. (Feb. 11, 2020) – Nordic Choice Hotels opened the doors to the Comfort Hotel Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden on January 30. The 503-room hotel is the largest in the Comfort brand system worldwide and is one of several new hotels that the franchise group will be adding over the next three years. Located between terminals 4 and 5, guests will only have a two-minute walk to the international terminal and it’s also nearby to one of Sweden's busiest train stations. A select-service brand, Comfort hotels are environmentally conscious and challenge the traditional image of what hotels offer to guests. Hotels are ...
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Publishes Inaugural ESG Report
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | November 12, 2019
BETHESDA, Md. --Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (the “Company”), the leading owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels, today announced that it published its inaugural Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) report covering the Company’s ESG performance in 2018 and its commitment to environmentally sustainable business practices and social responsibility to its employees and other stakeholders. “As a leader in the hotel industry, we recognize the important role that our hotels and resorts serve in our environment and communities,” said Jon E. Bortz, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pebblebrook Ho...
Incorporating Sustainability Through Gradual Change
Larry Mogelonsky | September 25, 2019
By Larry Mogelonsky, MBA, P. Eng. (www.hotelmogel.com) Climate change activism is no longer niche. Youth around the world are taking to the streets and, moving beyond blanket demands for more action from governments, they are starting to target and boycott corporations that are failing to act. If you think it’s going to stop at paper straws and replacing mini shampoo bottles with dispensers, you are gravely wrong. This is just the start with the end goal being total transparency of waste practices and carbon neutrality. To avoid getting your hotel in the crosshairs and to ensure you have a future – as younger travelers will be more ...
IHG and IHG Owners Association Announce Renovation Donation Initiative
IHG | October 30, 2018
Industry-leading effort will help hotels manage removal of materials during renovations and make a positive difference in local communities IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) and the IHG Owners Association have launched the Renovation Donation Initiative, an industry-leading reuse program that is part of a shared commitment to operating responsibly. IHG-branded hotels undergoing renovation or property improvements in the U.S. and Canada will be able to donate furniture, fixtures and equipment to non-profit organizations, including United Way Worldwide and Good360. The Renovation Donation Initiative will reduce the amount of materi...
Single-Use Plastics: Hotels and Airlines Are Cutting Down
Hospitality Insights | September 26, 2018
From plastic straws to the complete elimination of single-use plastics, more and more in the hospitality industry are opting to create a sustainable travel experience. The world is now producing roughly 300 million tons of plastic each year Plastic is one of the defining inventions of our time, yet there's no denying its negative impact on our environment. The low production cost and versatile range of applications make plastic a convenient comfort in the modern day. At the same time, the throwaway nature of these single-use products adds up to being one of the top sources of pollution throughout our oceans. In fact, about 8.8 million t...
PolyU Study Urges Hotels to Create a Green Culture
April 26, 2018
With the ever-increasing concern about worldwide environmental problems, the findings of a recent study by Dr Eric Chan, Dr Alice Hon and Dr Wilco Chan of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a co-researcher provide much-needed practical suggestions that should help hotels aiming to implement environmental management programmes. The researchers highlight that gaining employees' support for new environmental initiatives is key to ensuring success. Equipping employees with sufficient environmental knowledge is important to raising their awareness and concern, and should encourage th...
