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Green Tourism Business Scheme Members feature strongly in shortlist for VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012.

The Green Tourism Business Scheme sponsors one of the categories in the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012.

Calling all engineers, designers and other interested parties to enter the Green Leaf Inn Green Building Challenge.

Kutoa, a hub for socially green travel, announces the winners of the Community Impact Awards 2012. The winners are eight outstanding hotels, eco-lodges, and tour companies that make a difference.

Travel enthusiasts can now submit photos to Kutoa, a socially green company that promotes travel for social good. Two winners will choose from seven incredible international trips. Contest proceeds directly benefit important social causes.

A Grown-up Fieldtrip to the Farmers Market with Chef Jon Wolf of The Ellis’ Terrace on Peachtree

On a very sunny New York City day, my team and I arrived at a historical building located on the corner of 103rd and Amsterdam Avenue on the upper west side of the incredible island of Manhattan.

Celebrate the day with local wineries, restaurants, farms and locally sourced products. You can offer a special Sustainable Wine & Food lunch or dinner to your guests and community or go all out and have a festival right at your green hotel.

With all the different models, options and features offered by countless energy management systems, an energy efficiency project installing 65,000 wireless nodes at the Wynn Hotel & Casino warrants a closer look.

Ashley Inn and Suites of Lincoln City, OR joins the Green Business Bureau to become green business certified.

I was reminded of this issue when I visited yet another hotel where I found the customer notice, “Help Save Water, Help Save the World.” The sign instructed the guests to throw used towels on the floor so that not all towels need to be laundered.

For most Internet marketing gurus, the use of Internet marketing and social networking sites has been a secret weapon. As a hotel operator or owner, you will agree that it is always necessary to develop your and increase business.

The amount of paper, garbage and other waste your hotel generaes may be greater than you think. In addition to harming the environment, this waste is costing your hotel a lot of money.

If you are a hotelier that has struggled to survive the last two years, you are well aware of the importance of positive cash flow and how to maximize restricted budgets.

A new business traveler study conducted by Deloitte’s Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure (THL) practice indicates corporate travel is anticipated to increase in 2011.

Over the past several years I have walked through a hundred hotels as part of our E2A Program (Energy Efficiency Analysis) always looking for opportunities that the EGH Team can present solutions for.

Hotels know they need to do more for guests than simply provide a good night’s rest. Some green hotels are leading the eco-way for old and new hotels of all sizes.Hotel initiatives might not be “groundbreaking,”

Ongoing green efforts and upgrades help Super8Ukiah of Ukiah, CA set the standard for environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient lodging facilities.

Small changes into daily hotel operations can lead to extraordinary results.Beginning in early 2010, the 118-room Hilton Garden Inn – Knoxville West made the commitment to reduce its daily operation costs through energy efficiency .

Time and time again we hear hotel project managers and developers embarking on “greening” projects comment,

It has been proven that energy efficiency measures and new sustainability technologies are being implemented into hotels and delivering positive impact to the bottom line.

What would you do if you could reduce your monthly fuel cost by 70% for the hotel shuttle van? In our August newsletter EcoGreenHotel detailed the progress toward creating a nationwide infrastructure for electric vehicles.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. – EcoGreenHotel, a sustainability and energy services company, has been selected as an accredited sustainability partner to the National Purchasing Network (NPN),

As the saying goes, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. But it can be dfficult to figure out “how” for a hotel business. With standard hotel operations being wasteful

Robbinsville, NJ – November15th, 2010 - Energy-efficiency and sustainability services firm, EcoGreenHotel LLC, recently named Chris Lewis the Director of Energy Solutions. In this role,

The race continues as hotels strive to one-up their competition. In January we had published an investigative article on green hotel certifications exploring various anglesof

Ten years ago a business traveler looking for green lodging options would have to search long and hard for accommodations that offered in-room recycling, linen re-use programs, energy efficient light blubs, and water saving fixtures.

Many hotels have taken the plunge into green standards and certification as thousands of buildings and manufacturing plants have earned the EPA’s Energy Star through the recent “green” trend years.

The advancement in lighting technologies now means that there are a spectrum of energy-efficient light bulbs including LED bulbs available to purchase.

Whatever the driving force, energy efficiency will be an integral part of staying successful in this competitive business environment. The phrase, "going 'green' to make 'green'" holds true.

JOIN US at the upcoming 2010 Trade Show by Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), Texas Hotel & Lodging Association (THLA) and the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston (HLAGH) featuring valuable educational seminars.

Phuket’s first participation in this worldwide event

Today’s new generation of optimized, “high-efficiency” T8 lamps and electronic ballasts are available in a range of energy-saving models. Energy efficient lamp and ballast systems contribute significantly to reducing energy consumption.

A hybrid structure is evolving where a "corporate green team" is created to bring staff from all departments together to help implement and support strategic sustainability initiatives.

Last month EcoGreenHotel highlighted the hospitality industry’s role in helping to build the infrastructure to make electric vehicles a common site on streets and highways throughout the country.

The Residence Inn has become the first-ever Marriott branded hotel property and the first hotel in the state of Florida to be EcoRooms & EcoSuites Certified. Both AH&LA and AAA distinguish the certification as a go-to resource for both hoteliers.

It is no secret that guests today are well informed about recycling, eco-friendly materials, conservation, and disposal.

If there’s one document on the face of the earth that has frustrated and baffled people the most, it is probably the U.S. tax code. Trying to understand that mountain of legal-eseis enough to give even the most competent tax accountant.

If you stop to think about it, your hotel is sort of like a machine. It’s got a ton of moving parts – the building and all of its infrastructure.

Electric vehicles are no longer a dream on the drawing board. The Volt and the Leaf will be in showrooms later this year from automakers GM and Nissan.

Is that possible? Hotel Andaluz in Albuquerque, New Mexico, claims they've done just that. Reopening after a $30 million remodel, the Andaluz reduced their water use by 78% with their water savings program.

It used to be that the only thing a business really had to worry about was profit and loss – the economic bottom line.

It got me thinking: why isn’t there a law or regulation requiring manufacturers to list ingredients? Not knowing what chemicals are in products can be dangerous.

Deregulation of electricity and natural gas markets in Pennsylvania is giving residential and commercial consumers (including green hotels) the opportunity to choose their utility providers – and save big money on their energy costs as a result.

Green Hotels want to make sure their lawn and landscape stays healthy and beautiful for the enjoyment of guests and improved occupancy rates. They must also think about controlling utility rates and being environmentally friendly.

At EcoGreenHotel, clients are always asking for our advice about how to go green in the quickest and most affordable way possible. And our advice is always the same: operating a truly green hotel is not a piecemeal proposition.

Today’s environmentally-conscious, well-informed travelers expect green hotels to do more than just provide a comfortable place to stay.

Pineapple Hospitality, the premier distributor of "Green" Hotel Products and Marketing Programs for the Hospitality Industry, has been a lead distributor of the Save Your World facilities and a key contributor to the saving efforts.

Each year, billions of dollars are spent to control or curtail the effects of odor. We mask it. We cover it up. We try almost anything to kill it. And we spend our money on solutions that don’t really work.

EcoGreenHotel today announced a fundamental commitment to protect the environment by becoming an ENERGY STAR partner. Through its voluntary partnership with the U.S.