Sedona hotel comes equipped with eco amenities

Back in December of 2009, Sedona’s Kings Ransom Inn launched the EcoRoom Accommodation Program, converting each of its 53 guestrooms into the healthier, more environmental “EcoRooms.” They were the first property in the area to do so.

Following in these footsteps, sister property Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel has turned 95 guestrooms into EcoRoom Accommodations – citing positive guest reviews, good corporate citizenship and savings from reduced utility and waste costs as the proper path to follow.

Nestled in the stunning red rock beauty of Sedona, Arizona, both hotels have contracted Green Suites Hotel Solutions, a leading supplier of environmental products and programs, to convert each guestroom with standard amenities into EcoRoom Accommodations, featuring more than a dozen environmental products.

The partnership allows the Kings properties to equip themselves with eco-friendly amenities like compact fluorescent light bulbs, water efficient showerheads and sink faucets, L.E.D. nightlights, and and Natura brand liquid soaps, lotions and shampoo products (in dispensers designed to eliminate over 1,000 amenity packages a year from entering landfills) as well as utilize nontoxic cleaning chemicals and a linen reuse program.

The hotel also prides itself in being a non-smoking hotel and uses recycled office supplies such as ink toner and printer paper. Aall cardboard packaging, cans and bottles for both the hotel and the restaurant, Elote Café, are recycled. Individual recycle bins are placed in each room to encourage guests to do the same.

“Last year we decided to partner with Green Suites Hotel Solutions to implement a ‘green hotel’ transition in our sister hotel, The Kings Ransom Inn,” said Amy Bertorelli, president of the Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel. “This was a trial to determine how our guests would respond. Their comments were overwhelmingly positive. Our housekeeping staff is also enthusiastic as we now use earth-friendly cleaning products which they love. We didn’t hesitate to move forward to implement these same initiatives in our larger Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel. We believe it is vitally important for individuals and businesses to be mindful of our planet’s health and contribute to sustaining that health by implementing green practices daily.”

Dan Bornholdt, president of Green Suites Hotel Solutions, estimates the Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel will save 30 percent to 70 percent on the cost of amenities, 20 percent to 40 percent on water, 30 percent to 70 percent on energy, 10 percent on waste and 10 percent on labor. He bases these numbers on the 3,000 hotels his company has supplied.

Due to their participation in the EcoRoom Accommodation Program, Sedona’s Kings Ransom Sedona Hotel has also received a 4-leaf rating as part of the Green Suites Certification Program. This program aims to recognize hotels for the positive green initiatives they have performed, while simultaneously challenging the hotels’ competitors to step up their environmental performance.