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Chicago hotel earns Silver for being Green
The newly redesigned eco-friendly boutique hotel, Hotel Felix Chicago, has officially become the first Chicago hotel to be awarded with Silver LEED Certification for its commitment to environmental standards and progressive design.
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Chicago gets its first LEED certified hotel
The Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza has just become the Windy City’s first LEED certified lodging property, earning the prestigious LEED Gold Certification for Existing Buildings, Operations & Maintenance by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Sears Tower gets green with a new luxury hotel and makeover
Though beyond impressive in scale, design and stature, the 110-story monolithic structure certainly has a long way to go in order to wow the environmental crowd. This is all about to change.
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Arista becomes the first LEED-Certified hotel in Illinois
After a long evaluation process, Naperville, Illinois’ Hotel Arista has finally earned an official LEED certification almost a full year since its opening, becoming the state’s first hotel to ever achieve LEED status.
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Travel socially with your iPhone and Facebook
TourSpot is making travel social by combining an iPhone travel and city guide with Facebook, combining rich content and live mapping with location-based search capabilities updating features, making it the ultimate e-travel guide.
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Illinois launches its 'StayGreen' program for hotels
Eco-friendly lodging in Illinois means guests can ‘StayGreen’ in 16,175 rooms across the state with a new program launched by the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association.
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Timberland sponsors Green Apple Festival in 10 U.S. cities for Earth Day 2009
The popular apparel company will be a presenting sponsor of the nationwide “Green Apple Festival” and Earth Day Network events over Earth Day Weekend, April 17 – 19, in an effort to encourage volunteerism and community service.
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Urban luxury hotel chain aims to end homelessness
Affinia Hotels in New York, Chicago and D.C. is partnering with international non-profit Common Ground to help the homeless with monetary donations and support. The organization is a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and other research-based practices.
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Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills promotes green transportation
The eco-trendy, new Hotel Indigo® Chicago-Vernon Hills, which opened last fall with a full green agenda, has one of the area’s few hybrid parking places that the hotel installed to increase consumer awareness and encourage guests to save gas and use lower emission transportation.
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Organic holiday spirits at Hotel Indigo
This holiday season, the Hotel Indigo Chicago-Vernon Hills is launching its ‘Martini Tuesdays’ and Organic ‘Snap Apple Ecotini’ at its PHI Bar & Bistro, while promoting its ‘Toys for Tots’ program with the Vernon Hills P.D. and U.S. Marine Corps.
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JuvenesseSpa in Chicago supports PeaceJourney.com Youth Adventures
The grand opening events are now set for JuvenesseSpa, the exclusive Skincare Spa and Lifestyle Studio, opening September 21, 2008 in Chicago’s downtown River North art, culture and beauty district. September 21st, the United Nations International Day of Peace is significant to JuvenesseSpa because of the spa’s direct support of PeaceJourney.com Youth Adventures, the socially responsible program founded by Jeannette Kravitz, CEO of JuvenesseSpa and Skin Care.
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Windy City bids on 2016 Olympic Games
The Olympic Games consistently boost travel in the cities in which they are hosted. That is why Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games is placing a huge focus on enviromentalism in order to attract supporters.
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