All Posts Tagged With: "Green Hotel Certification"

Hyatt Regency Aruba joins the Green Globe

The super-chic island resort destination has officially been awarded Green Globe Certification for its dedication to operating at the world’s highest environmental standards.

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Florida’s Green Lodging Program still going strong, despite cutbacks

January 15th, 2010 in Business and Politics • News

Despite last summer’s cutbacks in funding, the trailblazing green lodging organization has just hit its 600 member mark.

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New York launches green hotel certification program

September 28th, 2009 in Business and Politics • Featured • News

As part of a large initiative to support sustainable tourism in New York, a new program to officially certify hotels and other types of travel-lodging as being “green” throughout the state has finally gone into practice.

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Green Globe re-structures its green certification process for travel industry

June 5th, 2009 in Business and Politics • News

Well-known green certification provider Green Globe International has just updated the requirements for official “Green Globe Certification” in order to keep pace with the latest scientific data in sustainability.

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Over 500 Hotels get self-imposed Green Eco-Leaf rating

June 2nd, 2009 in Hotels and Accommodations • News

As of Monday, over 500 lodging properties have earned the Green Eco-Leaf Rating by completing a 70 point comprehensive eco-audit survey administered by iStayGreen.org, the online social network of environmentally friendly travel.

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Next phase in global sustainable travel certification to focus on people, profit and the planet

May 5th, 2009 in Business and Politics • News

Non-profit Sustainable Travel International is launching “STEP 2.0″ — its new version of the Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program™ — as the world’s first comprehensive, global sustainable tourism eco-certification program offered by a non-profit organization.

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Being skeptical: The big online players step up to green travel, sort of

January 26th, 2009 in Featured • News • Products and Services

Travelocity and Expedia, dominant forces in the online travel space, are reportedly each releasing their own versions of “green travel” booking tools. The question is, how do they measure up to conscious-travelers’ demands?

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Green hotel certification program cancelled

November 19th, 2008 in Hotels and Accommodations • News

American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AH&LA) has decided to scrap its green designation and certification system for its 11,000 hotel members. As an alternative, the group is planning to develop a set of guidelines to outline several minimum environmental principles.

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New Green Hotel Bookings Site launches

October 15th, 2008 in Featured • News • Products and Services

John Glen DiGuiseppe, Founder/CEO of Investors Hospitality Management (IHM), has just announced the launch of new green hotel booking website GreenHotelBookings.com.

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Whole Travel launches "Blue Sky" search for Sustainable Travel

October 1st, 2008 in Featured • News • Products and Services

Whole Travel (www.wholetravel.com) announced today that it is the first online travel site to provide “blue sky” search functionality for consumers looking to discover the world’s most amazing destinations while being environmentally and socially responsible.

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Forbes lists America's greenest hotels for 2008

September 25th, 2008 in Hotels and Accommodations • News

According to Forbes, sustainability “is an important criterion for eco-conscious travelers—and not just for visitors from San Francisco and Vermont, reaching far passed unwashed towels and unlikely flavors of organic toothpaste.”

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