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Sustainable hotel brand Adoba helps ‘Move America Forward’ with William Shatner
Fledgling hotel brand Adoba Eco Hotel & Suites has officially earned a Green Entrepreneurial Award from TV and Film icon William Shatner’s progressive new TV show ‘Moving America Forward’.
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Hitting sustainability benchmarks with a touch of natural luxury
After an extensive multimillion dollar renovation, the InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa in French Polynesia has earned the EarthCheck Silver Certification for its outstanding sustainability initiatives.
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Travelers would rather go green when booking a hotel
Online travel reviews are showing higher-than-expected ratings for eco-friendly hotels as compared to mainstream properties.
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Go with the flow at Sonoma’s new h2hotel
A new, water-themed h2hotel features cool, eco-design and a strong emphasis on local elements.
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Green meetings at Hyatt: introducing the ‘Meet and Be Green’ Program
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has recently announced the launch of Meet and Be Green – a new program that encourages guests and planners to make green choices for their meetings.
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Emirates wins big for Conservation
Emirates Hotels & Resorts was honored with the Global Conservation Award for its long term commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship throughout its entire property portfolio.
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Find a green hotel in Asia-Pacific with Travelocity
The super-popular “roaming gnome” has now found its way to the Far East, while staying environmentally-conscious along the way. Is green travel going mainstream?
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Starwood super-charges its commitment to energy conservation
Starwood Hotels and Resorts is calling for deep cuts in both energy and water use across the board of its entire 1,000+ property portfolio.
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Staying green in Tennessee
A new statewide model for sustainable tourism has been unveiled in Tennessee in an effort to enable hotels and other lodging facilities and restaurants to be aware of their environmental impact and take steps to reduce their carbon footprint while increasing the overall sustainability of their operations.
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Eco luxury: Ritz-Carlton commits to reducing plastic bottle use
The luxury hotel brand is introducing environmentally-friendly water bottles at its North American and select Caribbean properties – a breakthrough effort in plastic waste reduction from a front runner in the hospitality industry.
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Hyatt turns a Green Key
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is launching the Green Key Eco-Rating Program at a number of its properties throughout the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean as a comprehensive tool to measure environmental performance across the brand’s portfolio.
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China joins the Green Globe
With a new green hotel standard for China’s hospitality industry – a program created by Green Globe – traveling green in China may not be such a crazy notion after all.
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Green hotel business leader earns a ‘Star’
Environmental consultancy EcoGreenHotel has recently formed a new partnership with the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Program – furthering its commitment to environmental stewardship and its leadership in the hospitality industry.
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A first for eco-luxury in Costa Rica
Tabacón Grand Spa Thermal Resort in Arenal, Costa Rica, has achieved the country’s first Luxury Eco Certification Standard after an intensive on-site inspection from Sustainable Travel International.
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‘Aloft’ in Arizona: Leading the way with first LEED Certification
Aloft Tempe has been awarded the coveted Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council – making it the seventh LEED certified property for Aloft brand parent Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
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Sustainable business meetings, courtesy of Starwood
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has just unveiled its new Sustainable Meeting Guidelines for its collection of North American properties.
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‘Green is for Go’ – Greening Your Hotel Meetings and Conferences
Diana Driscoll outlines some of the biggest questions surrounding green meetings and travel. How do hotels measure up? And what exactly IS a “Green Meeting?”
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This just ‘out’: Expedia.com opens an LGBT Travel Site
The online leader in travel booking has just unveiled a new LGBT Travel Site via a new partnership with the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association.
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Taking the guesswork out of sustainable travel
A new website has launched with the mission to simplify the process of researching and booking the world’s best sustainable destinations while embracing the opportunity to travel in a low-impact and earth-friendly way.
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Foundation of sustainability gains high honors for one resort
Amble Resorts’ uber-sustainable private island resort Isla Palenque resort leads by inspiration via its geo-responsible architectural design.
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