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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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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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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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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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Are there health benefits of LEED?

Do LEED “certified green buildings” really help protect our health, or is the certification too limited? One report suggests we amend LEED standards to include direct benefits to human health.

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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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‘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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Which airline is most eco-friendly?

Boasting a 25% more fuel and carbon efficient airborne fleet and an LEED-certified headquarters, Virgin America is soaring above the rest.

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Marriott helps promote sustainable business in China

The popular hotel group is headlining a new campaign to protect fresh water availability to over 2 billion people in China’s Sichuan Province – an area hit hard by the 2008 earthquake – as well as spearhead a variety of sustainability projects across the board.

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New eco hotel brand launches

With an official launch on last week’s Earth Day 2010, new brand Adoba Eco Hotel & Suites has rooted its commitment to environmental awareness and social responsibility.

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Marriott to “LEED” by example

The hospitality giant’s Bethesda, Maryland headquarters has recently been awarded LEED Gold status, following a three-year environmental initiative.

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How one luxury hotel brand is making eco-history

The luxury and super-chic W San Francisco is now the first property of a major hotel to earn LEED certification for an existing building, thanks to its employee-driven green business program.

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Vancouver wins Platinum for being green

Hot on the heels of its uber-green Olympic initiatives, the great northern city of Vancouver isn’t stopping there. The city’s Vancouver Convention Centre has been awarded the highly-prestigious LEED Platinum Certification for its environmental benchmarks.

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Beyond Copenhagen: Can this new hotel be ‘World’s Greenest’?

After hosting delegates for the COP15 conference last December, a new Copenhagen hotel is promising to be one of the world’s greenest – pouncing on the growing trend of hotel chains expanding their offerings outside of guest comfort alone.

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Baltimore BWI Airport gets its first LEED Hotel

TownePlace Suites is working to qualify for LEED status, including composting, sustainable and environmentally friendly cleaning products, replacing plumbing hardware with low-flow devices and purchasing renewable energy wind credits to offset the hotel’s carbon footprint.

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And the award for largest LEED certification in the world goes to…

The ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia in Bengaluru, India has been awarded the largest LEED Platinum certification in the world.

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