Hotel Industry News - Environmental

Embassy Suites Jackson-North/Ridgeland in Ridgeland, Miss., and the Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Southland-Matteson in Matteson, Ill., are the first two hotels certified - More

The Bentonville Convention & Visitors Bureau and EcoGreenHotel have teamed up to bring the local hotel community an educational look inside the Green Hospitality movement. EcoGreenHotel’s Jeff Kiec LEED AP will be presenting real world case studies. Bentonville is the worldwide headquarters of Wal-Mart a global corporate leader in the sustainabi... - More

Vantage Hospitality Group announced today that all of its nearly 900 Americas Best Value Inn and Canadas Best Value Inn hotels throughout North America will carry biodegradable packaging in their guest rooms, including shampoo, body lotion and bath soap. - More

Experian recently listed its 'Top 20 websites in the 'Travel' online industry for the month of December 2009, based on visits.' Among those sites - which include such well-known stops as Priceline.com and MapQuest-only three attempt to highlight green hotels - More

The 56-suite Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City's only 100 percent wind powered and 100 percent carbon-neutral 'eco-tique' hotel, has taken an additional step towards sustainability by adding solar power to its host of green initiatives. - More

94-room hotel will be IHG's first property in Canada built to meet LEED standards - More

Inn at Laurel Point leads BC hoteliers in action on climate change - More

Created to support BC's tourism industry to incorporate more sustainable business practices, ETHOS is launching into 2010 with a new website and travel calculator, over a dozen new partnerships, tools and programs in its goal to position BC as one of the most sustainable tourism destinations in the world. - More

Pineapple Hospitality offers a wide range of economical and environmental solutions to reduce waste in your hotel's amenity program. - More

Pineapple Hospitality has published another e-newsletter for fans of its FreshStay.com portal to 4,800-plus smoke-free hotels. - More