SAINT CHARLES, MO.—Pineapple Hospitality announces the addition of four new products to its repertoire of products: EcoSmart Pillows; Green-Key keycards; Buffet Burners; and Zero Odor. Either individually or as a part of a larger greening process, these four products demonstrate to guests a commitment to clean, green operations and, in most cases, end up saving a lot of money.
“As the premier distributor of green products and marketing programs to the hospitality industry, Pineapple Hospitality is proud to serve as a conduit for bringing fresh ideas to the market,” says Ray Burger, president of Pineapple Hospitality. “With the green trend mushrooming across the United States and the rest of the world, we have the experience and expertise to help hoteliers choose products that are effective, environmentally friendly and green up their bottom lines.
“These four new products can be either a great starting point or another key feature of an existing green program,” Burger adds. “The EcoSmart Pillows, Green Key Cards, Buffet Burners and Zero Odor all are products proven to boost efficiency, enhance the guest experience and add green to hotel owners’ wallets.”
Having the right kind of pillow can make or break a guest’s satisfaction at a hotel. Made from 100 percent recycled (polyethylene terephthalate) PET bottles, EcoSmart Pillows provide ultimate comfort and resilience, while at the same time, allow guests to rest easy because they know the pillows are keeping waste out of landfills.
EcoSmart Pillows are hypoallergenic, wash tested and compression tested to surpass all other pillows for resilience, while maintaining the feel of a standard down pillow.
“It’s amazing to think that these comfortable and sturdy pillows are made from recycled materials that would otherwise end up in the trash,” Burger says. “We all have to do our part to reduce waste and keep the Earth clean. EcoSmart Pillows are one way to do that, while providing each of your guests with a safe, hypoallergenic pillow that will allow them to sleep soundly.”
In a recent survey from Louisville Bedding, the manufacturers of EcoSmart Pillows, 93 percent of shoppers said they would buy eco-friendly pillows, mattress pads and sheets, and 91 percent of shoppers would buy an eco-friendly product at a higher price. With that in mind, it’s not a stretch to think that these same consumers would prefer to stay in a hotel that provides these eco-friendly pillows, too.
“Because hotels are constantly changing and throwing out old or damaged pillows, this industry—maybe more than any other—can really make an impact on the environment by recycling PET and keeping plastic bottles out of landfills,” Burger says.
Green-Key Keycards
Green-Key is an environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional plastic hotel keycard. Unlike plastic keycards which need to be replaced every couple of days, but will pile up in landfills for thousands of years, Green-Key is a recyclable and biodegradable renewable resource.
Common plastic keys are made of a chemical compound called polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. The production and disposal of PVC causes unnecessary harm to the environment because most guests dispose of the cards at the end of their stays.
“The Green-Key keycard is sturdy and can stand up to day-to-day use from guests, but won’t last forever when they are lost or thrown away,” Burger says. “They have a light footprint on both the environment and on a hotel’s budget. Plus, the specially-designed keycards will help you distinguish your hotel as an environmental leader from the moment guests check in.”
Buffet Burners Reduce Waste
For all types of buffets where food is served heated, electric-powered Buffet Burners are designed to heat chafing dishes with more consistent control than two cans of fuel. One burner equals an estimated 5,000 cans of fuel that would be thrown into the trash once they run out. Up to four burners will run on one 120-volt outlet using minimal electricity.
Plus, Buffet Burners provide additional safety, as open flame hazards are eliminated with the Buffet Burner. Food is heated more evenly than with flames, never getting too hot as an internal high temperature limit switch cycles off when temperatures get too hot. And one never has to worry about fuel running out in the middle of a meal or guests knocking over the open flames.
“The electric Buffet Burner heaters are great!” says Stephen Tagliatela, innkeeper at the Saybrook Point Inn & Spa. “We have better control of the food temperature, reduced fire risk and less heat in the room, which in turn reduces demand on our air-conditioning system. The Buffet Burner eliminates the entire waste stream of the delivery, storage and disposal of hundreds of disposable fuel cells every month.”
Fire damage to tablecloths and other linens also is avoided. Buffet Burners pay for themselves after just a few uses. Using just one Buffet Burner with an average one event per day can save one $910 dollars per year, figuring the cost of Sterno fuel versus electricity. Each additional Buffet Burner and event piles on additional savings. Ten Buffet Burners used once per day saves $9,100 per year. Used twice a day they save $18,200.
Environmentally Safe Odor Remover
Pineapple Hospitality is also now offering Zero Odor: A non-toxic, environmentally safe and biodegradable spray that completely eliminates unfriendly odors once and for all. Potpourri just tries to cover up scents and other products in the lodging market use a process called encapsulation that might temporarily shift smells out of the air, but allows them to linger on the floor and in the room.
“These other products encapsulate an odor molecule, usually with an alcohol-based additive, and by sheer weight it drops to the floor, or out of the air,” explains Ron Shay, national sales director for Zero Odor. “But after the alcohol evaporates, the odor comes back, albeit in a different location. This requires more product and more applications to again just temporarily mask odor.”
Zero Odor, however, seeks out and bonds with odor molecules of just about every kind, changing them into molecules that can no longer cause odor, eliminating them forever.
“Immediately after spraying, Zero Odor leaves behind a ‘tracer scent’ that helps you know where Zero Odor has been sprayed. A short time after Zero Odor is sprayed the Tracer Scent will disappear, taking the odor away with it forever,” Shay says. “Unlike other products on the market, Zero Odor’s chemical and molecular bonding is irreversible and permanent. The eliminated odor cannot come back.”
Zero Odor’s safety tests are rigorously performed by independent laboratories. Zero Odor scores “0” on all measures of toxicity and also registers at “0” in dermal irritation tests—meaning it won’t cause skin irritation in humans or pets.
Independent studies have also proven Zero Odor also completely eliminates odor. In independent studies, when odors from such things as garlic, onions, smoke, garbage and soiled diapers were sprayed with Zero Odor, a Gas Chromatograph used to measure smells showed results of “0”. The uses for Zero Odor in a hotel/motel setting
