NEW YORK—The American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Sustainability Committee has added a session entitled, “Measuring Hotel Carbon Footprints Using HCMI Methodology,” to the lineup of sessions at the Hospitality Leadership Forum which leads up to the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS). The session will take place from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, November 8 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. IHMRS will take place at the Javits Center from Sunday, November 9 through Tuesday, November 11.
Pat Maher, partner, The Maher Group, LLC, will moderate the panel discussion that will include: Randy Gaines, Vice President, Engineering, Housekeeping, Laundry Operations, Americas, Hilton Worldwide; Fran Hughes, Head of Programmes, International Tourism Partnership; Eric Ricaurte, founder & CEO, Greenview; and Nancy Scanlon, Ph.D., CHE, Associate Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Florida International University.
Those attending the session can expect to learn about the new industry-wide common unified language for hotels reporting carbon footprints on meetings and/or hotel stays. According to AH&LA’s Sustainability Committee, “You’ll learn how this new methodology has provided transparency and clear communications for the growing body of corporate clients who require such information as part of the annual RFP process. You will learn strategies to start applying immediately, particularly when responding to Request for Proposals (RFPs).”
Five Additional Green Sessions Planned
The session is in addition to five other green panel discussions to be held during the Hospitality Leadership Forum or at IHMRS. The following is the schedule for the additional discussions:
On Saturday, November 8, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Crafting a Career in Sustainability in Hospitality & Tourism—Sustainability Trends in Hospitality Education session will take place. Featured panelists will include: Jeanne Varney, Lecturer at the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University; Nancy Loman Scanlon PhD, Associate Professor School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Florida International University; Rachel J.C. Chen, PhD CHE, Director and Professor, Center for Sustainable Business and Development, The University of Tennessee; and Diana Catalina Beltran Gonzalez, Manager, Learning & Delivery, School of Hospitality Operations, Wyndham Hotel Group. The moderator will be Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor, Green Lodging News.
The second seminar, Hotel Energy Management All Stars, will take place on Sunday, November 9 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Featured speakers will include: Rishi Shah, Asset Manager, Wyndham Philadelphia-Mount Laurel; Charles A. Smith, CEO, Hotel Sustainability Solutions, Inc. for the Hilton Concord (Calif.); and Samuel Huertas, owner, Biohotel Organic Suites, Bogota, Colombia. The moderator will be Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor, Green Lodging News.
The third seminar, Gone Platinum! A First-Time Ever Gathering of Leaders of Three LEED Platinum Hotels, will take place on Sunday, November 9 from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Speakers will include: Lynee Sauer, Business Manager, Woodbine Group, for Hotel Skyler, Syracuse, N.Y.; Jim Treadway, General Manager, Bardessono, Yountville, Calif.; and Dennis W. Quaintance, CEO of Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels, for the Proximity Hotel, Greensboro, N.C. The moderator will be Dina Belon, Director of Hospitality Strategic Alliances & Development, Mindclick Global, Inc.
Four Certification Programs Represented
The fourth seminar, The Power of Green Certification—Updates from Lodging’s Leading Certifiers, will take place on Monday, November 10 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Speakers will include: Steve Ball, Director of Business Development, Green Key Global; Evadne Giannini, Principal, HospitalityGreen, for the Green Concierge program; Katie Hopkins, Associate Director of Outreach & Communications, Audubon International; and Arthur Weissman, CEO, Green Seal. The moderator will be Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor, Green Lodging News.
The fifth seminar, Waste Management Champions Making a Difference, will take place on Monday, November 10 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Speakers will include: Shawn Seipler, CEO/Executive Director, Clean the World; Sam Stephens, Executive Director & CEO, Global Soap Project, Inc.; Jessica Stracener, President, Global Sustainability Solutions; and Walker Lunn, CEO, Grid Waste. The moderator will be Glenn Hasek, Publisher & Editor, Green Lodging News.
The 99th annual International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show will run Saturday, November 8, through Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Following a full day of conference and networking activities on Saturday, November 8, the IHMRS will feature three full days of exhibits from Sunday, November 9, through Tuesday, November 11. The market will present 650 exhibitors and attract more than 16,000 industry professionals. This year’s show, for the second year in a row, will feature a Hospitality Green Division.
IHMRS is sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (HANYC), and the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSH&TA), and is managed by Hospitality Media Group (HMG). Additional IHMRS 2014 information is available online, at www.ihmrs.com. Click here and use promo code GLN2014 for complimentary admission to IHMRS.
Glenn Hasek can be reached at editor@greenlodgingnews.com.
