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Motel 6 Contest Yields Energy Savings of More Than $200,000

DALLAS—Motel 6, known for providing guests with a clean, comfortable room at a low price, announces the winners of the brand’s 2010 “Phoenix My...

Environmentally Friendly Hotels Site Owner Raises Bar for Inclusion, Thousands of...

RIDGWAY, COLO.—The number of green lodging properties represented on the Environmentally Friendly Hotels website is being reduced dramatically as the owner raises the bar...

Seyfarth Shaw Launches Green Marketing Compliance Team

CHICAGO—In response to the increasing need for manufacturers and retailers to market the “green” attributes of their products and services effectively and legally, Seyfarth...

Shaw Plant Receives Facility of the Year Award

DALTON, GA.—The California Water Environment Association (CWEA) has named Shaw Industries Group Inc.’s Santa Fe Springs, Calif. plant “Facility of the Year.” The award...

Cornell Studies Guest Reactions to Energy Saving Initiatives

ITHACA, N.Y.—In one of the first empirical studies of the effects of energy saving treatments on hotel guests’ satisfaction, Cornell University researchers have found...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Commit to Go Dark for Earth Hour

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Starwood is switching off on March 26—but just for one hour, and for a great cause. The global hospitality leader will once...

Green Lodging News Adds Essentia as Directory Partner

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Essentia as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Essentia’s mattresses include...

Valley Forge Reacts to Cotton Costs, Holds Firm on 2011 Pricing

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.—With the prices of cotton continuing to rise dramatically around the world, Valley Forge Fabrics announced that it would lock in pricing...

InterContinental New York Barclay Launches Green Engage Meeting Option

NEW YORK—A leader in the New York sustainable hospitality scene, the 100 percent wind energy-powered InterContinental New York Barclay has unveiled its signature Green...

Halekulani Says It is First Luxury Hotel to Offer GMO-Free Cuisine

WAIKIKI, HAWAII—Halekulani, located in Honolulu, is now offering menu items free of genetically modified organisms (GMO). As of March 2011, Halekulani is the first...