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Why Hotels Need Better Tools to Measure & Communicate Sustainability Data
Average global daily temperatures are soaring, with the world experiencing its warmest June on record. These unprecedented heat waves, unwelcome reminders of the reality...
How Hotels Can Attract the Growing EV Customer Base
The hospitality trade is experiencing another strong year in both leisure and business travel, continuing its rebound. “The post-pandemic urge to travel remains strong,...
Hotel Employees Thankful for Panic Buttons
Few people start their workday expecting an emergency to happen, but according to American Aerospace Engineer Edward Murphy Jr. who worked on safety-critical systems:...
Step Up Your Cleaning Practices This Summer Season
Summer break is here. As guests start booking their stays and preparing for a relaxing or adventurous getaway, make sure your hospitality property is...
Hotel Industry Could Be a Leader in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The year 2020 will forever be remembered for COVID-19 and the start of the global pandemic. However, American historians had thought that the murder...
Advanced AI Water Management Solutions Help Lodging Facilities Approach Net Zero
The world’s ongoing water crisis is real. One in four of the world’s largest cities are currently in water stress, and the global infrastructure...
Ways CMMS Can Improve Hotel Maintenance Management
Managing maintenance in hotels and resorts with hundreds of rooms, multiple floors, and numerous assets is no small feat. Facility managers must possess strong...
The Paths to Leadership in Energy & Environment Design Water Conservation Credits for Evaporative Cooling Towers
Evaporative cooling towers play an important role in green buildings by significantly reducing energy consumption when they supplement or replace traditional air conditioning systems,...
May They Thrive: My Thoughts on Earth Day No. 53
Earth Day has taken on different manifestations over the course of its 53-year history but to some of us who recall the first one,...
Here is Why ESG Holds Significance in Asset Management
As an institutional investor, consider your investments—a hotel, club, restaurant, anything. Being an investor requires knowing how to allocate the appropriate funds to the...
Sustainability Moves Up in the Corporate Travel Agenda
Over the past few years, like all companies, Amadeus has been working both internally and externally, on the impact of its actions with regards...
Enhance Your Hotel Team’s Autism Awareness
We at HVS have long valued the importance of embracing diversity, celebrating our differences, and building a better consulting team as a result. Exceptional...
The Environmental Impact of Construction & The Growing Room for Improvement
Within the United States, billions of materials like concrete, steel, and lumber maintain and construct the buildings we use daily. The use and disposal...
Sustainable Actions in Hospitality: A Driver for Competitive Advantage
NATIONAL REPORT—The knee jerk reaction of many hoteliers to the topic of sustainability is likely to include statements like “I’d love to, but I...
Maintenance Best Practices for Geothermal Heat Pumps in Hotels
Energy consumption in the hotel industry is high, even when compared to other commercial sectors such as hospitals and schools. The truth is hotels...
Creating Conscious Inclusion in Travel Marketing
Travel brands are uniquely positioned to open the world to more people, including travelers of different gender identities, ages, abilities, ethnicities, religions, and sexual...
An Open letter to the Hospitality & Travel Industry
Earlier this week, as I was scanning my news feed for updates of relevance, I came across a headline that quickly captured my attention:...
Dos and Don’ts of Transitioning from Single-Use Personal Amenities to Bulk-size Dispensing Systems
As January 1, 2023, approaches, I still see confusion in handling the transition from single-use to cartridge and bulk-size dispensing amenity systems. My dos...
Greenwashing, Ecotourism & Sustainability Are Now a Major Concern for Travelers
There is no denying it. The last two years were difficult for all of us. But as we take a collective breath on the...
Why Aren’t Individual Hotels Embracing Sustainable Practices?
While governments and corporations struggle—unsuccessfully for the most part—with climate change, sea level rise and carbon neutral objectives, individual tourism and hospitality visionaries need...
