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To Get Tourism Back on Track, Hotels Must Focus on Indoor Air Quality
Hotels are the backbone of the tourism industry, which is still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, flight delays and lower bookings than usual. However,...
How C-PACE is a Game-Changer for Hotel/Hospitality Green Building Financing
Owners and developers face a never-ending challenge of building or retrofitting properties to the greenest, most environmentally friendly standards when costs and financing often...
What Makes an Effective Hotel Maintenance Strategy and How to Craft One
It remains more important than ever for a hotel to offer a product that stands out amid the competition. Hotel maintenance, which can be...
How to Win Guest Loyalty for an Eco-Conscious World
The topic of climate change and sustainability has reached a fever pitch. The WHO predicts a $2 to $4 billion cost to public health,...
Hospitality PMS Tech is Helping Hotels & Resorts Go Paperless
Nine in 10 consumers say they are looking for sustainable options when traveling, according to Expedia’s Spotlight on Sustainable Travel. And the 2022 Booking.com Sustainable Travel...
Advice on How to Attract the Difficult-to-Find Hospitality Employee
As a double immigrant who worked his way through high school and university, I’m a big believer in the lifelong benefits of working on...
Biden Administration Actions Will Lead to Cleaner Buildings
Two recent initiatives announced by the White House will help spur additional energy efficiency and decarbonization upgrades in new and existing buildings. President Biden invoked...
A Deep Dive into Improving the ROI for Commercial PV Solar Systems
As the pace of commissioning commercial PV systems increases while in parallel current systems mature, the market is looking at PV systems as more...
States Commit to Clean & Healthy New Buildings
Washington and Colorado recently took exciting steps to ensure new buildings in their states are built ready for the all-electric future. Washington State’s policy, that...
Integrating Wellness into Your Hotel Operation
Wellness, like most ambitions, has multiple layers to it. The term has been used in many ways to describe a desire to enhance one’s...
Top 10 Global Spa Trends Designed to Heal Mind, Body & Soul
The wellness industry is transforming into a booming trillion-dollar market with plenty of potential for new entrants in the sector, be it new products...
What Hotels Should Consider When Joining an Eco-certification Program
In the first half of 2021, we surveyed Bidroom customers about what impacts their travel decision-making process. The majority, 58 percent, said sustainability played...
Inclusivity Is the Key to Gender Diversity: Open the Door Please!
Belonging to hospitality, the most service, people-oriented industry, you tend to be impacted by everything the world is undergoing at any given time—technological zeitgeists,...
JLL: Hotel Industry Has Opportunity to Enact Real Change with Sustainability
Amid one of its most transformative periods in history, the U.S. lodging industry has an opportunity to enact real change through a renewed commitment...
Sustainable Business Practices vs. Business Recovery: HR in the Middle
In the current business context, most hospitality organizations are finding themselves wanting to strike the right balance of “building back better” without jeopardizing a...
Where Do Solar & Electric Vehicle Charging Fit into Your Revenue Strategy?
Last June, MGM Resorts International activated a solar park that will power up to 90 percent of its 13 Las Vegas properties. According to...
Top 10 Global Spa Trends Designed to Heal Mind, Body & Soul
The wellness industry is transforming into a booming trillion-dollar market with plenty of potential for new entrants in the sector, be it new products...
Why Human Trafficking Is Booming—And How Hoteliers Can Stop It
As of 2020, the International Labor Organization and Walk Free Foundation estimated that 28 million people are victims of human trafficking across both private...
Cogeneration Cost Incentives to Aid Hotel Industry in Coming Years
Energy costs are soaring, forcing countless hotel owners and managers to search for more cost-effective, clean energy alternatives to the traditional power grid.
Unsurprisingly, the...
Make Sustainability Your Goal for 2022; Ten Tips to Consider
The pandemic forced hotels to modify how they operate, pushing safety to the forefront of the hospitality community’s consciousness, and derailing a burgeoning industry...
