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A Booking.com Travel Prediction: ‘Quiet Pursuits for a Louder Sense of Calm’
When Booking.com releases the results of one of its Travel Predictions reports, the travel industry pays careful attention. Now in its tenth year, Booking.com’s...
Honoring & Remembering Six Hoteliers Killed in the Workplace
It was just a few weeks ago that I shared news from AAHOA about the terrible September murder of a motel manager in Dallas....
Best Practices and Six Senses’ ‘18 Most Unwanted’ Plastics List
The lodging industry is built on the sharing of best practices. This may happen through direct conversations with peers—at your place of work, conferences,...
Deloitte Surveys Offer Glimpse into Minds of Business Travel Planners
Deloitte just released the results of its Forecast in Flux: 2025 Deloitte Corporate Travel Study. The report draws on two surveys fielded in July...
Efforts to Phase Out PFAS Accelerate in California
PFAS, known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down easily in the environment and can accumulate in the human body, are being...
With Addition in Copenhagen, 1 Hotels Approaches 20 Properties Open or Under Development
It has been more than 10 years now since the first 1 Hotels property opened in Miami Beach. Today there are 15 1 Hotels...
Why Not Give Solar ‘Star’ Treatment at Your Property?
“We now live on a planet where the cheapest way to produce energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun. This...
Certifications to Look for When Outsourcing Your Laundry Operations
I attended The Clean Show in Orlando, Fla. this past week. Held every two years, it is the premier event for the textile care...
‘Wellness-Washing’ & the New Core Wellness Standards for Hotels
“Wellness-Washing.” Have you heard of it? A cousin of greenwashing, whose origin is in hospitality, wellness-washing suggests an attempt at dishonesty or exaggeration of...
Busy Trade Show/Conference Season Kicks Off with The Clean Show
With summer nearly behind us—my son has already been in school a week—it’s time to preview the next few months of the busy trade...
Biodigesters & Their Many Advantages Revisited: Twelve Suppliers to Check Out
Almost three years ago I posted an article highlighting the many upsides to using biodigesters to break food waste down. In that article, I...
Climate Change & Its Impact on the Travel Experience
It is getting toasty here in Tampa, Fla. On July 27, the temperature hit a record 100 degrees. The following day the heat index...
Research Shows U.S. Companies Backing Off of Sustainability Reporting
Announcements from The Conference Board in recent months, while not geared toward hospitality, should be of great interest to company executives in our industry—especially...
My Family Vacation in Spain with Thoughts of Overtourism
My family and I just spent two weeks of vacation in Spain—Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Toledo, and Segovia. I had read about recent overtourism...
Looking Back as Green Lodging News Enters Its 20th Year
My appreciation for the environment all began when I was a child growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Metroparks were just down the...
Some PLANET Highlights from Caesars Entertainment’s 2024 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
As reported on Green Lodging News, Caesars Entertainment just released its 2024 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, aka the PEOPLE PLANET PLAY report. Click here for the...
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance & Its Push Toward Net Positive Hospitality
It was 33 years ago that the International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI) was launched by a consortium of chief executives from 10 global hotel...
Why Not Charge More for a Higher Level of IAQ?
I have reported many times over the years—especially during the height of COVID-19—about the impact of indoor air quality (IAQ) on the guest experience....
Some Thoughts on Efforts in Maine to Phase Out Single-Use Plastic Amenity Bottles
If LD 1928 is passed, Maine will join at least four other states—New York, California, Illinois and Washington—that have phased out or are in...
World Environment Day Focus: Eliminating Plastic Pollution
This past week’s Green Supplier Spotlight featured something new from Pineapple Hospitality: paper-based single-use packaging for amenities. The product is one example of an...
