MIAMI—Nuvola, developers of service optimization and guest engagement software, announced a partnership with React Mobile to provide hotel staff with an employee safety device and alert management platform developed specifically to provide immediate assistance in an emergency situation. The employee safety device’s one-click activation transmits an alert across Nuvola’s Housekeeping Productivity platform, instantly notifying security staff of a problem with exact location details using multiple built-in GPS tracking options. “As a former hotelier, I understand the risks involved in daily tasks, and how many of these are done in solitude which can leave employees vulnerable,” said Juan Carlos Abello, Nuvola...

COOPERSBURG, PA.—For almost six decades, Lutron Electronics has been a leader in the lighting control industry. Now, as Lutron celebrates its new Commercial Experience Center in Manhattan, the company is once again bringing bold ideas and a fresh vitality to lighting and design. “Experience” is the operative word at the flagship center, located just off Fifth Avenue at 3 E. 28th Street in New York’s lively NoMad neighborhood. At the core of the center is the Lutron HXL approach, a broad philosophy of human centric lighting that deftly employs four elements of lighting design—natural light, quality light, connection to the...

SPRING LAKE, MICH.—Norb, LLC introduces the Norb (Nutri-Orb) brand of LED light bulbs. The Norb line of Wellness Lighting for Better Working, Learning and Living includes: NorbSMILE—The “Feel Right” Light illuminates with a white-color light designed with the sun’s “happy” light spectrum that awakens and energizes. It is available as an A19 LED bulb with 11 watts and as a tube light with 18 LED watts. In contrast to regular indoor lights which may cause drowsiness, lethargy or agitation, NorbSMILE supports a positive mood, alertness, energy and productivity. NorbSMILE is the healthy building light for daytime illumination in company offices,...

FRANKLIN, TENN.—Quore announced that more than 4,000 hotels are successfully using its hotel operations platform. At its inception in 2012, Quore was the product of a single engineer at a local hotel property trying to solve the frustrations and miscommunications that he encountered while doing his job. Then, Quore surpassed its three-to-five-year plan within the first three months of business and now, with over 4,000 hotels, Quore has more than tripled initial projections. The company has reached this point purely through organic growth and customer referrals. With some of the industry’s largest brands—IHG, Marriott, Hilton and Choice—now championing Quore, the...

ATLANTA—UPS has published its latest Sustainability Report, Creating Our Tomorrow, Sustainably, highlighting the company’s sustainability initiatives during 2018 and progress toward 2020 and 2025 goals. The digital-first interactive Report showcases the enablers of progress that are advancing sustainability for the environment, employees, and UPS communities around the world: Bold Ideas. UPS is responding to fast-changing trends and customer needs by fostering a culture of innovation and agility and encouraging UPSers at all levels to think like entrepreneurs and to act in bold new ways. By expanding its portfolio of services, products and technology solutions, UPS is simplifying logistics for small-...

MIAMI—The only Green Globe certified carbon-neutral resort in the Caribbean has teamed up with SportsArt, a leading fitness company to generate free electricity. Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort in Aruba has acquired the SportsArt ECO-POWR™ line of cardio equipment, which harnesses human energy produced during a workout and converts it into utility-grade electricity, offsetting the facility’s power consumption and reducing its carbon footprint. “The energy generated by the resort’s five (ECO-POWR) bikes is fed back into the grid, supplying power to the resort,” explained Resort Manager Rik van der Berg. “Our customers appreciate the opportunity to be proactive participants in preserving...

INDIANAPOLIS—William Roam, creators of American-made personal care products for the hospitality market, is dedicated to keeping environmental commitments at the center of its brand identity by only developing dispenser or refillable systems for all new collection offerings. “At the heart of our business there has always been a focus on the environment and philanthropy. We balance that focus with market demand, so as the market changes in our direction we are thrilled at being able to offer a more complete alignment with our core values,” says Ali Murphy, CEO of William Roam. With the hospitality industry being responsible for roughly 440 billion pounds...

BOULDER, COLO.—​​​​​With a mission to spread sustainability worldwide and eliminate single-use plastics across the board, EcoVessel continues their efforts by partnering with two well-known resorts making EcoVessel industry-leading reusable water bottles accessible to all of their guests during their stay. The world-renowned and highly awarded Rancho La Puerta and the newly developed Auberge Resorts are providing EcoVessel bottles to guests for use during their stay, eliminating the need for those wasteful single-use plastic bottles found in most hotels around the world. These partnerships come at a time when the need to eliminate plastic is at an all-time high. We are truly at...

CINCINNATI—Procter & Gamble and National Geographic’s six-part docuseries ACTIVATE, co-produced by Global Citizen and RadicalMedia, premiered September 5 in the United States on National Geographic. Each episode of the six-part series delves into a different issue connected to the root causes of poverty, including sustainable sourcing, criminalization of poverty, disaster relief, girls’ education, plastic waste and the global water crisis. The P&G ACTIVATE overview video can be viewed here. The hour-long episodes will air weekly through October 10 in the United States and also on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages. Episodes will highlight the work P&G and...

KOHLER, WIS.—Kohler Co., a global leader in kitchen and bath products and power systems, has moved quickly to assist those along the projected path of Hurricane Dorian. The company has provided a portable showering experience to Operation Blessing International (OBI), a nonprofit humanitarian organization with significant disaster relief experience. OBI has already deployed the KOHLER Relief Trailer into Florida in support of the organization’s volunteers who are in the area helping those in need. Kohler has also been coordinating with local distributors of its power generation products to move generators, parts, and other emergency power equipment into the area. “The...