ORLANDO, FLA.—The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has added three new videos from Safety Source Productions to its line of risk management training resources, designed to provide hospitality employees with information to keep themselves and their guests safe. The new titles are: Human Trafficking Human trafficking is often facilitated using hotels as stopover points, while sexual exploitation sometimes happens in hotel rooms and hotel lounges. The “Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000” makes this activity a federal crime in the United States. Many organizations including hotels, airlines and others are stepping up to help combat this growing problem. This...

MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS.—Expanding on its line of hot and cold food wells, Alto-Shaam has added a selection of round wells to provide better food storage, display and quality. These hot soup wells use Alto-Shaam’s Halo Heat technology and EcoSmart design to help save on the bottom line.Available in both 7- and 11-quart sizes (6.6 and 10.4 liter), Halo Heat wraps around the food well, radiating from the recessed surface, providing greater ambient surface temperature control. The adjustable thermostat provides hot holding temperature flexibility, and the round well can be used with an existing counter, overhead lighting, and sneeze guard...

WALTHAM, MASS.—American DG Energy Inc., a leading on-site utility offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, healthcare, housing and athletic facilities, is now operating two 450-ton chillers at Doral Arrowwood Hotel and Conference Center in Rye, N.Y. The highly efficient cooling systems will cool the property and be owned and operated by American DG Energy. The chillers are in addition to the 375 kW of combined heat and power (CHP) systems operating at the property since 2011 that are owned and operated by American DG Energy that provide electricity, heat and hot water.Doral Arrowwood, a...

HERMITAGE, PA.—Rooted Beauty introduces its gluten-free, botanically rich and fruit infused natural Lip Butter products. Rooted Beauty is committed to sustainable packaging and having a positive impact on the environment, which is evident through the innovative packaging solution used for the company’s Lip Butter products.Rooted Beauty’s Lip Butter products are packaged in a 100 percent post-consumer paper tube that is capable of composting in just two weeks. The tube is easy to use and holds 40 percent more product than the standard plastic lip balm tubes.In addition to positive environmental impact, Rooted Beauty’s Lip Butter helps women around the...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Swegon as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Swegon’s PARAGON compact Comfort Module provides hoteliers with energy savings and reduced maintenance costs while offering guests silent, draft-free air-conditioning. Advanced chilled beam technology enables ventilating, cooling and heating without an in-room fan or compressor, and maximum energy savings through integrated, intelligent controls. Call (952) 564-6034, e-mail info_us@swegon.com, or click here.

DANBURY, CONN.—FuelCell Energy, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, announced the launch of a new website at www.fuelcellenergy.com and an updated FuelCell Energy logo. In the past year, the company has executed a number of initiatives including the acquisition of European manufacturing capacity, expansion in Asia through licensing agreements, development and sale of a multi-megawatt fuel cell park in North America to a leading utility, and the acquisition of solid oxide fuel cell technology to expand adjacent market opportunities.The new website highlights this progress as...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes TEMP-AIR as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. To battle insecticide-resistant bed bugs, TEMP-AIR is offering a line of Thermal Remediation electric bed bug heat treatment equipment, an effective solution designed specifically for the needs of pest control professionals, hotels, universities, and property  managers—from stand-alone portable electric packages to complete, integrated truck and trailer packages. The Thermal Remediation target temperature during treatment is between 120 and 135°F, the temperature necessary for heat to penetrate bed bug harborages. This safe, effective, and environmentally friendly process uses dry...

OSHKOSH, WIS.—Continental Girbau Inc. recently partnered with RJ Kool Co., a full-service laundry distributor headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. As a result, RJ Kool now provides Girbau Industrial products to high-volume laundries throughout Missouri, Kansas, Southern Illinois and Northern Oklahoma. Girbau Industrial is a brand of Continental Girbau Inc.“We were looking for a top-level manufacturer that shared our same values and commitment to quality,” said RJ Kool’s Tiffanni Sanstra, marketing coordinator. “Girbau Industrial products have filled some voids for us in the industrial market. We are blown away with the quality of these products.”Established in 1961, RJ Kool provides...

JEFFERSON CITY, TENN.—Longtime industry veteran, Peter Mandel, has created an exclusive collection of internationally known brands of Italian designed seating and tables to be manufactured and represented in North America under Motivo Furniture. Motivo Furniture, geared for the trade and hospitality industries, now offers more than 300 SKUs of highly styled modern Italian design that is fabricated in Tennessee, partnering with several Italian manufacturers that include: Costantini, Livoni and Softline-Allkit. Products include: exposed wood seating and tables along with mixed materials of wood, metal and plastics. Items are all inventoried, assembled, finished and upholstered in the United States.“The timing...

CHICAGO—Master-Bilt, manufacturer of premier commercial refrigeration, will showcase its newest award-winning innovation, the Parallel Glycol Rack Refrigeration System, in the Kitchen Innovations Pavilion (booth 2440) at the 2013 National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, May 18 to 21 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Master-Bilt received a National Restaurant Association 2013 Kitchen Innovations Award for the parallel glycol rack refrigeration system which uses the most energy efficient refrigeration system available to chill a glycol loop that cools equipment in a foodservice kitchen or retail environment.The most unique feature of the Master-Bilt glycol system is its utilization of floating head pressure technology...