Big green tourism news read all about $squillions of savings

Wednesday, 14 Aug, 2010 0

Tom Jones paddling for rubbish in New York

Is it a genuinely green movement gathering volition saving squillions and getting great media coverage or could they all be jumping on the bandwagon…

Cash-Crunched Resorts and Hotels Find That Going Green Is a Good Way to Scrimp

From composting guests’ uneaten pancakes to washing bedsheets with ozone, some hotels are taking radical steps to go green.

Wyndham Worldwide and Plastic Free Ocean Welcome Tom Jones to New York City

Extreme Athlete Tom Jones Sets New Standup Paddleboard World Record as He Paddles Into Battery Park to Raise Awareness About Plastic in the World’s Oceans

Ground Zero Mosque Goes Green
The Islamic center will be the nation’s first certified "green mosque," It will comply with strict Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, which is why it’s been renamed Park51.

Carlson Hotels Selects Green Key for US Portfolio:
“Green Key’s program allows our entire portfolio to use a consistent set of sustainable hotel standards and recognizes environmental efforts

Adoba Eco Hotel is Awarded Green Entrepreneurial Award…
Management Services, LLC based in Denver, Colorado receives green recognition for its strides in sustainable hotel design and business

Greening the hotel industry, version 2.0
In lieu of LEED certification, hotels can join several "green" hotel associations, only some of which inspect members to quantify their ecological practices

CT Green Lodging certifies fifteenth hotel
By Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection There are now 15 hotels, motels and bed & breakfasts participating in the Connecticut Green Lodging …

Marriott goes green
Green tourism is internationally recognised by a number of major accommodation booking

Global Basecamps and Carbonfund.org Partner to Promote Sustainable Tourism …
Global Basecamps’ participation in Carbonfund.org’s reforestation project enforces its philosophy on sustainable tourism, which involves promoting travel …

Fairmont Hotels Save More Than $800000 Annually on green
Fairmont is ione of the early adopters of environmentalism in the hotel industry. They launched their Green Partnership Program in 1990 and have been working to reduce the impact their properties have on the Earth ever since. …

Edited by Valere Tjolle
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Valere Tjolle is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suitewww.travelmole.com/stories/1143624.php

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