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Proof hotel travelers prefer green
Not only are green hotels better for the environment, travelers overwhelmingly prefer them.
Proof comes from Travelocity, which announced that eco-friendly hotels get higher consumer reviews than their non-green counterparts.
“To celebrate this, the company has kicked off the It’s Good to Be Green sale with special deals on green hotels that have great reviews,” the company says.
Travelocity allows consumers to rate its hotels on a scale of 1-5 smiley faces. When the company studied the reviews for green hotels, consumers gave 83 percent of non-green hotels three smiley faces or more–but they gave a whopping 94 percent of green hotels three smiley faces or more.
“This data confirms something we’ve long suspected,” said Alison Presley, manager of Travelocity’s Travel for Good® program. “Our eco-friendly hotels care deeply about the entire experience they provide and that attention to detail translates into an awesome stay overall.”
The company has more than 2,000 hotels in its Green Hotel Directory. ”The company works with an elite group of certification programs to ensure that each hotel in its program is making significant strides in sustainability,” according to Travelocity.
The company says it is the only major online travel company that flags green hotels site-wide with an eco-friendly tag.
For the It’s Good to Be Green sale, travelers can save up to 30 percent on more than 160 eco-friendly hotels around the world that have an average rating of 3.5 smiley faces or higher, according to Travelocity.
By David Wilkening
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