Unquestionably, the environment is an important topic in many circles. This is perhaps a subject that has been ignored for too long by the hotel industry. Sure, hotels have made efficiency improvements in any number of areas, but the driver has typically been cost cutting. However, how many guests feel that their hotels are actually green-friendly? As one recent post over at tripso stated, it would not be that difficult or time-consuming for many hotels to add recycling bins next to their trash bins in the guest rooms. At Hilton Bellevue, there have been slow moves toward more environmentally friendly practices. To back that up, recycling has been added to several areas of the hotel.
On the guest side of things, a recent survey showed that guests were much more likely to hang up their towels, indicating that they do not wish to have them washed daily, when they were encouraged to think about the fact that they were part of a group of guests that were all participating. For example, "Please help us conserve water and the environment by hanging your towels so that we will not wash them every day of your stay," was less effective than, "Join your fellow guests and hang. . ."
Some hotels have been enticed to be environmentally friendly in other ways, like the Sutton UK hotel that has offered free morning showers to all people working in its area that choose to leave their car at home and instead run, walk, or bike to work. It seems like a novel take, and time will tell whether it is picked up or not, but good on them for starting something like this off.
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