Zeal Hotels acquires site for net zero carbon hotel
Zeal Hotels has signed an Exclusivity Agreement with IHG Hotels & Resorts for the hotel, which will be managed by Valor Hospitality.
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Zeal Hotels signs with IHG Hotels & Resorts for net zero carbon hotel
The hotel will be both companies’ first lifecycle net zero carbon hotel. Aligned with the UK Green Building Council’s framework definition of net zero carbon buildings, it is set to open next year.
Primestar Group strengthens its own ESG program
In cooperation with ecomi.io AG, the Primestar Group will start the "YOUR TREE" nature conservation project in May, initially in three hotels. At the Holiday Inn Hamburg Berliner Tor, at the Hampton by Hilton Freiburg and at the Hampton by Hilton Berlin Alexanderplatz Primestar will present every guest with their personal tree. if the guest waives the daily room cleaning during multi-day stays. As a consequences, the hotel saves valuable water and cleaning agents, if guest rooms do not have to be cleaned on a daily basis.
Hilton London Heathrow Airport marks Earth Day
Hilton London Heathrow Airport is showcasing a whole raft of new environmental initiatives to coincide with Earth Day.
Reflexivity and Learning
The path towards system change is unpredictable, and that reminded me on the book Risk Society by Ulrich Beck. Beck's concept of the risk society highlights the need for a new approach to managing risks based on cooperation, reflexivity, and sustainability in a context of complexity and uncertainty. The book contains valuable lessons for to be applied on topics as Climate change and Biodiversity. Learning is a key ingredient in Beck's risk society and learning involves a continuous process of reflexivity and adaptation in response to new information and changing circumstances. Important to realize is that this learning is not only at an individual level, but also on group and even societal level. Companies, citizens and communities, NGOs, governments and scientists and experts all play an important role in this collective learning process.
View by Arjan van Rheede, Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability, Hotelschool The Hague
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much!
Most of us will know from any private or professional crisis we will have doubtless been through, that the task of solving a problem is always a lot easier when this is done in company rather than alone. (The analogy of Don Quixote fighting against the windmills comes to mind)
View by Xenia zu Hohenlohe, Partner/Director, Considerate Group
Collaboration in Food Waste Prevention - the case of Mauritius
I think that most of the hospitality industry is evolving in silos, and that certainly has negative consequences on issues realted to biodiversity and use of natural resources.
View by Benjamin Lephilibert, Founder & CEO, LightBlue Consulting
Trailblazing new paths together
I believe that we'd be further on the road of climate and biodiversity actions if we were effectively using cooperation in our sectors. Initiatives of small and wider scales are growing though, which is necessary as trailblazing new ways of doing business and new ways of designing desirable travel experiences requires exploring as many new paths as possible.
View by Johanna Wagner, CEO of Agence HoPe | Sustainability Guest Lecturer, ESSEC IMHI
Expert Views (19)
Swantje Lehners, Managing Director of Projects and Cooperations, Futouris e.V.
If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together" - this saying has accompanied our work in Futouris e.V. from the beginning. We are a partnership of tourism industry companies, working together to find and implement solutions to move that sustainability needle".
Henri Kuokkanen, Associate Professor, Institut Lyfe
Collaboration is essential in social and environmental sustainability, and misaligned interests can cause serious setbacks in efforts to become more sustainable. The need for such cooperation is particularly emphasized in tourism destinations that fight with various sustainability challenges, including those created by overtourism.
Benjamin Lephilibert, Founder & CEO, LightBlue Consulting
Since Food Waste represents on average ~50% of a hotel total waste, and knowing how poorly waste in disposed of/managed in most places, targetting this issue with a collaborative lense seems of the most overlooked issue of all.
Is this small Finnish city the ideal blueprint for a sustainable future?
Finland is officially the happiest place to live in the world. That’s according to the World Happiness Report, which has seen the Nordic country top the list for a sixth year in a row. The report cited nature and community as two of the biggest reasons that keep Finns smiling.
room2 Southampton wins £10,000 prize from Drax to install electric vehicle charging
room2 Southampton has been announced as the winner of the Drax Electric Vehicles competition at the EEA Summit, held yesterday on Tuesday 28 March 2023 at The Westin London City Hotel. Worth £10,000, the prize includes the supply, installation and first three years of free-of-charge software, service and maintenance of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station that will be added to room2 Southampton’s site, adding to its already stellar sustainability credentials.
Applications Now Open for 2023 UNWTO Students’ League: Bosnia and Herzegovina Edition
The new 'Off the Beaten Track' challenge aims to create a networking environment that will enable cultural connections between students, governments and businesses. Teams of students will be tasked with developing projects which showcase how tourism can contribute to rural development, a better understanding of different cultures and foster peace.
ESG, going from pioneer to leader: a headache for the French
Commitment to a policy of corporate social responsibility no longer makes a company special. Especially when the entire world has become aware that we cannot simply act without taking heed of the impact of our actions on the planet and its inhabitants. In terms of CSR, the law that is already imposed on large companies will eventually come to bear on all economic players.
By Vanguélis Panayotis, CEO MKG Consulting & Hospitality ON / MRICS, Hospitality ON
WTTC data reveals Portugal’s Travel & Tourism sector’s climate footprint
New groundbreaking data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Saudi-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center reveals the climate footprint of the Travel & Tourism sector in Portugal.
New WTTC environmental data reveals Italy’s Travel & Tourism sector’s climate footprint
New groundbreaking data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Saudi-based Sustainable Tourism Global Center reveals the climate footprint of the Travel & Tourism sector in Italy.
New environmental data reveals the climate footprint of the Travel and Tourism sector in Spain: WTTC
The World Travel and Tourism Council ( WTTC ) has released new information on the climate footprint of the Travel and Tourism sector in Spain.
The Social Hub Secures Approval for Innovative Renewable Energy Solution on Rooftop in Eindhoven
The Social Hub today announces that the Municipality of Eindhoven has granted approval for a ‘PowerNEST’ wind and solar solution to be built on the roof of The Social Hub Eindhoven. The 630m2 structure is expected to provide 17% of energy needed for the hotel, student accommodation and co-working space. The first conversations between The Social Hub, IBIS Power and the municipality of Eindhoven began in 2021. The City of Eindhoven has now approved a PowerNEST by Ibis Power to upgrade the building to renewable energy.
Meliá Hotels International Once Again Tourism Industry Leaders in the Merco Responsibility ESG Ranking
Meliá Hotels International is considered one of the leading companies in terms of sustainability in the MERCO ESG Responsibility ranking, in which it is both one of the top 100 most responsible Spanish companies and leader in the ranking for companies in Hospitality and Tourism.
Hospitality sector customer perceptions improve when commercial organisations are seen to be employing the houseless
Employing individuals experiencing houselessness results in positive outcomes in the hospitality industry, such as positive attitudes about hotels and positive word of mouth, according to research from the University of Surrey.
Accor: Our Planet, Our Commitment: Bats, Birdhouses and Organic Harvests near Marseille
In the second episode of the ‘Our Planet, Our Commitment’ series, we dive deeper into the initiatives that are making our commitment to sustainability a reality, with Grégor Onipenko, General Manager of Novotel & ibis budget Marseille Est Porte d’Aubagne.