System Associates Inc. has teamed with Control Green to monitor guestroom equipment and dispatch staff long before issues become a guest complaint. The joint technology is equipping hotel engineers with much needed business-intelligence to enhance the overall guest experience and provide for tighter energy monitoring and financial control.
VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, announces that it has phased out the use of brass metal plating and painting in the manufacture of its locking systems, opting instead to use a more eco-friendly process to color stainless steel. These finishes represent 90% of the total manufacturing volume and are applicable to more than 50% of the decorative parts.
TravelShark announced today the launch of a worldwide search to identify three charities to receive donations from the company's new socially enabled photo-sharing application, TravelSharkPix. The three-week "TravelSharkPix Charity Hunt" allows users to suggest their favorite charity for consideration and rally popular support during an online vote to choose the winning organizations.
The SRA is the leading UK authority on restaurant-related sustainability, but also works hand in hand with the hospitality industry and sustainability experts to provide up-to-date, practical resources and solutions to all member restaurants. Members (restaurants only) enjoy the economic benefits of greater sustainability and the SRA promotes their activities to diners.
After a series of impressive award and prize wins since its European debut, Activeion comes out as finalist in the Sustainability category of IET’s, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Innovation awards 2011. Sponsored by established names such as Withers & Rogers, ABB, Altran praxis, D. Young & Co., Lloyd’s Register, Mathworks, national grid and the National Physics Laboratory, the award organisers will announce winners in a closing ceremony to be held in London on November 9th.
Digrim, an established buying group active in the professional kitchen sector for the hospitality and restaurant businesses in Italy, joined forces with Ristoranti – Imprese del Gusto, a leading Italian food services publication part of the renowned Gruppo 24 Ore Editore, to elect the most innovative and sustainable products. Set against the backdrop of Europe’s largest HoReCa event, HOST 2011, the Digrim and Ristoranti competition named Activeion’s chemical-free cleaning device, the ionator EXP, ahead of other leading Italian manufacturers in two prize categories-- Green Excellence and Gold Innovation.
Created in 1991 in Westminster with a founder membership of London’s flagship hotels, Considerate Hoteliers (CHA) was one of the first hotel associations worldwide to impart the message that care for the environment and social responsibility should form a major part of a responsible hotelier’s agenda. Membership is open to hotels and guest houses, from the smallest to the largest and across the grading bands, nationwide, which are committed to the Association's Mission Statement and Environmental Charter and conform to it.
Located in 21 destinations within Switzerland in each of the four Swiss language regions, Swiss Deluxe Hotels (SDH) groups 4500 premium rooms and suites, 9200 beds, and represents 40% of the country’s five-star hotels. SDH employs 4500 staff devoted to maintaining Switzerland’s undisputed reputation as a first-class tourist destination. The statistics are impressive—last year, SDH hotels hosted 800,000 overnight stays.
You would be hard-pressed today to find a hotel that does not claim to be "Environmentally Friendly" to some extent -- whether they have direct water and energy conservation programs or simply participate in a recycling program, donate to charity, or hire locally. Offering towel and sheet-changing options, soap and shampoo dispensers vs. plastic bottles, guestroom recycling baskets and programs to reduce food-related waste is great. But those hotels that are still relying on paper processes for contract signing – whether it's for group business, supplier transactions or human resources processing, are significantly hindering their sustainability efforts and bottom-line revenues.
SOUTHLAKE, Texas – July 13, 2011 – Sabre employees around the world traded a day in the office to help the homeless, feed the hungry, sustain the environment and champion for children as part of Sabre's Give Time Together global volunteer week, the single largest employee engagement initiative at Sabre.
Evolve Guest Controls has completed installation of its fully custom keycard-based energy management system in all of the Hilton Inn at Penn’s 244 guestrooms and suites. Evolve’s keycard-based EMS system controls all of the lighting in the room, the TV(s), and the HVAC. When the guest enters their room, they insert their keycard into Evolve’s wall-mounted keycard reader and the room activates “comfort” mode.
BiddingForGood, the leading charitable e-commerce platform connecting consumers and marketers to thousands of nonprofit auctions announced the top performing hotel brands and categories on its platform. Some of the top brands on BiddingForGood include Hilton, Marriott, and Kimpton. These brands, featured in a trusted online environment, have helped the company reach over $105 million in merchandise sales supporting non-profits and schools across the U.S.
The InterContinental San Francisco hotel is reaping the financial and environmental benefits of implementing the e4 Smart Digital Thermostat developed by Niantic-based INNCOM, the international hospitality-industry leader in advanced guestroom automation systems for hotels and resorts. According to the INNCOM tracking system, the property saved $75,491 on energy costs from January to September 2010.
Global leader in advanced guestroom automation systems educates China’s lodging industry investors and government functionaries on reducing coal consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by millions of metric tons at the China Cleantech Industry Investment Summit
The global leader in hospitality security and part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, received the prestigious Editor's Choice Award during the International Hotel, Motel + Restaurant Show (IHMRS) in New York, winning for its innovative Energy Management Solution: Orion by VingCard Elsafe.
NaturCert is today the leading international network of independent organizations promoting green & sustainable tourism through one international certification system and related programs.
Next month hoteliers from around the globe will be flocking to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York with one goal in mind: "Powering [Their] Business for the New Economy" -- the theme for the 2010 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show November 13-16. One way in which hoteliers plan to re-energize their operations through the recovery is by becoming more "Green" in 2011 and beyond. OpenWays, the hospitality industry's first mobile key front-desk bypass solution, gives hoteliers a new platform for sustainability by dematerializing keys and cards and instead sending them over the air to cell phones.
Hoteliers can now measure their green impact throughCheck Safety First's new environmental module, an add-on to its existing E-Cristal risk management system. The solution will provide the hotel industry with an independent accreditation of their green policies to avoid accusations of "greenwashing".
Coming in just two weeks at HITEC 2010, VingCard Elsafe, the global leader in hospitality security, will once again redefine the hospitality security industry when it unveils its next evolution of wireless solutions. The new energy-saving product offers a cost-effective solution to help hoteliers save money, develop “green” initiatives and ensure guest comfort and satisfaction.
Given that energy is the lodging industry’s second-leading operating cost, energy management is important even in the best of economic times. But when the economy—like today’s—is stagnant and forces down occupancies and rates, the effective management of energy is key to survival.