Sustainability USA & Canada News

April 21, 2009

Cambean Hospitality to Become World’s Most Progressive Carbon Neutral Hospitality Company

Cambean Hospitality, a Miami Beach-based hospitality group that owns and manages four boutique hotel properties in the historic South Beach area, today announced that they will soon be the most Earth-friendly, carbon neutral hospitality company in the world. Cambean plans to achieve this designation by installing solar panels and a wind turbine on the roof of the Clifton South Beach Hotel, and by purchasing carbon offsets and renewable energy credits (RECs) from Boulder, Colo.-based Renewable Choice Energy to offset Cambean’s fuel and electricity consumption.

Cambean Hospitality

Miami, Florida, United States

External Article

April 9, 2009

Beyond green: Hotel floor goes hypoallergenic | boston.com

On the environmental sensitivity front, the Lenox Hotel has long been ahead of the curve. The Lenox and other hotels in the Saunders Hotel Group have been using earth-friendly cleaning products and pursuing resource efficiency since 1989. But with their Pure rooms, the hotel has taken sensitivity to another level - the 11th level to be precise. The 23 rooms on the hotel's top floor constitute the first hypoallergenic floor in Boston hostelry.

boston.com

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Press Release

April 8, 2009

Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) Joins the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria

The Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) is pleased to announce that it has been confirmed as a network member of the United Nations backed Partnership for the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC Partnership). The GSTC are a set of 37 criteria organized around the four pillars of sustainable tourism: effective sustainability planning; maximizing social and economic benefits to the local community; reduction of negative impacts to cultural heritage; and reduction of negative impacts to environmental heritage.

Hotels Canada

Canada

Press Release

March 25, 2009

Iconic 'New Yorker' Sign On The New Yorker Hotel To Go Dark For Earth Hour, March 28, 2009 At 8:30 PM

The New Yorker Hotel will turn off its iconic, six-story, bright red "New Yorker" sign in support of Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 P.M., demonstrating its commitment to changing the climate. The New Yorker Hotel is a leader in environment initiatives having replaced the "New Yorker" sign, which was first lit in the 1950's, with an environmentally safe, cutting-edge technology LED sign in 2005. It was recreated in the same exact size and footprint of the original sign to meet historic qualifications and is energy efficient and remains cool at all times. LED signs are more than twice as efficient as NEON signs, and the red LED The New Yorker Hotel uses is the most efficient color.

The New Yorker Hotel

New York, New York, United States

Press Release

March 6, 2009

170+ Fairfield Inn General Managers Roll Up Their Sleeves to Help Build New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity Homes

More than 170 Fairfield Inn and Fairfield Inn & Suites general managers are gathering today in New Orleans to help the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity build 3 homes at 4809 Reynes Street in the New Orleans East portion of the city's 9th Ward. The general managers, representing cities from across the nation, are in town attending an annual Marriott conference. The Fairfield Inn brand supports Habitat for Humanity with Hospitality at Home®, a program combining cash, in-kind and volunteerism to benefit local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International.

Marriott

New Orleans, United States

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