I wrote about Vinivi on these pages before. The hotel review site based in beautiful Mauritius has started to add new features on their site and a major one is the eco-friendly stamp "Green Hotel" on more than 600 hotel properties in 55 countries.
The initiative is co-partnered with different certification bodies: The Green Key, The European EcoLabel or The GreenGlobe.
This is the first initiative of its kind in the online travel space. Having said that, I already start to see an issue about how many bodies that are or will be created to certify hotels. You can already see 3 bodies at this stage. Does a hotel needs to get certified with the 3 bodies to be fully 100% eco friendly? How do you choose between th 3? How much does it cost?
Another initiative I have been aware of is the creation of CarePar aiming to calculate the CO2 emissions in a hotel. The project is led by Peter Ducker, Executive Director of the Hotel Booking Agents Association.
It is nice that hotels are becoming aware of the big problem that we all face in treating our environment with respect. Hotels that offer places to recycle will also be able to make more money as they don't have to waste so much plus they get paid to recycle.
Every hotel should make it easier for travelers to recycle.
Posted by: hospitality furniture | Monday, August 18, 2008 at 04:57 PM
the "green globe" initiative is excellent. I've found another site which talks about "green hotels"
http://www.topcanadianhotels.com/
Posted by: jamie | Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM
A valuable resource for hoteliers, EcoGreenHotel.com is dedicated to helping hotels address environmental issues and implement environmentally friendly initiatives. It is a marketplace with plentiful amounts of information ranging from green products and services, industry "green" news, basic environmental overview to other tools like checklists, green project ideas, book lists, and resourceful links for a more sustainable hotel.
Posted by: Scott Parisi | Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 09:38 AM