By Erik Folgate on 3/17/2010 10:28 AM
We are proud to announce that we have partnered with Eco Hotels of the World to provide more information to you, our valued customers, about environmentally friendly hotels around the world. "Eco Hotels of The World" is a free online guide created to showcase the most environmentally-friendly hotels in the world. All the hotels featured have been personally selected by their editors to ensure that they meet the standards... Read More »
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By Erik Folgate on 3/16/2010 10:16 AMWe continue to add new green hotels to our green hotel directory, and we love it when we add hotels in all areas of the United States, such as Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Blue is a reasonably priced hotel located in the heart of Albuquerque and convenient to the local airport. The Hotel Blue offers Tempur-Pedic beds, complimentary continental breakfast, complimentary shuttle service, free high speed Internet, free parking, and an outdoor pool with a courtyard setting. These are just a few of the many extra touches you will enjoy at The Hotel Blue.
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By Erik Folgate on 3/11/2010 1:58 PMWe often throw around words that become popular within a certain niche, and in the “green” community, the word “sustainability” is often used and talked about. It’s a word that hasn’t been used much, except in recent years, and my question to you is, “What does it mean to you?” Here are the definitions of sustainability.
Definitions:
1: Practices that would ensure the continued viability of a product or practice well into the future (Green Glossary) 2 : Methods, systems and materials that won't deplete resources or harm natural cycles (Rosenbaum, 1993)
Sustainability in Pictures
I found a great photography website where a bunch of amateur photographers submitted photos of what sustainability meant to them. I love describing words in pictures, because sometimes pictures say so much more than we could ever say in words. To look at all of the photos submitted, click here.
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By Erik Folgate on 3/8/2010 3:54 PM The obvious trend for the past few years in the hospitality and lodging industry has been green amenities and sustainable buildings for green hotels, meetings, and conventions. This trend is due in large part to the rising demand of consumers requesting greener hotels and feeling good about their travel. Many hotels have responded to this rising demand, and they have worked hard at improving the sustainability of their hotels, and some chains have even started building new LEED certified... Read More »
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By Erik Folgate on 3/2/2010 3:06 PMMore and more hotel chains and independently owned hotels are becoming more sustainable and more energy efficient due to the rising trend of green lodging and green amenities. More travelers are seeking green hotels, and hotel brands are picking up on this customer preference. Eco-efficiency is what many hotels are focusing on with their green amenities, which is simply the practice of doing more while using less resources. Producing less waste, using less energy, and in turn, producing less pollution is the name of the game for hotels, and their bottom line is improving because of it.
This chart shows what many people refer to as the “Triple Bottom Line”:
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By Erik Folgate on 2/24/2010 1:56 PM
Today on Green Chat, we’ll be talking about how to compost your food and recycle food efficiently. We’re in the business of helping you find green alternatives to travel and make your everyday travel more environmentally friendly, but being green is a lifestyle. We understand many of our customers that look for green travel are also looking for more ways to make their entire lifestyle more sustainable and eco-friendly. What we eat, what we don’t eat, and how we dispose of it directly affects our... Read More »
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By Erik Folgate on 2/18/2010 1:43 PM
Yesterday, we had a great green chat on Twitter talking about green alternatives for home improvements and home improvements that make your home more sustainable. If you still haven’t joined us on green chat, you can do that by visiting our Twubs page which aggregates all conversations on Twitter with the #greenchat hash tag.
Here is the transcript for yesterday’s green chat, just in case you missed it: February 17th, 2010 green chat transcript
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By Erik Folgate on 2/11/2010 4:12 PMThe hotel industry is finally starting to catch up with the increasing consumer demand for sustainable, eco-friendly hotel accommodations. We want to know that our travel is greener, because we choose hotels with green amenities. At RezHub.com, one of our missions is to make travel more affordable to you and make it easier to find green hotels around the world. But now the question is, which hotel properties are legitimately environmentally friendly? A few elite green hotel certification programs have sprouted up, and we recommend them as credible and legitimate sources for certifying hotel properties to be green and sustainable. Read More »
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By Erik Folgate on 2/4/2010 1:06 PMThere are many different articles and lists floating around about ways to make your travel more green, and we are in the business of doing everything that we can to help you engage in eco-friendly travel. So, we compiled a master list of tips for green travel. Feel free to bookmark and share this article for future reference. Read More » |
By Erik Folgate on 2/1/2010 3:59 PMGreat deals on Caribbean destinationsRead More » |
