Green Travel Hints For You

Make sure that before you leave home for your holiday, you take the first steps to green up your travel by turning down the thermostat on your hot water heater, adjusting your AC/heat thermostat, stopping your newspaper delivery & putting out a no junk mail sign on your mail box!

Courtyard Portland gains LEED Gold Certifcation

The Courtyard in Portland, which was orignally a bank building is due to open in May 2009.
The 256 room hotel has earned a LEED Gold Certifcaton from the US Green Building Council.

APRIL 22nd IS EARTH DAY

This year we celebrate the 40th Earth Day event. The first Earth Day was held on the April 22, 1970. So lets go and celebrate!

let me know what you intend to do to participate in this event.

HOTELS EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES

Accor has announced it will hold its third Earth Guest Day his year, this will be a group-wide initiative that aims to involve employees across the Accor group in sustainable development projects.
Accor will also introduce a new website on April 22 that will showcase its participation in the Plant for the Planet: there Billion Tree Campaign, which is an initiative launched last year in association with the United Nations Environment Program.

GREEN YOUR HOTEL STAY ASSISTS AMAZON RAINFORESTS

In February this year, Marriott launched “Green Your Hotel Stay” programme. When a guests book a room on Marriott.com webiste or visit’s Green-Brazilian Rainforest, they can help protect the 1.4 million acres of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Guests are now able to offset the carbon generated during their stay for as little as US$10, or US$1/day for 10 days. Marriott has been in the process of greening its $10 billion supply chain, replacing its plastic key cards, towels, pens, toilet paper, pillows, and paint with more environmentally-friendly options.