Bringing the behind the scenes, to the front of the stage Buildings don’t use energy or water – people do. When we think about resource usage in hospitality, it’s hard to remember that it is us who use turn the lights, heating, and taps on and off. The world is just beginning to realise that […]
Did you know some of the ways we save energy can actually be counterproductive? Our efforts can escalate costs, increase indirect carbon emissions, and leave us with wasteful practices ‘built in’ to our daily operations in hotel, resort, timeshare, apartments, or self-contained cabins. In our race to reduce carbon it might seem only natural to […]
The greenest hospitality businesses in the world won’t do anyone much good for long if they’re not making money. Talk of sustainability usually (and understandably) revolves around the environment, about waste and conservation. I have written about those topics and will do so again – but not here. This post is about economic sustainability, and […]
Dr Christopher Warren, founder of My Green Butler Tourism in crisis A crisis or recession should not automatically lead to a company’s fight for survival, it can be the spring board to a thriving business. While many hospitality firms take swift action to cut costs and, in many cases, offer discounting as defensive strategies to […]