Category: News

QATAR:Centara West Bay Hotel & Residences Doha has been certified by Green Key Qatar

UAE: Lifestyle hotel brand Rove Hotels has become the latest chain to join the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

UK: Zeal Hotels has signed an agreement with IHG Hotels and Resorts for a net zero hotel in Exeter.

UK: Budget brand easyHotel is planning to spend £4.5 million to reduce its carbon emissions in UK hotels this year.

WORLDWIDE: Hotel management tech company, RoomRaccoon, has partnered up with Hotels for Trees, in a carbon offsetting programme.

UK: Whitbread, owner of one of the UK’s largest hotel companies Premier Inn, has announced it will cut water consumption by 20 per cent per guest by 2030. 

WORLDWIDE: The Radisson Hotel Group, which is part of Choice Hotels International, has joined HRS’s Green Stay Initiative.

Booking.com’s eighth annual Sustainable Travel Report has been released with insight from more than 33,000 travellers across 35 countries and territories.

UAE: UAE-based TIME Hotels is pushing its sustainability credentials at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) this year.

WORLDWIDE: Hotelbeds, the cloud-based technology platform, which offers access to a global network of travel products, has seen interest in sustainable hotel searches leap by a third.

USA: Best Western Hotel Group (BWH) is showing its commitment to environmental and social responsibility across its global portfolio with a new sustainability strategy.

GREECE: A sustainable boutique hotel will open on the island of Serifos this July using carbon capture to help it reduce emissions.

UAE: The Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), which is based in the UAE, has launched a new collection offering guests a more environmentally friendly choice.

ASIA-PACIFIC: A merger is being considered by the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance and GREEN Hospitality (Pangaia Solutions Limited) in Asia Pacific.

EUROPE: The Energy and Environment Alliance (EEA) has named Room to Reward as its official charity partner.