Sustainability In The Hotel Industry

For a decade the hotel industry is trying to implement a strategy to help with sustainability. Water, electric, gas is highly generated every day in hotel rooms. The Deliotte Game changers or spectators article (2015) stated that Hospitality is vulnerable to water shortages, relies heavily on built assets, and consumes significant amounts of electricity and, generally speaking, is an item on which spending is discretionary. This is the case because when people travel they do not pay attention to how much energy or water they are actually consuming. The hotel industry is one the largest establishment that is constantly using water, electric, and gas.

As an Executive Housekeeper in a hotel there are many challenges to develop a strategies to operate successfully in order to help sustainability. The hospitality industry has been under pressure by government legislation and regulations to

A good example is the Kimpton Hotels where they begin their sustainability mission inside the hotel and expanding it to the whole society. Kimtpon has been eco-conscious since they began recycling trash since 1981(Berezan, Millar, Raab, 2014). Kimpton Hotels developed an EarthCare program, which offers variety of eco-friendly services and amenities. Their eco-friendly services includes providing guest with luxury, eco-friendly bath amenities, their rooms and linens cleaned with eco-friendly cleaning products, and having a towel and linen reuse program. These extra eco-friendly steps help dramatically reduces water and energy use. They program extends out by serving guest organic snack and beverage options in their in-room honor bars, organic and/or fair-trade coffee and tea, and encourages guest to use ceramic mugs to minimize use of paper cups (A Green Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York, Kimpton.) On a larger scale, Intercontinental Hotels Group, has evolve green efforts, focusing energy, waste, water, and