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Meliá has partnered with Climatetrade, a leading Spanish start-up in carbon-credit management, to allow customers to get directly involved in combatting climate change

All Hyatt brands worldwide will move to large-format bathroom amenities and reduce single-use water bottles by June 2021

Amaala, one of the largest ultra-luxury sustainable resort projects ever conceived – one that will create 22,400 jobs and attract 310,000 visitors annually – is in the design stages for Saudi Arabia’s northeastern coast along the Red Sea.

In mid-October, the Beijing government drafted an amendment on household waste management to avoid using disposable daily necessities in the food service and hotel industries. Green travel app

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic, across its entire portfolio of luxury hotels, by the end of March 2021.

50 Meliá hotels in Spain and EMEA will reduce plastic use by over 45,000 kilos within a year

Critical to the energy efficiency of any building is the quality of the window itself – its ability to insulate from infrared heat, potentially harmful UV rays, visible light, and cold air. Joseph Harary, President and CEO, Director, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary for Research Frontiers, says 18 to 20 percent of a building’s energy footprint is from windows.

Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced that it’s expanding an initiative to replace tiny, single-use toiletry bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel in guestroom showers with larger, pump-topped bottles.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced a partnership with technology company Winnow to help its hotels automatically track, measure and reduce food waste for more sustainable and efficient restaurant and bar operations.

With 13 years of building to LEED standards under its belt, it is no surprise that The Duffie Companies’ first hotel project would be a LEED one. With the Home2 Suites by Hilton Silver Spring (Md.), however, The Duffie Companies has gone far beyond basic LEED certification; the hotel is on the way to becoming one of just seven LEED Platinum hotels or resorts in North America.