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Hospitality Research Examines Daily Deals and Sustainability Issues Feb 22, 2012: Hospitality Leadership Through Learning

Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Examines Daily Deals and Sustainability Issues

U.S. - Challenges of LEED certification Feb 22, 2012: Jones Lang LaSalle's Helee Hillman, LEED AP, discusses the growing popularity of LEED certification in buildings outside the U.S., and the resulting challenges, such as translating and interpreting guidelines into many languages and dealing with conflicting building codes.

Hoteliers have energy management concerns Feb 22, 2012

Investments in energy efficiency initiatives in four- and five-star U.S. hotels are impacted by concerns from hoteliers about building automation and control systems around initial costs and the perception that energy management systems will result in a negative guest experience, according to a recent survey by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Harrah Hotel College and Cannon Survey Center.

Consumers and Green Hotels - Part 2 Feb 13, 2012: The MBA students at Georgetown University taking Consumer Behavior in the fall of 2009 were asked to examine consumer skepticism, cynicism, and confusion regarding "green" behavior. Each team created a video to present the results of a particular focus within the realm of "green" behavior. This video is from the team that chose to focus on "green" hotels.

Consumers and Green Hotels - Part 1 Feb 7, 2012: The MBA students at Georgetown University taking Consumer Behavior in the fall of 2009 were asked to examine consumer skepticism, cynicism, and confusion regarding "green" behavior. Each team created a video to present the results of a particular focus within the realm of "green" behavior. This video is from the team that chose to focus on "green" hotels.

TRENDS - Properties of All Sizes Find Major Energy Savings - You Tube video stories Feb 5, 2012

Four major hospitality projects ranging from Bed & Breakfasts to mega hotels share specifics on how to reduce expenses, while meeting guest expectations and corporate responsibility.

What is Your Hotel's Carbon Emission? Feb 4, 2012: Hotel owners that recognize the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) of the companies that consume room nights in the markets will ultimately shift share. This RFP season will offer even more proof of that. Companies like Deloitte and Johnson & Johnson will continue to blaze the trail. The hotel brands are already recognizing this and have been busy implementing corporate sustainability policies.