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Eco or Ego? Certifying your Green Game in Hospitality eco-friendly business green business practices hospitality industry Jul 02, 2024

Are you interested in sustainable hospitality? Are you bored and looking for a blog to read? Do you enjoy a sassy tone while getting somewhat informed? Then read on, you’re in the right place!

Hospitality And Sustainability

As we approach World Nature Conservation Day, it’s worth discussing some o...

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5 Green Year Resolutions your Business can make eco hotel green business green hospitality green hotel green manager green team hospitality industry hotel news sustainability sustainability news sustainable business sustainable hotel Jan 03, 2022

This past year has been as unparalleled as 2020, with many hoping for better things to come in 2022...

What has been crystal clear, is that society is demanding more. More from our governments, more from businesses and more from ourselves.

2030, 2050- these 'net zero' targets and others are only a...

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A Green Training Programme to support the Irish Hospitality Industry free training green business training green education green hospitality green training hospitality business hospitality industry irish hospitality sustainability Nov 23, 2020

Fifty Shades Greener, and the Educational Training Boards of Ireland, headed by KWETB, have partnered to deliver Environmental Training to the hospitality industry workforce in Ireland.

This project is funded by SOLAS and there will be no cost at all for businesses.

It has never been more importan...

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Are you spending more money than you need to at your Hotel? benefits of green hotels green hospitality green hotel tips hospitality hospitality business hospitality industry Oct 19, 2020

If you have not implemented an Environmental Management system at your hospitality business you are spending a lot more than you should in your utilities.

Who is the person responsible right now to decide when your equipment should be turned on or off?

Who is responsible to measure your food waste...

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Whatley Manor, luxury that does not cost the planet eco hotels green business green hospitality green hotels hospitality hospitality industry sustainability Sep 28, 2020

This week, I thought Id give you a break from telling you my opinion on something or other and instead, I wanted to highlight a business that is walking the walk and talking the talk when it comes to their Green Programme.

Dating back to the 18th century, Whatley Manor is a beautifully restored man...

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Have you trained your team how to save YOUR money? green hospitality green hotel green training hospitality hospitality industry hotels sustainability sustainability training sustainable hotel Sep 14, 2020

Hotels and Restaurants spend a good portion of their sales paying for utilities, the energy, water and waste that takes to run your business, can be the second largest cost you will incur over the year.

So when was the last time you trained your team to SAVE YOU MONEY??? Or have you ever?

Teaching...

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Using your Green Journey as a Marketing Tool green business green hospitality green hotel green journey green marketing green training hospitality hospitality industry hotel training hotel training courses Sep 07, 2020

If your business is running a Green programme to reduce it’s carbon footprint it seems logical to use your green journey as a marketing tool.

The travel agent central statistics released a report in 2019 were it stated that:

87% of global travellers want to travel more sustainably

78% of travelle...

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Greening the Hospitality industry in Canada canada carbon footprint eco hotel environmental training green business green hospitality green hotel green training hospitality industry hotel industry Aug 24, 2020

Sustainability doesn’t have to be an unattainable goal, or something in the distance that we all know exists but we fail to pursue. There are so many small changes we can all implement in our lives and workplaces that will directly affect our use of resources and our production of a carbon footprint...

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7 Basic steps to reduce your hotel’s carbon footprint carbon footprint carbon reduction green business green hospitality green hotel hospitality hospitality industry Aug 16, 2020

Allow me to steal 3 minutes of your time today to show you how simple it is to reduce your Hotel’s carbon footprint and even achieve carbon neutrality.

Sustainability is this big word that is thrown around so often and in so many scenarios that it becomes an unachievable task in our minds. So I wan...

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My business carbon footprint, should I care? business carbon footprint carbon footprint green business green hospitality hospitality industry reduce carbon footprint Jul 21, 2020

Climate crisis, biodiversity collapse and extinguished eco systems are common words we hear every so often in recent years.

But what can I do about it?

Can I change it?

And if I can’t, should I care?

In a post COVID economy, business owners have enough to worry about without also joining the fig...

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Hospitality Industry Post COVID-19 business efficiency carbon reduction cost savings environmental management green business green hospitality hospitality hospitality industry Jul 01, 2020

Never in our minds we would have thought our beloved Hospitality industry would lie dormant for 3 months. But that is the reality of 2020, as the world re-opens slowly, and people start to travel, it is time to take a good luck at our current standards of procedure, and ensure we are running efficie...

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Hospitality students need the right tools to do better in the future green hospitality hospitality industry hospitality student hotel management hotel management college shannon college shannon college of hotel management May 26, 2020

I studied Hotel Management back in the late 90’s and early 2000. It was 4 years of my life when I had the most fun, and met what would become my best friends for life. During my time in college they taught us how to do a business budget, how to forecast, how to control staff wages and dealing with a...

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