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How green are North American hotels? An exploration of low-cost adoption practices

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 720-727

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2011.09.008

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Green; Hotel; Environmental; Hospitality; Eco-friendly; Lodging

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This study analyzed the so-called green, or environmentally friendly, practices of American hotels. As such, it examined how green hotels in the United States are regarding no-cost or low-cost practices. Respondents included 166 hotels, which were identified through a random sample of hotels from the American Hotel & Lodging Association and included chain and independent properties as well as properties of various sizes (based on the number of rooms). The study findings show that chain hotels were at the time of the study stronger adopters of green practices than independent hotels were, likely due to leveraging economies of scale through uniform corporate practices. In addition, hotels in the Midwest were found to be the most environmentally friendly in terms of their use of no-cost or low-cost green practices. Additional results indicated that size (classified by number of rooms) had little effect on the extent to which hotels were trying to manage energy consumption. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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