Hotels missing out on free money
Hotels are missing out on free and instant opportunity to reduce CRC liabilities says GTBS Jon Proctor
Hotels are missing out on a ‘free and instant opportunity’ to cut energy costs and associated imminent CRC-related liabilities by 20% through simple staff awareness, according to the technical director of a leading tourism eco-label.
Green Tourism Business Scheme technical director Jon Proctor claims that employee ‘naivety’ costs a typical 50-bedroom property thousands of pounds annually through failure to adopt energy-friendly ‘avoidance-based’ rather than investment-implicit green practices. The GTBS inspects thousands of properties annually as part of its ICRT*-validated tourism eco-certification programme.
He says, ‘Staff awareness of basic green thinking generally saves hotels around 20% on their utility bills and by not ensuring that their employees are conscious of the simplest resource-saving activities, hotels are effectively throwing their money away – not only on utility bills but now on tax.
‘Straightforward management of lighting and heating and avoiding the ‘standby factor’ with televisions and other equipment through an ‘on demand’ rather than ‘always on’ approach is key.
‘There is an almost universal misconception among hoteliers that ‘going green’ will be an expensive exercise, but the reality is that the introduction of basic green thinking results in adjustments which typically, and immediately, start to save a property thousands. Sustainability equates to savings.’
The Green Tourism Business Scheme is the only certification program in the UK endorsed by VisitEngland, VisitScotland and VisitWales and has been validated by the International Centre for Responsible Tourism since 2008. Operated by a not-for-profit organisation, Green Business, there are over 2,200 GTBS members through the UK and Ireland. www.green-business.co.uk
For more information: www.green-business.co.uk
Valere Tjolle
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Valere Tjolle is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suitewww.travelmole.com/stories/1143624.php
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