Leading Hotels to offset guests’ energy consumption
The Leading Hotels of the World has launched a carbon offsetting programme in conjunction with Sustainable Travel International.
Under the ‘Leading Green Initiative’, the consortium will directly offset guests’ energy consumption for stays at any of its 440 hotels worldwide.
It will make a donation of 50¢ for every night of a guest’s stay when their reservation is made through www.lhwgreen.com, or when ‘Leading Green’ is mentioned to any one of its worldwide voice reservations centres.
The investment per guest represents 29.3 kilowatt-hours of electricity supplied by new wind and solar power, which equates to 33.7 pounds of greenhouse gas emission reductions.
It stressed that prices have not been increased to support the initiative.
“While many companies offer the opportunity for customers to voluntarily make donations, we feel strongly about taking a leadership position in environmental responsibility and setting the example,” said Paul M. McManus, president and chief executive officer for The Leading Hotels of the World.
“We are, therefore, delighted to be making the financial contribution on our guests’ behalf.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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