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Sustainability News
10.3.2022

Wiesbaden. Today in focus: Plant-based nutrition / Sustainable to-go packaging / Tourist climate assessment / Recycling of soap residues / Radisson Coral Tree School / RIU Animal Welfare / Accor Marine Strategy / Germany Tourism CO2 Emissions.

With EcoHotels and Faircations two new "sustainable" OTAs arrive
Green labels, please make your reservations
24.2.2022

Wiesbaden. Sustainability is becoming increasingly important when it comes to booking. In the past few days, as many as two new booking platforms for sustainable hotels have entered the German market: EcoHotels and Faircations. Both platforms are based on well-known labels, but both service and future plans clearly differ from one another.

Every fourth euro for green buildings
17.2.2022

Frankfurt. How many properties are already "green" financed or were part of "green" transactions is still difficult to explore. BNP Paribas Real Estate ventured a first analysis from its database. The asset class hotels does not yet stand out.

KfW funding for energy-efficient buildings only conditionally halted
3.2.2022

Augsburg. As a result of a flood of applications and the threat of billions of euros in additional costs, the new German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection had stopped all possible funding under KfW's BEG programme with immediate effect on 24 January 2022.

Sustainability News
20.1.2022

Augsburg. Spotlighted today: Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic industry / Coastal pollution from sewage / Digital ecosystem atlas of Germany / Circular economy increasingly popular / New packaging for food / Upcycling of cups to books / European emissions trading / CO2 payout of electric cars / Green Compass for business travel / Ecological footprint of workwear / Sustainability of AI / CO2-neutral smartphone / Net Zero methodology for hotels / Future lab for sustainable tourism / Duvets made from marine waste / Green food in hotel / Hotel restaurant with vertical garden.

Initiative: Less CO2 on the plate
13.1.2022

Vienna. With a "climate plate", Austrian hoteliers are to serve the most climate-friendly dishes in the future. It reduces emissions. The industry prepares 450 million meals a year.

Deutsche Seereederei adjusts its brands and develops everything new
No more non-sustainable hotels
2.12.2021

Hamburg. From the traditional and slowly developed group of companies towards a dynamic "green tech hospitality leisure company" … The website of Deutsche Seereederei describes this transition vigorously and continues to sail exclusively under sustainability aspects. Managing Director Carsten Wilmsen explains the self-defined "green" criteria and the new brand profiles for Arosa, aja, and Henri Hotels. The core message: New partners have to support green tech.

The giant OTA plans to label 28 million listings – for free
Booking's Green Credo
25.11.2021

Amsterdam. Booking.com, a giant among the OTAs, last week - finally - presented its "green label": In future, the "Travel Sustainable badge" should rank all 28 million listings. The accommodations on the booking website does not have to pay anything for it! The OTA has defined the criteria for this in cooperation with three certifiers.

Sustainability News
18.11.2021

Augsburg. Guests' desire for more sustainability is having an increasing impact on tourism. In focus today: Will charging stations soon be superfluous? / Increasing use of renewable energies / Radisson backs "Carbon Negative" initiative / Accor joins Green Stay / Atlas for ecosystems / Johannesbad Group climate-neutral by 2035 / Sustainable trade fair stand / Eco indoor pool opens / Robot disinfects using UV-C light.

Sustainability: Jin Jiang is riding on the footboard
11.11.2021

Shanghai. China is one of the two largest CO2 emitters along with the US and just pushed back its climate targets by 20 years, to 2070. Just at this moment, the large state-owned hotel conglomerate of Jin Jiang announces to "establish an international framework for environmental responsibility".

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