DATE – CITY, STATE – (Kazor.com) – The Holiday Inn & Suites Columbia, SC won the 2011 “Best Hotel in Columbia” designation from Destination Guide. The achievement was awarded due to the hotel’s consistent quality and the commitment to the community by operating an environment friendly hotel. The Holiday Inn is an EcoRoom certified property, Fresh Stay participant, and currently... 

May 30 – Robbinsville, NJ – (Kazor.com) – The Heatsavr liquid pool cover is a biodegradable solution that is added to your green hotel’s pool water. It will float on the surface of the pool and spread out to cover the entire pool. The barrier it creates helps to slow down evaporation. Evaporative loss accounts for about 70% of heat loss so, by slowing this down, you will keep the... 

(Kazor.com) – Part 2 – Green Eradication Strategies Last week’s Unwelcomed Guests: Bed Bugs editorial focused how to identify bed bugs and prevention techniques. This week we detail how to fight back with an array of green solutions to eradicate those bed bugs giving you trouble, raising costs and tarnishing your hotel’s image. In the past, employing high doses of DDT was the preferred... 

(kazor.com) With 80% respondents planning to take more or same number of business trips in 2011, how can your hotel differentiate itself? A new business traveler study conducted by Deloitte’s Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure (THL) practice indicates corporate travel is anticipated to increase in 2011. This is great news, boosting customer demand for the hospitality sector and still consistent with... 

(kazor.com)If you are a hotelier that has struggled to survive the last two years, you are well aware of the importance of positive cash flow and how to maximize restricted budgets. Now that its 2011 and the anxiety has passed, it is time to look forward to capital and operational improvements that have been put on hold. The Hampton Inn in Lenoir City, Tennessee is one example of a hotel that shows... 

(kazor.com) In the past few years, Philadelphia has been “green” to a level above reduce, reuse and recycle. The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability have set the ambitious goal to reduce its vulnerability to rising energy prices andhave coordinated to make capital available to businesses to attain this goal. At a time when access to capital is constrained, the City of Philadelphia created the GreenWorks... 

(kazor.com) Over the past several years I have walked through a hundred hotels as part of our E2A Program (Energy Efficiency Analysis) always looking for opportunities that the EGH Team can present solutions for. In nearly90% of hotels we have evaluated, we have seen managements efforts to rid the property of incandescent and halogen lighting to reduce energy usage. One challenge faced during this... 

-(kazor.com)- Small changes into daily hotel operations can lead to extraordinary results. Beginning in early 2010, the 118-room Hilton Garden Inn – Knoxville West made the commitment to reduce its daily operation costs through energy efficiency and green technologies. A wide variety of energy conservation measures (ECM) were recommended by EcoGreenHotel and approved by M. Gibson Hotels Group. The... 

(kazor.com) Many hotels have taken the plunge into green standards and certification as thousands of buildings and manufacturing plants have earned the EPA’s Energy Star through the recent “green” trend years. Getting started is simple as there are a variety of everyday appliances and electronics that almost all hotel offices operate daily, such as: photocopiers, computers, printers, fax machines,... 

(Kazor.com)Nationwide we’re seeing growth in the green economy, but hurdles still remain as hotels, companies, and other businesses look for resources and funds. One growth area that we have noticed is the emergence of opportunities around energy. With Obama focusing on green and clean technology, we’ll be seeing more funds (tax rebates, federal energy incentives, etc) allocated to help businesses...