Green Lodging Conferences

Sharing ideas, the best way to get a few brains working on a bigger problem. Was lucky enough to speak to Peter Goren of the American Green Lodging and Hospitality Association (AGLHA) earlier on in this project and was given some great insight into the potential of waste management and recycling implementation in reducing costs as well as the diligence and buy-in green programs take.

Also working on getting to the AGLHA conference later on this year, November 8th-9th, 2011 in Orlando, FL to be exact. The theme this year is..." "Making Hospitality Green with Envy", [which] acknowledges the continuing need to refine sustainable processes and practices in the meeting and hospitality industries. Improved green initiatives will help to increase profitability by both reducing costs and boosting revenues, while minimizing their environmental impacts. This conference will help take the mystery out of going green and promises to make the business case that helping save the environment will also boost the bottom line."

A friend also pointed me in the direction of the West Coast Green Lodging Conference which is coming up soon. August 21st-24th in South Lake Tahoe, CA.

The theme for this year's conference is "Maintaining sustainability momentum in the new economy," featuring keynote speaker Douglas Rath, Director of energy and environment for Marriott International. His topic is "how to clarify the content and structure of your company's energy program to drive real measurable results."

So get out there and get your ideas going, every hospitality worker can make a difference in sustainability.