Black Meetings & Tourism - Greening of Hospitality Industry

Greening of Hospitality Industry
	Four U.S. Virgin Islands Beaches Awarded "Blue Flag" Certification The Department of Tourism is proud to report that four of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ beaches have received the prestigious Blue Flag certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
	ASAE Reports On "Green It" Initiatives That Save Money And Reduce Its Carbon Footprint Are the days of meeting planners hauling around huge binders full of every detail about a meeting going the way of the dinosaur?
	Exhibition Place Wins Silver Facility Management Award 2011 Recycling Council Of Ontario Awards The Recycling Council of Ontario awarded Exhibition Place the Silver Facility Management Award , which recognizes buildings that showcase an internal waste minimization program.
	The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Hosts Starwood's First Zero Waste Conference And Sets New Industry Standard For Commitment To Sustainability A Longtime Leader in Green Practices, Sheraton Debuted Its New Food Waste Recycling Program and Zero Waste Progress During Starwood’s Rooms and Engineering Leadership Conference
	Corporate Meetings Go Green With American Express Meetings & Events American Express Meetings & Events and Maxvantage are helping clients with their green meeting objectives with The Carbon Accounting Company’s Green Hotels Global (GHG).
	Georgia World Congress Center Working With Customers To Green Events During the past few months, the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) has hosted several events that were particularly interested in producing a green event.
	Las Cruces Convention Center Awarded LEED Gold Certification The Las Cruces Convention Center has achieved a certification status of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
	Kenya Airways Launches Program To Cut Carbon Emissions Through a unique initiative developed in cooperation with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Kenya Airways , “The Pride of Africa,” will now offer its passengers the opportunity to voluntarily participate directly in offsetting the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions related to their flights.
	Green Meetings And Events Evaluated With RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality Echo-Meetings Go Green RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality are combining premier meeting venues with an elevated commitment to environmental sustainability through the Company’s Echo-Meetings program.
	APEX/ASTM Standards For Environmentally Sustainable Meetings Cross Major Milestone The Convention Industry Council recently announced that the APEX -lead initiative to create standards for environmentally sustainable events has crossed an important milestone.