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Greening of Hospitality Industry
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. Available across Vail Resorts hospitality portfolio in more than 15 different locations ranging from the mountains of Keystone, Colorado to the beaches of Jamaica, green meetings are seamlessly arranged integrating diverse easy to implement features including: Solutions for paperless meetings Reusable décor Organic, locally-sourced menu items from the Appetite for Life program Proper meal portions to limit food waste Water on the Rocks, a refillable water bottle program available at RockResorts’ properties Organic and natural spa treatments available during breakout sessions Beyond the basics, meeting and event planners can earn up to five percent off meeting expenses by participating in the Echo-Meetings Incentive Program and adding additional environmental and sustainability features to their meeting. The program is tiered to offer flexible options and greater rebates. Options include: Offsetting travel for 20 percent of attendees by using a carbon calculator Coordinating 50 percent of meeting attendees share shuttle transportation Eliminating plastic water bottles Running a paperless meeting Donating to a designated non-profit in a sum equal or greater than four Percent of the master account. Partnering with a local non-profit on a volunteer project Vail Resorts offers other opportunities to ensure that your event, meeting or vacation is as eco-conscious as possible. Environmentally engaged couples can say “I Do” while embracing the beauty of their surroundings through an Iconic Wedding. Groups and leisure travelers can also participate in a Give & Getaway, which supports local non-profit organizations like Friends of the Dillon Ranger District and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. Guests who book this offer receive a discounted rate on lodging and a complimentary gift. For more information, visit WWW.VAILRESORTSECHO.COM or call (866) 513-ROCK (7625). Follow RockResorts and Vail Resorts on Twitter: @RockResorts, @RockResortsNEWS and @VailResortsNEWS or Facebook: www.facebook.com/RockResorts. About RockResorts® RockResorts®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vail Resorts, owns and operates luxury resorts that offer casually elegant accommodations, lavish RockResorts Spas, renowned golf courses, award-winning dining and a variety of exciting outdoor adventures. The RockResorts collection includes The Arrabelle at Vail Square and The Lodge at Vail in Vail, Colo.; The Osprey at Beaver Creek and The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colo.; One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, Colo.; Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colo.; Snake River Lodge & Spa™ in Jackson Hole, Wyo.; La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa in Santa Fe, N.M.; Tempo Miami in Miami, Fla.; Half Moon in Rose Hall, Jamaica; The Landings St. Lucia in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia; and Balcones del Atlántico in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic. Future RockResorts will include Alma del Pacifico Hotel in Costa Rica; Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas; Rum Cay Resort Marina in The Bahamas; Third Turtle Club & Spa in Turks and Caicos; The Mansfield Inn at Stowe in Stowe, Vt. About Vail Resorts Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and in the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.

Greening of Hospitality Industry

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. Available across Vail Resorts hospitality portfolio in more than 15 different locations ranging from the mountains of Keystone, Colorado to the beaches of Jamaica, green meetings are seamlessly arranged integrating diverse easy to implement features including:

Solutions for paperless meetings
Reusable décor
Organic, locally-sourced menu items from the Appetite for Life program
Proper meal portions to limit food waste
Water on the Rocks, a refillable water bottle program available at
RockResorts’ properties
Organic and natural spa treatments available during breakout sessions

Beyond the basics, meeting and event planners can earn up to five percent off meeting expenses by participating in the Echo-Meetings Incentive Program and adding additional environmental and sustainability features to their meeting. The program is tiered to offer flexible options and greater rebates. Options include:

Offsetting travel for 20 percent of attendees by using a carbon calculator
Coordinating 50 percent of meeting attendees share shuttle transportation
Eliminating plastic water bottles
Running a paperless meeting
Donating to a designated non-profit in a sum equal or greater than four
Percent of the master account.
Partnering with a local non-profit on a volunteer project

Vail Resorts offers other opportunities to ensure that your event, meeting or vacation is as eco-conscious as possible. Environmentally engaged couples can say “I Do” while embracing the beauty of their surroundings through an Iconic Wedding. Groups and leisure travelers can also participate in a Give & Getaway, which supports local non-profit organizations like Friends of the Dillon Ranger District and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. Guests who book this offer receive a discounted rate on lodging and a complimentary gift.

For more information, visit WWW.VAILRESORTSECHO.COM or call (866) 513-ROCK (7625). Follow RockResorts and Vail Resorts on Twitter: @RockResorts, @RockResortsNEWS and @VailResortsNEWS or Facebook: www.facebook.com/RockResorts.

About RockResorts®
RockResorts®, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vail Resorts, owns and operates luxury resorts that offer casually elegant accommodations, lavish RockResorts Spas, renowned golf courses, award-winning dining and a variety of exciting outdoor adventures. The RockResorts collection includes The Arrabelle at Vail Square and The Lodge at Vail in Vail, Colo.; The Osprey at Beaver Creek and The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colo.; One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, Colo.; Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colo.; Snake River Lodge & Spa™ in Jackson Hole, Wyo.; La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa in Santa Fe, N.M.; Tempo Miami in Miami, Fla.; Half Moon in Rose Hall, Jamaica; The Landings St. Lucia in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia; and Balcones del Atlántico in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic. Future RockResorts will include Alma del Pacifico Hotel in Costa Rica; Bimini Bay Resort in the Bahamas; Rum Cay Resort Marina in The Bahamas; Third Turtle Club & Spa in Turks and Caicos; The Mansfield Inn at Stowe in Stowe, Vt.

About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties across the United States and in the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.