Sustainability Development in Hotel Industry

Making tourism more sustainable is not just about controlling and managing the negative impacts of the industry. Tourism is in a very special position to benefit local communities, economically and socially, and to raise awareness and support for conservation of the environment.

Tourism plays a significant role in sustainable development and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Tourism Organization (WTO) wish to encourage all countries to make sure that their policies and actions for its development and management fully embrace the principles of sustainability. Likewise, policies to promote sustainable development should take full account of the opportunities offered by tourism. Various international conventions and declarations have put forward principles and guidelines for sustainable tourism and the importance of tourism and its sustainability was underlined at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. Many countries declare that they are pursuing, or wish to pursue, policies for ‘sustainable tourism’. Despite this interest, there remains a degree of uncertainty over the scope and priorities for making tourism more sustainable and only partial appreciation of how to put this into practice (Making Tourism More Sustainable, 2005).

Additionally, the study found that hotels with a non-financial reporting control system were more likely to adopt an environmental policy. In 1996, when this article was published, green policies were considered stratagems instead of bonafide, widespread business strategies for all hotels to take into consideration to participate in environmentally-responsible business practices. The author concludes that until environmental concerns become strategic issues added into the control system with rewards, the response will remain the same; green policies and practices will be considered stratagems.

The vision/mission behind the Good Hotel concept is to maintain its identity as a “hotel with a conscience” – encompassing a positive attitude, environmental sensitive, and philanthropy. The intent of the vision is to inspire the “good in us all”. (Pearce, 2012, p. 10-1, 10-2)

According to Part A, Hilton Surfers Paradise Residences (HSPR) is recommended to pay more attention to the international tourists and develop a marketing strategy to improve their satisfaction in order to attract them to their hotel. At the same time, sustainability has already become the major challenge for the whole hospitality industry, therefore, energy saving and recycle system should be established in the future operation. The first recommendation is made due to competitive needs and the ideal spot of HSPR that may well be attractive to international tourists. The second is recommended due to legislation introduced by the Australia government who announced that the carbon tax will be introduced in 2012 in Australia and that hotels have to become "green". It may be that the two recommendations can be integrated , attracting international tourists and 'greening' the environment at the same time (Aaker et al, 2004), thereby saving HSPR money.

Sustainability is important to maintain the way humans and nature are treated to have healthy organisms and reproduction. Unfortunately, nature and animals are not treated the way they should be. Many livestock are forced reproduced and kept in unlivable conditions. Plants are overwatered or left in drought and given GMO’s to survive. There are many different ways we can change our ways and allow organisms to survive naturally without the use of pesticides and animals to live happy. If a hotel practiced sustainable practices they would be very well known and enjoyed in the community.

Being represented on local trade bodies ensures that the business is in line with current

In recent years, when the concept of sustainability is raising up, there is high percentage of customers who aware about the green products (Rather & Rajendran 2014), they do not only consider about the product or

The environment is also a beneficiary of the hotel’s environmentally friendly programs aimed at reducing the use of chemical agents used in the upkeep of the hotel.

The Ritz Carlton Hotel will inevitably have a negative impact on the environment due to its large size, hence the considerable pollution and the waste which would be produced during its construction and operation. Green-house gas is a pollutant that being continually produced throughout the entire life-cycle of the hotel. Initially, transportation of construction material and construction are both carbon dioxide high-emitting activities. During the operation, the tourism being brought about will also contribute to the green-house emissions significantly. However, on some level, the extensive area of vegetation covered nearby could compensate for the green-house gas being emitted.

What has been implementedEarthCare Products and PracticesAs part of Kimpton EarthCare, every hotel adopts standard environmentally friendly products and practices with high-impact and benefit to our planet.

In the last decade a new terminology was entered into hotels vocabulary. Green amenities. With more “ecofriendly, and green hotels we see trend to introduce a green amenities.

Many hospitality industries are doing their best to be sustainable and green. Even though there are many issues hospitality industries are facing. Sustainability includes not only environmental issues but also preservation of local cultures. The industries are still struggling to find measurements and benchmarks for “green” operations generally and energy conservation specifically. Food service operations also face sustainability issues, complicated by guest interest in healthy food and local sourcing. Hotel industry processes and their related resource consumption in hotel operations have some form of environmental impact (Singh, Houdre,

To my general point of view, this program is an initiate path to be sustainable. Lots of hotels are participating in recycling their used soaps, lotions and shampoos. Though it is considered to be a trend in the hospitality industry, there are many benefits when participating in this environment-friendly program. The first positive point worth mentioning is that hotel would have save their expenses when doing soaps, lotions and shampoos recycling. 'Saving money by reducing long-term operating costs ' (MacDougall 2013, pp.5) Acording to the USA Today, hotels don 't need to pay fee for delivery recycle items to Clean The World. They are not only save money but also help the hotels look tidy and clean. Secondly, this is also a great way of marketing to make more people know about your company. Therefore, it helps improve your reputation to the public. Due to the fact that local community or government may use the hotel as a good example to encourage people using

The concept grew out of dissatisfaction with entrenched policies of continuous economic growth and unequal distribution of benefits and costs ( Bramwell and Lane, 1993; Hardy, Beeton, and Pearson,2002). Similarly, sustainable development for tourism industry is found to be difficult to define( Swarbrooke,1999), The term could be defined as a form of tourism sustained over a period time(Butler,1999). Accordingly, tourism industry that meets the needs of today’s tourists without taking away from the future generations the resource necessary to fulfill their own needs. Thus, the controversy exists over a definition for sustainable tourism development.