“…Until October 2022, only 117 hospitality properties in the United States were certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED; U.S. Green Building Council, 2022). In China, less than 10% of hotels were certified as green hotels by the China Hospitality Association (Zou et al, 2021). Evidence shows that cost is still one of the major challenges for hotel developers and hoteliers in adopting green practices, especially in countries with less strict regulations (Liu & Hu, 2021;Rahman & Reynolds, 2016).…”