Sustainable Hotels for Sustainable Destinations

Marin, Cipriano; Jafari, Jafar

doi:10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00023-8

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“…The theme of sustainable development has continued to receive attention in all fields (Marin and Jafari, 2002). The tourism industry is no exception.…”

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Hotel companies' environmental policies and practices: a content analysis of their web pages

Hsieh

2012

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to analyze the environmental management policies and practices of the top 50 hotel companies as disclosed on their corporate web sites. Design/methodology/approach -This study employed content analysis to review the web sites of the top 50 hotel companies as defined herein. Findings -Only 46 per cent of the selected hotel companies used web pages to post information related to environmental issues on their public web sites. The web pages of Wyndham, IHG, Accor, Whitbread, Hyatt, Rezidor, Sol Melia, TUI, and Scandic featured more revealing environmental information than that posted by other companies, which indicated their environmental commitment and engagement. The results of content analysis identified 12 major environmental focus areas in which the sample hotel companies engaged.Research limitations/implications -The findings on environmental policies and practices are limited to the environmental information featured on the web sites of the top 50 hotel companies. Some of these companies may have established environmental policies or initiated environmental programs not disseminated on their web sites. In addition, web page information can be changed at any time, and the findings of this study are based upon a snapshot of the web sites as of March 2010.Practical implications -This study establishes a benchmark of the dissemination of environmental information on the internet by leading hotels, and provides a preliminary picture of environmental initiatives and engagement among these top hotel companies. The information generated from this study can serve as a guide for hotels that would like to engage in an environmental management program. This study also provides a source of information for hotels that would like to develop environmental web sites to demonstrate their environmental commitment to their stakeholders. Originality/value -Information concerning the content of environmental information disseminated on the web sites of large hotel companies is sparse. Consequently, this study aims to provide a snapshot of where the hotel industry is with regard to on-line environmental disclosure and related environmental policies and practices.

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“…The theme of sustainable development has continued to receive attention in all fields (Marin and Jafari, 2002). The tourism industry is no exception.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hotel companies' environmental policies and practices: a content analysis of their web pages

Hsieh

2012

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

189

145

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“…In particular, according to Ritchie & Crouch [12], tourist destinations can maintain a competitive advantage only if they orient themselves towards sustainability [13][14][15][16][17][18]. This means that the competitive capabilities of a tourist destination need to be designed according to a holistic view of the three sustainability dimensions, namely economic, environmental, and social [19,20].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The importance of the role of small tourism firms has clearly been emphasized (e.g., [12,[14][15][16]18,38]). …”

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Interpreting Sustainability through Co-Evolution: Evidence from Religious Accommodations in Rome

Paniccia¹,

Leoni²,

Baiocco³

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:In recent decades, concepts such as sustainability, innovation, and competitiveness have become fundamental for the development of tourist destinations, and thus, particularly, for the generation of value co-creation processes. To understand the role of tourism firms in these processes, more theoretical and empirical research is required. This paper addresses this need by examining the increasing role played by religious accommodations, adopting a co-evolutionary approach to sustainability and the resulting value co-creation processes. The study focuses on the dynamics of the relationship between this new hospitality model, territories, and tourists, through the analysis of six case studies localized in the historic centre of Rome (Italy). Findings show that religious accommodations can be considered as a new sustainability-oriented hospitality model that, by creating effective multi-level co-evolutionary adaptations with its territory and tourists, positively affects sustainable development as well as the generation of value co-creation processes. The paper contributes significantly both to sustainability literature and to the study of new hospitality models. Thus, theoretical and managerial implications emerge, together with suggestions for future research.

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“…The hospitality sector will always constitute an essential and dynamic component of the world's largest industry travel and tourism 1 . It is not one which causes gross environmental pollution nor does it consume vast amounts of nonrenewable resources and therefore it may not be in the front line for environmental concern.…”

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Attitude of Customers and Employees towards the Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) in the Egyptian Hotel Industry

Taleb

Hafez

2014

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hos

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Research into environmental management systems (EMSs) began in the late 1990s with studies that focused on the driving forces, costs and benefits and nature of such systems. However, very little research has been done to investigate the attitude of hotels stakeholders towards such systems. In recognition of this gap, this research studies the attitude of both: customers and employees -as two main stakeholders-towards EMSs in the Egyptian industry. A single case study design, in which a mixed methodology of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, was employed to fulfill the research objectives. Semi-structured interviews with three levels of employeesexecutive, supervisory and general and a structured questionnaire distributed to the hotel customers were employed as data collection tools. The findings revealed that customers have a positive attitude towards environment. However, despite this positive attitude, findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between customer attitude towards environment and their willingness to pay. Findings, also, provided some significant contributors that boost the positive attitude of customers towards green practices in hotels. From the employees' perspective, results indicated that commitment to the EMS is negatively affected if the adoption of the system by the company was perceived to be merely a means to save costs, improve company image and attract green customers. The study provides valuable insights to help hotels managers design their own strategies and policies which entails most of the environment related attributes which the customers and employees alike are concerned with. Knowing these attributes would enable hotels attract more segments of customers and increases their market share.

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Sustainable Hotels for Sustainable Destinations

Cited by 17 publications

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Hotel companies' environmental policies and practices: a content analysis of their web pages

Hotel companies' environmental policies and practices: a content analysis of their web pages

Interpreting Sustainability through Co-Evolution: Evidence from Religious Accommodations in Rome

Attitude of Customers and Employees towards the Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) in the Egyptian Hotel Industry

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