Whether you are running an environmental training programme, considering natural flooring materials, phasing out halons for firefighting or want to lessen the environmental impacts of your golf course, the July issue of Green Hotelier magazine will be invaluable to hotels wishing to improve their environmental performance and their bottom line.

The July 2000 issue (No 19) covers:

  • Environmental guidance for hotels already operating golf courses or considering whether to develop them
  • How to make a safe transition to halon alternatives for fire-fighting equipment and comply with international and regional halon phase-out deadlines
  • The benefits of environmental training and how to achieve a cost effective and targeted programme
  • The options and issues to consider when selecting traditional, natural flooring materials in preference to synthetic products
  • Regional reports of best environmental practice from hotels around the world

The next issue (October 2000) will focus on:

  • The specific issues surrounding hotel and resort development and operation in mountain and ski resorts
  • Solid waste management and recycling
  • How hotels can influence consumer behaviour

Green Hotelier aims to motivate managers and staff of small, medium and large hotels across the world through informative articles and examples of environmental best practice. The magazine will shortly also be available on the Internet on .

About The International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI)

The International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI) was set up in 1992 by the international hotel industry for the benefit of the hotel industry worldwide. A non-profit programme of The Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum (BLF), its mission is to bring about continuous improvement in the environmental performance of the international hotel industry by:

  • encouraging and promoting good practice
  • facilitating access to environmental information so that small, medium and large hotels can implement environmental programmes
  • working with partners who can help to multiply the reach and the impact of the Initiative
About Green Hotelier

Green Hotelier is one of several environmental resources for hotels published by the International Hotels Environmental Initiative (IHEI) to help hotels around the world improve their environmental performance and their profits at the same time. It promotes environmental and community best practice within the hotel industry world-wide through case studies and examples to inspire other hoteliers.

For more information about the International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI) please visit our website: www.ihei.org

Karen Fletcher
Director
+44 171 467 3624
International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI)