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Hotel Chain Goes 100% Vegetarian

Hotel Chain Goes 100% Vegetarian

Ovolo Hotels, which operates hotels, restaurants and bars across Australia and Hong Kong, is going completely vegetarian.  It’s not permanent – just for one year, except for the hotel restaurants already permanently vegan or vegetarian. The company is calling it an “initiative”, but that is corporate-speak for a trial run.  If guests love it, it
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What Hotel Guests Really Want

What Hotel Guests Really Want

Forget the minibar, sleek lobby, electronic check-out, super-size TV and mints on the pillow. What we hotel guests really want is a great, comfortable bed and pillows, soft bed linens and a quiet room. A better-than-expected night’s sleep tops the list for guest satisfaction in all price ranges, from budget to luxury, according to the
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World’s Best Green Hotels: Soneva Fushi

World’s Best Green Hotels: Soneva Fushi

Sustainability is good for the environment and good for business, including for hotels and resorts, especially one located inside a protected UNESCO biosphere preserve in The Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. The island nation is known for its beautiful sunsets and scenery, including clear turquoise waters and coral reefs for snorkeling, scuba diving and other
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Fighting Climate Change One Project at a Time

Fighting Climate Change One Project at a Time

Because of the momentous decision by President Trump to leave the Paris Accord climate change agreement signed by nearly 200 countries, we are publishing this round-up of recent stories here on ecoXplorer featuring how countries and companies are fighting climate change, one green, eco-friendly project at a time. SEE ALSO Best green hotels in USA,
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Best green hotels in USA: Zion Lodge, Utah

Best green hotels in USA: Zion Lodge, Utah

Zion Lodge in Zion National Park has become the first hotel in a US national park to receive the top Green Seal Lodging Standard award for its eco-friendly environmental standards and practices. The top Green Seal is the Gold award, which means Zion Lodge is both green and gold. The top award covers everything from
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Best Green Hotels in USA: Omni Dallas

Best Green Hotels in USA: Omni Dallas

The Omni Dallas Hotel proves once again that green can be beautiful, luxurious, and affordable. The Omni, which opened its doors on 11/11/11 — a lucky day for those of your who follow numerology — has earned LEED Gold New Construction certification. That makes this new Dallas landmark the first and only LEED Gold hotel
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Best Green Hotels in USA: Wilshire in Los Angeles

Best Green Hotels in USA: Wilshire in Los Angeles

The Hotel Wilshire in Los Angeles is one of the growing number of older buildings rehabbed and retrofitted into a modern and LEED ceritified hotel. This is a 74-room boutique hotel in the Kimpton collection. Kimpton is one of my favorite hotel companies, because its brands, including Monaco, have both a strong green streak and
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Quebec Winter Carnival 2013 is world’s largest annual snow festival

Quebec Winter Carnival 2013 is world’s largest annual snow festival

The world’s largest annual winter carnival is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec.  It is 17 days of fun in the snow, February 1 to February 17, 2013. The daily schedule of festivities includes  parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant foot ball game, concerts, snow sculptures, horse-drawn sleigh rides, dogsled rides, snow sculptures,
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Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 75th Anniversary

Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 75th Anniversary

  San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937. That means the iconic span turns 75 this weekend, which is being celebrated by a day-long a waterfront festival on Sunday, from Fort Point to Fisherman’s Wharf. Thousands of pedestrians and cyclists are celebrating by walking or riding across the bridge. My favorite
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Best Green Hotels in USA: Epic Hotel, Miami

Best Green Hotels in USA: Epic Hotel, Miami

The Epic Hotel is the newest Green Seal certified four-star hotel in Miami.  That’s just it’s latest award.  The Epic also has been named one of the top 25 hotels in the U. S., and one of the trendiest. The Epic is part of the Kimpton chain, which operates boutique hotels under the Monaco and
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