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Best eco-lodges in USA: Zion Lodge in Zion National Park

Best eco-lodges in USA: Zion Lodge in Zion National Park

Zion Lodge, in Utah’s Zion National Park, has just received Green Seal certification for its environmental programs that protect the park’s ecosystem.  The Green Seal certification is just the latest of many awards and honors the Zion Lodge has received for promoting sustainable eco-tourism and practices and environmental initiatives. The award recognizes  efforts that include purchasing
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Green B&Bs use solar energy and offer electric car charging stations

Green B&Bs use solar energy and offer electric car charging stations

California B&Bs have gone green with a variety of innovative and eco-friendly practices, including using solar power and geothermal energy systems to reduce electric costs, and providing electric car charging stations for guests arriving in plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and Mini E. In Santa Cruz, The
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Best green hotels in USA: The Henry in Dearborn, Michigan

Best green hotels in USA: The Henry in Dearborn, Michigan

How appropriate that at the same time the Ford Motor Company is making headlines for producing green, energy efficient vehicles such as the Focus and Fiesta, a hotel named for company founder Henry Ford has earned a top rating from Green Lodging Michigan and the Michigan Dept. of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. The hotel
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Best Green Hotels in USA: San Diego’s Hotel Solamar

Best Green Hotels in USA: San Diego’s Hotel Solamar

San Diego’s Hotel Solamar is the city’s first downtown hotel to become  Green Seal™ certified, and one of just 20 in all of California to earn this top rating for social and environmental responsibility. The Hotel Solamar is operated by Kimpton, which is one of the hotel industry’s top green leaders. Kimpton operates 50 boutique
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Best Green Hotels in the Caribbean: Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba

Best Green Hotels in the Caribbean: Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba

Go green with one touch at Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts, Aruba’s top resort for couples and one of the most eco-friendly in the Caribbean.  The resort has added what it calls a Green Button by the bed that allows guests to opt-in to the resort’s energy conservation program. The Green Button activates motion sensors
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Allergy-Free Hotel Rooms

Allergy-Free Hotel Rooms

There are 50 million allergy sufferers in the United States who have problems going on vacation because of the allergy aggravators in hotels,  from the cleaning supplies used to the feathers inside the bed pillows. Hotel chains have taken notice, and are offering allergy-free rooms for sensitive noses for whom there aren’t enough antihistamines or nasal
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Holiday Travel Adventures and Deals to Book Now

Holiday Travel Adventures and Deals to Book Now

There’s still time to book special eco-friendly getaways for the holidays.  These travel adventures are great gifts to give yourself. Zion National Park is one of my favorite places in the world to hike and inhale the beauty of the rugged scenery and the clear air  — that photo of me is atop the Angels
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Quebec Winter Carnival 2011 is World’s Largest Snow Festival

Quebec Winter Carnival 2011 is World’s Largest Snow Festival

The world’s largest winter carnival is the annual Quebec Winter Carnival, in the heart of Old Quebec.   It is 17 days of fun in the snow, from January 28 to February 13, 2011. The daily schedule of festivities includes  parades, fireworks, slide runs, a giant foot ball game, concerts, snow sculptures, horse-drawn sleigh rides, dogsled rides, an
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Best Green Hotels in USA: Pittsburgh Fairmont

Best Green Hotels in USA: Pittsburgh Fairmont

Best green hotels in USA: The first LEED certified green hotel in Pittsburgh is the new Pittsburgh Fairmont, and it proves that green can be beautiful. Here’s some of what makes this luxury hotel so green that it has been awarded the Gold level of green: Lighting — energy efficient LED and compact flourescent bulbs
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New LEED Certified Green Hotel in Times Square

New LEED Certified Green Hotel in Times Square

The brand new InterContinental New York Times Square Hotel is the largest hotel in New York City to achieve LEED certification, as well as the largest new hotel in The Big Apple to open since 2002.  The 36-story, 607 room hotel is a shining example of eco-friendly green luxury. Floor-to-ceiling windows let in the view
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