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Hotels charge you (for free)

GTG Staff — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:37:00 +0000

Curious about electric cars? On your next vacation, give one a test drive—and instead of paying high gas prices, charge up for free. Major car rental companies, which have been offering hybrid vehicles for years, are now getting into the electric car (EV) market. And an ever-growing number of hotels, resorts, and even B&Bs

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TripAdvisor survey: travelers going greener

GTG Staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:26:45 +0000

Green travel is gaining momentum with TripAdvisor members. More than 70 percent said they plan to make more eco-friendly choices over the next 12 months. Sixty-five percent said they made green choices over the past year

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5-star Indian hotel group adds “allergy friendly” rooms

GTG Staff — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:48:54 +0000

ITC, the Indian luxury group that calls itself the greenest hotel chain on earth, is adding specially cleaned and filtered rooms to its sustainability portfolio. ITC Maurya, the company's flagship in New Delhi, now has 80 allergy-friendly rooms and has upgraded systems to eliminate up to 100 percent of ultra fine particles known to cause disease

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D.C.-area hotel wins LEED Gold

GTG Staff — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:33:21 +0000

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The property, which opened in March 2011, is managed by Marriott International and was designed to be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified. The hotel’s certification is shared with

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Berkeley’s Revival Bar + Kitchen: whole-hog on local, sustainable, farm-to-table

GTG Staff — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:28:56 +0000

| East Bay Green | Used to be, the neighborhood was, well, kinda scuzzy. A patch of northern California urban oh my in downtown Berkeley, only a between-classes stroll from the UC-Berkeley campus. Now look at it. It’s reborn as the Berkeley Arts & Cultural District. The internationally renowned performing arts complex everyone around here refers [...]

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The Langham Huntington: a Pasadena icon goes green

GTG Staff — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:41:46 +0000

| Certified Green History | As I walk past the Rolls Royces, late model Porches and BMWs on my way into the Langham Huntington, I can’t help but wonder whether this impressive luxury hotel can really get its green on. I’m only a few minutes north of downtown L.A., but in gestalt time it’s a [...]

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Green sky genius: tray table cover from recycled plastic

GTG Staff — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:10:22 +0000

Disgusted by dirty, germy airplanes? Now there's a personal space you can be sure is clean with an antimicrobial tray table cover made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The environmentally friendly cover slips over and is fastened to the tray table, covering it completely. It's is food-contact safe

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Canadian business travelers going more green

GTG Staff — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:08:47 +0000

Canadians who say green initiatives at hotels are important to them are on the rise, says the 2012 Canadian Travel Intentions Survey. Forty-two percent of business travelers surveyed indicate that

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Playa del Carmen, Mexico: world’s 1st hotel microturbine

GTG Staff — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:35:56 +0000

The world's first hotel use of an eco-efficient microturbine will reduce the Royal Playa del Carmen's energy consumption by more than 48%, and also eliminates the necessity for emergency generators. Microturbines work like jet engines but produce electricity instead of thrust.

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Top green Italians: Piatti Ristorante, Mill Valley (Calif.)

GTG Staff — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:17:01 +0000

| Dine Sustainably Con Piacere | Who doesn’t love Italian? This is the first in a series on the best Italian-style green restaurants in northern California. Todd Shoberg knows what he’s doing. For example, he knows how a peach is really supposed to taste—his hometown of Grand Haven, on the shores of Lake Michigan, is [...]

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