Green Hotel Innovation Part Two

Refillable Dispensers

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One choice for hoteliers is to use refillable dispensers. The use of refillable dispensers minimizes the expense by using the dispensers for soap and other products instead of using personal nasty containers that are gradually tossed into the rubbish. Dispensers can decrease that expenses by up to 70 %, and also preserves the time of personnel that can substitute services every single day. However, there has been some level of resistance by both hotel visitors and hoteliers to using refillable dispensers. Resort visitors have issues about what exactly is actually in the dispensers, how fresh they are, and dispensers usually tell them of bathing at the gym. Moreover, hoteliers grumble that dispensers are unappealing looking and do not fit with the style.

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Suppliers of dispensers are enjoying hoteliers and are now offering a variety of dispensers that look very fashionable when in comparison to those that most people are acquainted to seeing when they go to the gym. Hoteliers are replying by the dispensers into their area style, and teaching visitors about the advantages of using them. Despite the increasing use of dispensers, resorts that use them are still in the community.

Usage of containers

A second option is the use of bigger scaled service wines. Some resorts, instead of dispensers, are providing large-bottled editions of their services. They do not provide small wines of any of those services, so hotel staff does not need to throw away partly used cafes of detergent or products. Waste is reduced, but the place will still meet its diamond or celebrity score requirements. It continues to be to be seen what friend's side effects are to these bigger wines. They may still concern what is in them, although the same concern could be presented about the lesser wines. Many visitors also like to take the services with them. Huge wines make it annoying for them to do so, and all of these resorts using bigger wines say they may charge resort's visitors anywhere from $20 - $30 if they do take the wines house. And according to one hotel professional, the purchase of bigger bins is cost impartial compared to the lesser wines.

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Finally, other resorts may not be using bulk bins or dispensers, but they are providing services that are made with the planet in thoughts. Moreover, to look for larger-sized services, or using dispensers, hotel supervisors are looking for companies that provide restroom services made with a green viewpoint. The material of the eco-friendly packages are also safe and natural.

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Hoteliers have several options if they want to offer their visitors with natural restroom solutions. It is always important for hoteliers to know what their customers want and need in expensive resorts or hotels. Green solutions such as dispensers, large bins, or those that are eco-friendly, are one road for a hotelier may use to meet up with those needs and wants, particularly for the eco-conscious visitor and especially if hotel visitors are strenuous them.

Author's Perspective

Modernization and Globalization are a good step to strengthen markets and power up the economy. While it boosts the world through modernity, consequences take effect and risking life of millions, could be billions.

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The instant solution to stop climate change is impossible, but we can slow it down to reduce its intensity. Hoteliers are making their way to act responsibly on this matter, and I hope we too, must do our very best to help preserve the nature, balance the usage of resources, and keep the world healthy and happy.

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Pontefino Hotel and Residences is among the hotels in the Philippines that implements green development project. Recently, Miss Earth Philippines 2012 held their ResortsWear Competition at Pontefino Hotel which serves as the host of the event. 

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The answer is clear—We all have to do something. Something BIG that will enable us to refresh from past mistakes and making it right, reproduce what we have taken out, and conserve energy and resources.

Green Hotel Innovation Part One

Hotels usually go with a worldwide trend. As the Climate Change issue continuously making noise in the world, plans like greener development are introduced left and right. Hotels also participate in preventing the worst scenario of Climate Change so that's why these certain Green developments are produced.

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For the improvement of the environment and benefits of the hotel guests, green services and equipments are made. Guests and travelers are now more conscious in the effects of products and services in nature and environment. In fact, they are choosing hotels, which offer recyclable materials, services and products that are environmentally-friendly. Green service includes re-usage of linens, eco-friendly activities and team buildings, or extensive recycling policies. To add some on it, Green amenities can be seen and heard from the prestigious hotels.

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Greener Hotel Amenities

Whenever a guest learns that the hotel has a green concept, demands will rise on asking for more greener service. It's more than a trend for them that must be implemented worldwide. 

Amenities like extras that hotels could provide, but as we all know these services tend to improve and slowly reduced the bothering effect of climate change in the world. To name some of it, soap and shampoos are not as harmful to the environment unlike the chemically-treated and manufactured products that usually have the highest possibility of harming the unprotected environment. 

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Hotels should meet the demand for green amenities by implementing the rules of re-usage of linen and towels, which is not popular on most hotels; recycling booth at guest room, the usage of LED in all areas of the hotel, and even the lowering the water pressure in bathrooms to conserve water. Green services could be food serve and purchased locally, or activities such as tree planting that could be an attraction of the hotel. As an addition, Hotels are focused on the room services that are meant to reduce waste, and minimize the negative impact on the environment. 

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Travelers come to expect them even when staying at budget hotels. At the very minimum they at least expect a bar of soap. At the extremes, when staying at luxury properties, they expect luxury bathroom amenities, including shampoo with conditioner, lotion, powder, mouthwash, and a lot more. Problem with these amenities is that they create a lot of waste. More waste that adds to the growing landfills and also makes it difficult for hotels to meet greener standards even they set it for themselves. 

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Suggestions

Even if the guests are environmentally-conscious, all the guests want to have the new sets for them. Empty sachet and bottle of shampoos and conditioner are tended to throw into trash bins as trash. Even the partially-used bar soaps are declared as trash. Of course, it can't be repacked and re-distribute to the guest, instead. It ends up as additional garbage in the sanitary landfill.  Hotels can simply donate this partially used bathroom materials to charity institutions. In some circumstances, resorts can provide these empty products to organizations that will sanitize and spread them to charitable groups and institution, or deliver them to other areas worldwide for those that are in need of such services. However, that is only possible if there are sources in a hotel’s community that can provide those services. So, the partly used products get tossed away, thus including to rising mountains of trash in the sanitary land field. 

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Hotels and Resort can choose to fight the problem by removing bathroom products or decreasing by simply reducing it, but it also affects the luxury hotel accommodations that usually have the higher rankings and ratings upon producing this kind of expenditures.