The Refinishing Touch Blog

The hospitality industry is constantly undergoing changes, and more recently we’ve seen these changes being driven by green initiatives. One of the world’s largest hotel chains, Marriott International, has led the way for many years and continues to raise the bar higher and higher for green hospitality with widespread innovative programs.

The Marriott’s drive for eco-friendly programs began in 2004 when it became the first hospitality management company recognized for its energy efficiency by the Alliance to Save Energy. Since then Marriott has added five consecutive years of winning the Energy Efficiency award from the state of California and the U.S. EPA Energy Star labels for contributions across 275 of its hotels to its legacy as a green leader. The chain plans to continue its work in a number of ways: utilizing energy efficient heating and cooling systems and green roofs, creating bike paths on its properties, providing access to SmartCars or Zipcars to its guests and using reclaimed and recycled materials in the construction of its hotels.

Our work here at TRT so closely relates to what Marriott strives to achieve and we greatly admire the chain for all of its efforts. We’re hopeful that with large groups such as the Marriott continuing to pursue sustainable operations, one day industry standards will be based almost entirely on environmentally friendly initiatives.