Westport Woods Hotel & Spa, Green Hospitality Award Member

Top 12 Reasons of 'Why' Westport Woods Hotel & Spa is Going Green

1. 52% of visitors to Ireland would seek to stay in a hotel that has reduced its environmental impact – 35% would pay more! (Fáilte Ireland 2008 Visitors survey)

2. 33% of USA Travellers would be willing to spend more for a hotel with environmental certification (Tripadvisor 2008 US Traveller survey)

3. Green Hotels have lower costs. Green Hospitality Award winners demonstrate substantial reductions in costs – Energy – up to 25%, Water – up to 50%, Waste – up to 75%. (GHA Statistics 2007)

4. International Corporations (US, UK & European) with Corporate Social Responsible programmes and Carbon Neutral programmes are requesting environmentally friendly hotels when booking accommodation, meetings rooms etc (Irish Hotel Sales Managers 2008)

5. Discover Ireland will introduce a “Green” filter on the www.discoverireland.ie website in 2009 (Fáilte Ireland Environment Unit 2009)

6. Green Hospitality Award members can maintain their competitiveness by becoming more environmentally friendly, continually improving their business and giving recognition to colleagues whom walk the walk and save raw resources.

7. Green Hospitality Award members can ensure they are legally compliant with fast changing environmental legislation which are regularly updated.

8. GHA members are continuously updated with Best Practice through the GHA Regional Workshops, Website and newsletter and members have access to a suite of tools, templates, benchmark workbooks etc that can add immediate value to the organisation

9. GHA members can access fully independent advice covering all areas of environmental management – Practices & Procedures, Waste, Water & Energy Management

10. Staff morale is appreciably improved where businesses implement environmental management principles

11. GHA members have access to Best Practice Guidelines and Case Studies which are regularly updated and reviewed

12. GHA is the best value for money environmental management programme available within the Irish Market and delivers on-site reviews and audits to maximise member’s performance.

As written by Maurice J Bergin, Green Hospitality Awards (GHA)
18 May, 2009