Source: SiliconRepublic.com
A new carbon measurement group formed by the World Travel & Tourism Council, the International Tourism Partnership, and backed by 12 major hotel brands such as Hilton Worldwide, Marriott and InterContinental Hotels, is aiming to forge an international standard for hotels to calculate their carbon output.
The working group was formed to address inconsistencies in hotel companies' approaches and to devise a unified methodology based on available data because carbon measurement metrics vary widely within the hospitality sector.
The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) have devised the Carbon Measurement Working Group with the aim of uniting hotel industry efforts to calculate and communicate carbon footprints and consistent metrics for communicating emissions by agreeing on a standardised methodology and metrics informed by the GHG Protocol standards.
The 12 hotel groups involved are Accor, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott International, MGM Resorts International, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Red Carnation Hotel Collection, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Premier Inn - Whitbread Group and Wyndham Worldwide.
The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) have devised the Carbon Measurement Working Group with the aim of uniting hotel industry efforts to calculate and communicate carbon footprints and consistent metrics for communicating emissions by agreeing on a standardised methodology and metrics informed by the GHG Protocol standards.
The 12 hotel groups involved are Accor, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott International, MGM Resorts International, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Red Carnation Hotel Collection, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Premier Inn - Whitbread Group and Wyndham Worldwide.
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