Green Attributes In Hotels

One of the primary purposes of this study was to obtain a list of environmentally friendly guest room attributes that customers would like to have in their accommodated hotel and find what is the tourist type love who more green attributes? Are they Allocentric or Psycocentric? For the most part, responses to the survey were favourable towards the green attributes. In fact, none of the attributes had a mean that was less than Slightly Agree. The following environmentally friendly attributes, Energy Saving Light Bulbs throughout the room, Low Flow Toilets and Faucets, Towel Re-Use, Sheets Change upon Request, Recycling Bins, Occupancy Sensors, and Key Cards were all very well received and most of Allocentric type of tourists has preferred those

Hotel guests tend to equate refillable dispensers with going to the gym. Some also have the perception that dispensers may not be sanitary, or that it can be unclear what exactly is in the dispensers. From a hotel operator’s perspective, they have found it difficult to find dispensers that are visually appealing and easily integrated into the design of the hotel room. All of this nervousness combined may be the reason that there are not many dispensers in hotel rooms today. To move past, hoteliers must find suppliers of environmentally friendly environment that can be incorporated into their hotel design. At the same time, hoteliers must tout the benefit of using refillable containers and educate their consumers about the harmful effects of using so many bottles of shampoo, or throwing away partially used bars of soap, on the environment. Because of the research findings shows both Allocentric and Psychocentric have preferred that above mentioned green attributes. With education such as this, hotel guests can become smarter consumers of the green hotel product. In the past, low flow showerheads have not provided much water

Allocentrics are preferred greener hotel attributes than Psychocentric. By providing them with such a list, hoteliers can begin to understand that such attributes are important to their clients and that they can be incorporated into the hotels. In addition to understanding environmental attributes, hoteliers have a new description of what a green hotel may encompass. It is a definition that they can incorporate into their own business practices. It also provides potential hotel guests with a clear picture of what a green hotel is. Hoteliers again can use this to their advantage by tapping into that market, i.e. the younger travellers. Finally, the results of this study give a clear picture of the concerns, in particular environmental concerns that future hotel managers will face. Agreement on the future concerns is a stepping-stone to discussions and forums that hotel managers can utilize to better understand how to cope with those concerns. Because the research about environmentally friendly hotel attributes, or green hotels in general is limited, the results of this study enable researchers to develop future research projects relating to environmental hotel attributes. For example, a