Hoteliers around the globe were asked if they have eco-friendly practices in place, and 81 percent of U.S. hotel respondents said they do—scoring only seventh in the world. The top six green hotel destinations
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| New Chef Shines | It’s a lovely evening, and the tourists are trolling the sidewalks of Sonoma around the city’s delightful, leafy square. They’re looking for a place to eat, and so are we. Not that Sonoma is short on dining options, not at all. It has plenty of those. But when you narrow […]
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| The City-State Story | I’m in Dubai, or at least that’s what my brain on red-eye time says. Even sleep starved, I can see that this airport where I now find myself—in the United Arab Emirates’ city-state version of Las Vegas—is swank beyond belief. Flashes of men in elegant white kandura robes, guthra headscarves […]
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Marriott and a U.S. government agency are partnering to develop environmentally sustainable hotels in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
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Best Western International has rolled out a new cleaning program that equips its housekeepers with ultra violet (UV) sterilization wands and UV inspection lights. Housekeepers use the wands to sterilize “high touch” points such as telephones, clocks, light switches, toilet seats
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| So Green, So Cool | There are so many Los Angeleses, even if you stand in the same spot. Take Venice Beach, for instance. We remember coming here in the 1980s as an antidote to perfectly scripted Beverly Hills. Venice in those days was the outré actor of bad attitude and raw emotion without […]
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Curious about electric cars? On your next vacation, give one a test drive—and instead of paying high gas prices, charge up for free. Major car rental companies, which have been offering hybrid vehicles for years, are now getting into the electric car (EV) market. And an ever-growing number of hotels, resorts, and even B&Bs
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Green travel is gaining momentum with TripAdvisor members. More than 70 percent said they plan to make more eco-friendly choices over the next 12 months. Sixty-five percent said they made green choices over the past year
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| East Bay Green | Used to be, the neighborhood was, well, kinda scuzzy. A patch of northern California urban oh my in downtown Berkeley, only a between-classes stroll from the UC-Berkeley campus. Now look at it. It’s reborn as the Berkeley Arts & Cultural District. The internationally renowned performing arts complex everyone around here refers […]
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| Certified Green History | As I walk past the Rolls Royces, late model Porches and BMWs on my way into the Langham Huntington, I can’t help but wonder whether this impressive luxury hotel can really get its green on. I’m only a few minutes north of downtown L.A., but in gestalt time it’s a […]
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