Waikiki hotels focus on green initiatives
More hotels in Waikiki are seeing reasons to go green as a way to cut back on energy costs, plus get some good publicity. Savvy travelers are also beginning to inquire about it, including events planners who ask about whether a hotel has the U.S. Energy Star rating. At the Hyatt Regency Waikiki, energy-efficient LED [...]
Hawai’i Green Business Program Expands
HONOLULU–The Hawai‘i Green Business Program, co-sponsored by the State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT), the State Department of Health (DOH), Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i and local government entities such as the City and County of Honolulu’s Board of Water Supply and Recycling Offices is expanding its program to include Green Offices [...]
Hotel Wireless Energy Management System
Honolulu, Hawaii – Today mbbEMS founder, Daniel Cowart announced “mbbEMS provides an affordable solution to help both old and new high-rise hotels and condominiums survive the growing energy crisis. Our new mbbEMS wireless solution installs quickly, with little or no interruption to the property or guests daily activities, and virtually no down time for rooms [...]
Major Hawaii Hotels – Smoking Ban Policy
WAIKIKI – Hawaii hotels are hitting smokers hard in their wallets when it comes to lighting up where they shouldn’t and many couldn’t be happier about this tougher stance on smokers.
Exploring Hawaii’s Big Island by Volkswagen
Next time you visit the Big Island, why not skip the fancy resort and hop in a VW camper van? This 1987 Volkswagen Westfalia named Sedona rents for $105 per day.
Green strategies take root at Hawaii
Hawaii hotels and resorts have worked for years to cut down their consumption of power and water and reduce their production of waste, to save money but also to save the planet. Now those efforts are drawing new attention from vacationers self-conscious about their impact on Earth’s fragile biosphere. “It’s a real sexy and chic [...]
