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Sustainable Travel International (STI) has launched its Luxury Eco Certification Standard (LECS), designed specifically for luxury hotels. The program addresses the needs and challenges of the high-end sector. The application comprises100 environmental and social criteria for hotels to meet in order to be eco-certified, addressing five areas of operations: Policy and Documentation, Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Recycling, and Community. Applicants will be required to undertake a third-party assessment through Leading Quality Assurance, an auditing firm that provides quality assurance audits, benchmarking analysis, and training services to the luxury hospitality industry.
"Becoming an LECS hotel will be challenging and will require serious commitment," says STI vice president and co-founder Peter D. Krahenbuhl. "However, the standard provides education and guidance for developing a sustainability framework and operational activities. In return, implementing LECS will help hoteliers operate their facilities more efficiently and sustainably, which will likely reduce their long term operating costs and create customer and employee goodwill."
For more information on the certification process, visit www.ecocertification.org.
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Sustainable Travel International Introduces Eco-Certification for Luxury Hotels
May 15, 2009Sustainable Travel International (STI) has launched its Luxury Eco Certification Standard (LECS), designed specifically for luxury hotels. The program addresses the needs and challenges of the high-end sector. The application comprises100 environmental and social criteria for hotels to meet in order to be eco-certified, addressing five areas of operations: Policy and Documentation, Energy Conservation, Water Conservation, Recycling, and Community. Applicants will be required to undertake a third-party assessment through Leading Quality Assurance, an auditing firm that provides quality assurance audits, benchmarking analysis, and training services to the luxury hospitality industry.
"Becoming an LECS hotel will be challenging and will require serious commitment," says STI vice president and co-founder Peter D. Krahenbuhl. "However, the standard provides education and guidance for developing a sustainability framework and operational activities. In return, implementing LECS will help hoteliers operate their facilities more efficiently and sustainably, which will likely reduce their long term operating costs and create customer and employee goodwill."
For more information on the certification process, visit www.ecocertification.org.
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