CREATING A GREENER WELCOME FOR GREATER BOSTON'S VISITORS
Boston Green
Tourism is an initiative of local visitor industry leaders. We strive to make
Greater Boston the most compelling U.S. destination for visitors that seek a
city with easy access to nature, beauty and outdoor recreation; and who desire environmentally-friendly
hospitality services.
Boston Green
Tourism encourages visitor industry professionals to green their operations. We
help them by offering educational seminars, up-to-date information about green
hospitality practices, products and services and opportunities for
collaboration. Also, we promote Greater Boston as a green destination and help
meeting planners achieve their environmental objectives.
Every day,
the equivalent of a small city of people move into and out of Boston. They come
for conventions, meetings, business, travel, sporting events, to visit colleges
or loved ones in Boston hospitals. It is that “city” that we are making
greener.
What makes a city a “green” destination?
It must
be a leader in offering visitors environmentally-friendly visitor services.
Also, it must be a place where visitors have easy access to nature, beauty and
outdoor recreation opportunities.
Greater
Boston is indeed a leader in providing environmentally-friendly services. It
boasts:
Boston’s
green services complement the area’s natural appeal—its beauty, seacoast
location, rivers, parks, and outdoor recreation. While in Boston, spend time in
Boston Harbor, go on a whale watch, visit the Boston Harbor Islands National
Park and the New England Aquarium, sail on the Charles, skate on the Boston
Commons Frog Pond, and see our Public Gardens.
Boston Green
Tourism invites you to patronize our green visitor services when in Boston. Make
a statement in support of a cleaner, greener environment and a brighter future!
How Does Boston Green Tourism Make
Greater Boston a More Appealing Place to Visit?
Boston Green
Tourism is comprised of hospitality industry professionals and
environmentalists. We boost the region’s tourism by:

Boston Green Tourism Accepts EPA’s Environmental Merit Award: On April 22, six Boston Green Tourism members attended this award ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Pictured from right to left are: Dianna Dixon, Matt Moore, Adam Sperling, Dan Ruben, Elaine Strunk, Joe O’Toole and EPA’s Ira Leighton.
News
The Colonnade Hotel’s Brasserie Jo restaurant earned Green Restaurant certification.
InterContinental Boston wins Massachusetts Recycling Association’s Bronze Business Recycle Award for 2011
The Colonnade Hotel wins Boston Business Journal 2011 Best Green Practices Award for Innovation
The Onyx Hotel earned the highest Green Key certification—five keys.
InterContinental Boston’s Miel and RumBa certified by Green Restaurant Association.
Hotel Marlowe won the 2011 Cambridge Waste Reduction Award.
Eliot Hotel and W Hotel Boston earn Green Key certification.
Hyatt Regency Boston renewed its Energy Star label in 2011.
Omni Parker House earns Green Key Certification.
The Westin Copley Place earned Energy Star, Green Key and Green Seal certifications.
Comfort Inn and Suites Boston/ Airport earns Green Key certification.
Irving House won the Cambridge Go Green Climate Protection Award for 2010 in the small business category.
The Lenox Hotel earns Green Key certification.
The Onyx Hotel earns Green Key certification.
Fairmont Battery Wharf earns Green Key certification.
Hotel Marlowe becomes first Massachusetts hotel to earn Green Seal certification.
Seaport Hotel wins 2009 EcoRace Recycling Challenge for Mixed-Use Buildings Under 500,000 Square Feet, and Innovation Award for Mixed-Use Multi-Buildings from Boston’s Building Owners and Management Association.
Fairmont Copley Plaza and Seaport Hotel become one of the first US hotels to be Green Key rated.
Irving House wins 2009 Cambridge GoGreen Award for transportation innovations.
Element Hotel wins Boston Business Journal’s Green Business Award for its design.
Five Hotels Win 2009 Boston Green Business Award: Colonnade, Eliot, Hostelling International Boston, Hyatt Regency Boston, Westin Copley Place.