BOSTON GREEN TOURISM
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 US destination for visitors who 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 by providing opportunities for collaboration. Also, we promote Greater Boston as a green destination and help meeting planners achieve their environmental objectives.
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
· Three green convention centers that have comprehensive recycling programs, energy efficiency achievements, and other environmentally-friendly practices.
· Twenty-five green-certified hotels and many other facilities that are advancing towards certification.
· Twenty green-certified restaurants and event centers, and six more that are approaching certification.
· A compact city layout with a transportation system that allows visitors to leave their cars at home, take mass transit, or ride in hybrid taxis. And, as
Boston’s green services complement the area’s natural appeal—its beauty, seacoast location, rivers, parks, and outdoor recreation. While in
Boston Green Tourism invites you to patronize our green visitor services when in
How Does
Boston Green Tourism is comprised of hospitality industry professionals and environmentalists. We boost the region’s tourism by:
· advancing the use of environmentally-friendly practices in Greater Boston’s hospitality industry, and
· promoting the region’s eco-friendly facilities and services to meeting planners and tourists.
.Boston Green Tourism wins 2008 EPA Environmental Merit Award "in recognition of its exceptional work and commitment to the environment."
The Seaport Hotel earns the 2008 Good Earthkeeping Award from the Massachusetts Lodging Association.
Upstairs on the Square becomes Green Restaurant Association Certified
Hyatt Regency Boston earns the EPA Energy Star Label
Ten More Restaurants Become Green Restaurant Association Certified:
Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston earns the EPA EnergyStar Label
Two Restaurants Certified by Green Restaurant Association: Garden of Eden Café and Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant
Four Boston Green Tourism Hotels Win 2007 Boston Green Business Award: Jurys Boston, Hyatt Harborside, Seaport and The Lenox
Hyatt Harborside earns the EPA Energy Star Label
State Room earns Green Restaurant Association certification
Irving House at Harvard and Jurys Boston Hotel win Mass. Lodging Association’s 2006 Good Earthkeeping Award
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center wins WasteWise Waste Reduction Leadership Award from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. EPA
Langham Hotel's Julien and Cafe Fleuri restaurants earn Green Restaurant Association certification
Irving House at Harvard earns the EPA Energy Star Label
Jurys Hotel Boston earns the EPA Energy Star Label
Onyx Hotel won the Good Earthkeeping Award from the American Hotel & Lodging Association
Tedd Saunders awarded the Skal International Ecotourism Best Practice award for his Saunders Hotel Initiative to Nurture the Environment
The Lenox Hotel is the only US hotel on Conde Nast Traveler's 12th Annual Green List
Pineapple Hospitality nominated for Outstanding Sustainable Style Achievement Award
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Indoor Environment Consultant