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As a guest to a hotel you would have seen the notice ‘Save our planet,’ but may not have taken it seriously. However, it carries the message that the hotel solicits your (guest’s) support in preserving water, energy and environment. Unlike in any other industry, the support of the guest is indispensable in hotels to successfully implement initiatives aimed at preserving the environment. Preserving the environment in connection with the tourism industry is getting increasingly important due to various reasons such as growing green consciousness among tourists, mounting media coverage on environmental concerns and development of new concepts such as eco-tourism and responsible travel.
Tourism and hospitality management
Purpose – Competitive environment and numerous stakeholders’ pressures are forcing hotels to comply their operations with the principles of sustainable development, especially in the field of environmental responsibility. Therefore, more and more of them incorporate environmental objectives in their business policies and strategies. The fulfilment of the environmental objectives requires the hotel to develop and implement environmentally sustainable business practices, as well as to implement reliable tools to assess environmental impact, of which environmental accounting and reporting are particularly emphasized. The purpose of this paper is to determine the development of hotel environmental accounting practices, based on previous research and literature review. Approach – This paper provides an overview of current research in the field of hotel environmental accounting and reporting, based on established knowledge about hotel environmental responsibility. The research has been do...
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Tourism industry exploits the local fragile resources of a destination including biodiversity, archaeological and cultural areas with tourists expressing a propensity to visit places with high environmental quality and intensely local culture elements. Thus, traditional tourism management practices that are associated with the environmental degradation and catastrophe of these resources should be scrutinized and avoided. The aim for the particular study is to investigate the notion of sustainability development within the realm of hospitality and tourism industry by suggest avenues for further research regarding both policy makers and practitioners. The contribution of this study is that it links sustainability management with financial reporting and business performance. Building on the above, it highlights the importance of accounting by shedding light on how the latter could better incorporate environmental practices and performance of a business entity into reporting improving the quality of narratives and usefulness of financial reports to various stakeholders. The novelty of this study is that it proposes the focus on accounting as a mediating factor to imprint sustainable practices adopted by a business entity in an effort to provide quality reports to stakeholders and a tool to diffuse environmentally sensitive practices from the side of policy makers.
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Today tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world. Statistics revealed that in spite of occasional shocks, international tourist arrivals have shown virtually uninterrupted growth: from 25 million in 1950, to 277 million in 1980; to 435 million in 1990, to 675 million in 2000. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals reached 940 million in 2010, up 6.6% over the previous year. It can be said that the growth in demand for nature tourism within this international tourist demand has been significant in recent years. Moreover, it is expected to grow steadily by taking into consideration of tourists ?changing needs and expectations. It is due to the increase in environmental awareness and environmental ? sensitive choices of tourists. Today tourists are becoming more aware of the importance of environment and, this forces the hotel industry to pay more attention on environmentally ? sensitive approach. As a consequence of these changes and progresses, an accom...
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Hotel businesses are today oriented toward implementing environmental programmes, reduce costs and improve environmental performance as an effective competitive approach for survival in global markets. The term " green " or " eco " hotel, which describes hotels that strive to be more environmentally friendly through the efficient use of energy, water, and materials while providing quality service, are indicative of environmental management systems (EMS). Their basic orientation is to conservation and preserve by saving water, reducing energy use and solid waste to produce benefits such as reduced costs and liabilities, high return and low-risk investments, increased profits, and positive cash flows. Environmental management accounting (EMA) should be an important a part of hotel management information system, with a particular focus on sustainability-related information, according to the specific needs of management on different hierarchical levels. This paper reviews the role and relationship of environmental management accounting (EMA) in hotel management systems. It will discuss the potential for an EMA framework and ask how managers in the Croatian hospitality industry assess the improvement and protection of the hotel environment.? The main research questions are focused on whether (1) EMA is applied in the Croatian hospitality industry and, if so, (2) to what extent? Answers to these questions will provide data needed to direct and focus its further development. The paper's findings are base on survey results conducted in large hotel companies in Croatia in late 2009 and early 2010.
International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration, 2001
The hotel industry in Jamaica, like so many other tropical destinations, markets itself on the “3-Ss”-sea, sun, and sand. Hotels ring the north coast of the island in four main resort areas (i.e., Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Port Antonio). Located in sensitive coastal ecosystems, most of Jamaica's hotels face the challenge of reducing the environmental impact of their operations while meeting the increasing demand of a growing tourism industry.This article presents a case study of the introduction of environmental management practices and systems in the hotel industry in Jamaica over the past 3 years to provide an answer to the environmentally sustainable tourism challenge. It describes the programmatic approach, the results at both the property and industry level, and the lessons learned in replicating the approach to other tropical tourism destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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