Ray Burger

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Green Hotelkeeping Can Be Habit Forming

Hello. My Name is __________ and I am a Green Hotelier. I met Ms. Hema Patel, president of Courtesy Management this past year at the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference in Atlanta. She approached me after we concluded a panel discussion regarding sustainability in hospitality and said that her company was building a Holiday Inn & Suites in Columbia, South Carolina , and that she... More

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Questions About LEED

The Bardessono is now California’s first and only LEED Platinum hotel and only the second in the world. The other LEED Platinum hotel is The Proximity in Greensboro, North Carolina.This brings to mind some questions: 1) Why are there only two LEED Platinum hotels thus far? 2) Why are they smaller independent properties vs. larger branded hotels? 3) Which other... More

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Who's on First? I Don't Know's on Third!

Here is a video of Abbott and Costello performing their classic “Who’s on first?” baseball sketch in their 1945 film, “The Naughty Nineties.” Okay now, let’s see if we can tie this into two of the “basic C’s” of green: C onsistency and C ommunication. In the past couple of days, we have learned that Walmart, which... More

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Seaport Hotels Wins BOMA EcoRace Recycling Challenge

Seaport Hotel Boston recently won the 2009 EcoRace Recycling Challenge for mixed-use buildings under 500,000 square feet, as well as the 2009 EcoRace Innovation Award for mixed-use multi-buildings from the Boston chapter of the Building Owners and Management Association. The hote earned these awards by diverting 41% or 33.82 tons of material from the landfill in September and October. Their... More

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A Cleansing Experience

Pet Rocks, Chia Pets, Beanie Babies and The Heavenly Bed. Every once in awhile an idea or product comes along which causes you to slap yourself in the forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Well, in my opinion, you can add Clean The World to that list. I have to admit that when I first read of this idea which involves sending used hotel soap to Third World... More