ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN HOTELS: SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES APPLIED IN HOTELs1

Abstract

The 1990s highlighted the creation of new business dynamics focused on environmental responsibility. In the tourism sector, hotels have incorporated this concept in an attempt to improve the efficiency of natural resource use and quality of life. As a result, sustainable technologies and practices became part of the management strategies of many companies and new legal obligations and business incentive programs have arisen. Through interdisciplinary analysis, this study analyzed environmental management in hotels through the incorporation of sustainable technologies and practices and considering guests’ requirement of social and environmental responsibility. By means of questionnaires answered by hotel owners/managers and guests, the study assessed environmental management in hotels using a sustainability index. The overall level of sustainability in hotel management in João Pessoa, Brazil was considered intermediary and guests’ requirements regarding environmental matters were high.

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“…Cabe resaltar que este proceso requiere más información y capacitación sobre las formas principios proceso, ventajas y complicaciones que implica la reutilización de los objetos, así como sus empaques tomando como una labor prioritaria que debe desarrollarse de una forma idónea para lograr tener éxito en el nuevo producto. Para concluir, la reutilización se ha convertido en un proceso habitual en las empresas dedicadas a la conservación y protección del medio dándole una segunda vida útil y alargando la vida de cada producto (Amazonas, De Carvalho, De Andrade, 2018).…”