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Three Hotels that Are Celebrating Earth Day

Jennifer Kester — 2011-04-18T12:57:00-05:00

Earth Day is Friday, and if you are looking to mark the occasion, you can spend the night at a hotel. A number of hotels are joining in the eco-friendly celebration and are offering everything from organic meals to special spa packages to green-themed kiddie crafts.

Check out what three hotels are doing for Earth Day after the jump.

Juluchuca: Every Day is Earth Day at Playa Viva

juliana — 2010-04-22T15:19:36-05:00

<![CDATA[ Welcome to our regular feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points. <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1321361467" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=79588606001&playerId=1321361467&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/earth day hotels">Happy Earth Day!</a> In honor of this very important day, we decided to have David Leventhal, the proprietor of <a href="http://www.playaviva.com">Playa Viva</a> resort in Mexico tell us what his new eco boutique hotel is doing, not just today but every day, to minimize the

Dallas: Hotel Palomar Dallas Will Take 25 Percent Off Your Bill If You Ride the Train

Jennifer Kester — 2010-04-21T11:31:14-05:00

To celebrate Earth Day, the eco-conscious Hotel Palomar Dallas will try to entice people to reduce their carbon footprint by using public transportation during their hotel stay. If you present the hotel with a DART rail day pass used during your time in Dallas at checkout, you'll receive 25 percent off of your room.

DART, or Dallas Area Rapid Transit, is the public transit authority for Dallas and 12 surrounding cities. It's easy to use DART during your time in the city, since the hotel is across the street from the Mockingbird Station.

Stay at a Sage Hospitality Hotel and Get a Tree for Earth Day

Jennifer Kester — 2010-04-14T09:00:21-05:00

Tree huggers will want to spend Earth Day at a Sage Hospitality hotel. The company will give out a tree-in-a-box kit to guests who check into one of its hotels on April 22. It's part of the company's eco-friendly Travel Green package, which includes an overnight stay and a tree in a travel-size box.

The company, whose properties include The Nines in Portland, Oregon, to the JW Marriott Denver at Cherry Creek in Colorado, won't actually be giving out trees. You'll get seeds to grow your own.

Save Up to 40 Percent on Green Hotels with Travelocity

Jennifer Kester — 2010-04-09T08:57:06-05:00

All this week we will honor Earth Day by putting the spotlight on eco-friendly hotels. Got an Earth Day Hotel suggestion? Let us know.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Travelocity will have a green hotel sale, highlighting its top 40 deals for eco-friendly hotels and offering savings up to 40 percent throughout the month.

As part of the sale, you could snag a room at Seattle's Hotel Monaco for $119 a night, up to 30 percent savings. Or you can save up to 35 percent and spend the night at Wailea's Fairmont Kea Lani Resort for $399.