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Would You Trust A Hotel That Recycles Its Pillows?

December 28, 2011 at 9:17 AM | by | Comments (0)

Forgive us if we're way behind on this, but we just learned about a machine called the Pillow-Vac, which looks kind of like a photocopier but instead of toner and ink, it gets filled with down clusters and feathers. Designed to clean and "renovate" old pillows, the Pillow-Vac literally eats up all the dust-filled, germ-ridden, lumpy innards, sifts out the crap, and then spits everything back out into a pristine, fluffy new "ticking" (the technical term for the shell of a pillow). Pretty neat, huh?

We were tipped off to the whole world of pillow rehabilitation by Hilton Concord in San Francisco, who just announced their own multi-million dollar renovation—including brand new sustainable programs, like cold-water dishwashing, food waste reduction, and of course, pillow recycling.

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Hotel Arts Barcelona Gets Smart...Cars, That Is

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: Marina 19-21, Barcelona, Spain, 8005
August 5, 2011 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

Just two months after a popular European urban sustainability exhibit swung through the eastern Spanish city, Hotel Arts Barcelona is now hawking electric smart cars of its very own.

Starting this fall, Club Level guests will have exclusive access to 100% electric smart cars, which will be branded with the hotel's logo (though, better that than Frank Gehry's nearby fish sculpture).

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Take a Ride in the World's Fastest Hybrid Car, Thanks To SBE Hotel Group

Where: CA, United States
June 28, 2011 at 3:21 PM | by | Comments (0)

If you've got the need for speed, you'll have extra incentive to stay at the SLS Beverly Hills and The Redbury. The hotels, which are part of SBE Hotel Group, now have speedy new BMWs that are available for guest use.

SBE is partnering with BMW to offer guests the company's latest rides. At SLS Beverly Hills, you can take a seat in an ActiveHybrid 750Li (see above photo), which is considered the world's fastest, street-legal hybrid on the market. So at least you'll be green while speeding down Rodeo Drive to do some shopping. At the Redbury, you can choose from the ActiveHybrid 750Li or the 550i Gran Turismo. Talk about tricked out!

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Embassy Suites Chicago Has a New Living Wall

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 511 N. Columbus Drive [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60611
June 16, 2011 at 9:18 AM | by | Comments (0)

The Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown Lakefront wanted to wear its eco-consciousness like a flashy Lady Gaga getup, so it decided to put up a 720-square-foot indoor living green wall—the largest in Chicago—right in its lobby.

Okay, it may not be as much of a spectacle or as carnivorous as Gaga's meat dress, but the giant standalone wall is made of 3,840 plants, including the hardy neon, rabbit foot fern, aboricola and rex begonia.

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Drive a New Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Zipcar at the InterContinental San Francisco

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 888 Howard St. [map], San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103
May 20, 2011 at 10:17 AM | by | Comment (1)

When you stay at the InterContinental San Francisco, you can use a Zipcar, from the eco-friendly car-sharing program. But you won't get just any old ride; you can drive the new Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, which isn't available for purchase till 2012.

The hotel offers eight Prius Plug-In Hybrids in its Zipcar fleet and a smart charging station, which is easily accessible in the porte cochère by the main entrance.

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Now You Can Charge Your Electric Car At The Ritz-Carlton Charlotte

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 201 E Trade St. [map], Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202
March 1, 2011 at 11:11 AM | by | Comments (0)

Move over recycling bins and bulk shampoo dispensers: the hottest new green accessory, at least at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, is an electric vehicle charging station, available to guests free of charge. The LEED-certified hotel unveiled the new gizmo last week in collaboration with local electric car company Li-Ion Motors, which brought out an Inizio roadster to show off.

The property is the first Ritz-Carlton to install a guests-only electric car charging station. The two power ports will fuel up cars that are completely tapped out in 10-12 hours and also top off in under an hour rides that still have some juice. There are plans to add additional, similar charging stations around Charlotte.

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London Hotel Help: Where To Stay South of the River

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 34 Lombard Road, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3RF
February 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM | by | Comments (0)

River views from Hotel Rafayel

HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give a vote of confidence to our answer? Comment away below.

We at HotelChatter are an accommodating breed and we always want to help rather than question, which was useful this morning when this reader question popped into our inbox:

Vauxhall, London: where should I stay with two kids and a bosswife (this summer)? Hotel? House/condo rental?

So instead of asking “why the hell Vauxhall?” (actually, we did ask – turns out they want to be near family who live there), we popped our thinking caps on. Where would we stay if we wanted to stay on a busy main road South of the River which has little going for it apart from a nice sandwich shop we once ate at and its banging gay nightlife?

Well, reader, hotelwise, it looks like Vauxhall is not your best option. There’s a Comfort Inn, but going by TripAdvisor, you could do better for your £88 (which is what itt’ll cost to shack up this quiet Sunday night).

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Fairfield Baltimore Offers Green Rooms for Labor Day Weekend

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 101 President St. [map], Baltimore, MD, United States, 21202
August 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM | by | Comments (0)

Eco-conscious travelers heading to Maryland over Labor Day weekend can bunk at Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott - Baltimore Inner Harbor, the city's first green hotel.

The limited-service Fairfield Inns aren't exactly the most exciting of Marriott's brands. But the Baltimore outpost tries to make itself stand out from the ho-hum hotels by monopolizing on its building, converted from a brewery, and adding a bar, and by going green.

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

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 5300 E. Mockingbird Lane [map], Dallas, TX, United States, 75206
April 21, 2010 at 11:31 AM | by | Comments (0)

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.

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

April 14, 2010 at 9:00 AM | by | Comments (3)

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.

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Save Up to 40 Percent on Green Hotels with Travelocity

April 9, 2010 at 8:57 AM | by | Comments (0)

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.

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The W Hoboken's Green Getaway Will Recycle Old Cell Phones

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 25 River St. [map], Hoboken, NJ, United States, 07030
April 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM | by | Comments (0)

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.

It looks like the W Hoboken is trying to clean up New Jersey's rep. Instead of being known as the place that spawned Jersey Shore and the most scandalous Real Housewives ever, the hotel will promote it as an eco-friendly state.

The hotel will celebrate Earth Day all month long with its Green Getaway with the W Hoboken package. When you book a Green Getaway room, it'll include two eco-tinis, complimentary Hybrid valet parking and free local and toll-free phone calls when you donate an old cell phone.

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