Green Hospitality

" By the end of this year Mario will have 3000 hotels around the world sort of big hotel company with potentially a big environmental footprint. What we've been trying to do for the last fifteen years isn't concerned by what. We've done this largely by reducing our energy consumption. So between 2002010. We will reduce our energy consumption by almost 20% and all of our hotels around the world. This is comparable to taking a 150000 cars off the road it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate warming gases by a million times. So on energy conservation -- company it's very committed to reducing our environmental footprint. On many occasions throughout the year our employees will go out and will clean up their communities to try to get rid of litter to -- clean up beaches to try to clean rivers. So our employees are out there doing that we're also trying to engage our guests because we have thousands and thousands of people staying in hotels. And we have told them number one that we have changed out all of our light bulbs were changed up 450000. Light -- last year. With the new fluorescent high energy saving light bulbs were put in 400000. New shower heads low flow water so we could reduce our water and hot water. News. We put -- low flow toilets and so now we're telling our guests about this and then giving them tips on what they can do when they go who won't back to work. To try to take these lessons with them. -- it's made a commitment to plant at least 3000 trees in 2007 around the world. Because will be opening -- 3000 hotel so we wanted to tree for every hotel at this point we actually. Has so much enthusiasm and I properties that it's going to be three times 3000 I think by the end of the year. You know it's interesting when we first started putting cards on people's -- saying unless you request that we're not going to wash you sheets everyday you wash your towels. People complain saying what they're doing that just save money. Well it's true that does save us money. But more importantly it actually saved us a lot of energy costs in terms of -- the hot water in the laundry systems and I think now people are getting that it's okay to have. Some business value and also have some value for the environment first -- the right thing to do. But ultimately I think we're increasingly finding ways where it actually can can be good for the bottom line. We can then pass those kinds of savings on to consumers in terms of rooms not going up as high. And as fast as I might otherwise be I think the great thing about a company like Marion isn't -- big hotel company. We're not talking about a few. Boutique Nikko hotels. We're talking about eight Titanic was shifting course and really making commitment to be green so when you think about 3000 hotels. Looking at all the decision making green filter. You're talking about a huge impact that we can have. And I think people will feel good about saying at a hotel that's making those decisions because you're than engaging process that ultimately is going to help. For more rich lifestyle videos log onto an IMAX dot com."