... rights only This paper aims to assess how a hotel geographical location in different parts of Central and Eastern Europe influences the complexity of perception of pro-environmental behavior. Industries are motivated to adopt environmental management practices and implement the eco-innovative...

... the first two stages focused on the development of environmental policies and practices, green consumerism, managers’ environmental attitudes, indoor air quality and smoke-free environments, sustainable development, environmental performance, environmental cost control and environmental management systems...

...Hyun Jeong Kim; Jeongdoo Park; Ji Wen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test links from hotel general managers’ (GMs’) environmental commitment to hotel companies’ environmental management capabilities and then to hotel companies’ involvement in environmental practices. The secondary goal...

... levels. Hotels which achieve above average business performance levels are significantly more environmentally proactive. Research limitations/implications – The present paper demonstrates that environmental management is related to competitive advantages and business performance. Environmental...

... between the general studies and tourism literature provides opportunities for the discussion of research gaps. Findings – The growing volume of research on environmental management in the hospitality and tourism firms suggests increasing interest in the topic in the past decade. However, our...

...Yu‐Chin (Jerrie) Hsieh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the environmental management policies and practices of the top 50 hotel companies as disclosed on their corporate web sites. Design/methodology/approach This study employed content analysis to review the web sites...

...Wilco W. Chan Purpose Implementation of environmental management systems (EMS) in hotels is gaining popularity world‐wide. ISO 14001, which is the only certifying document in the ISO 14000 series, provides guidelines to set up an EMS. However, there is a paucity of information about the actual...

... Environmental management Canada In an attempt to meet the needs of both present and future generations, sustainable development works to balance the short‐term drive towards profit with a longer‐term commitment to environmental protection. Sustainable tourism works to strike a balance between...

... tourism planners and policy‐makers as they develop policies that balance economic and ecological sustainability. Leonard A. Jackson can be contacted at: jacksonl@cookman.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Tourism management Caribbean Environmental management Social behaviour...

...Wilco W. Chan; Kenny Ho Purpose Environmental concerns have been increasing in the travel industry. However, most hotels are unwilling to develop an international environmental management system (EMS) probably due to a lack of resources and knowledge. In order to encourage more organizations...

... of an environmental management programme may have contributed further to the notion, prevalent among the sample, that “going green makes sense” and indeed “cents”! A recent survey by Hospitable Climates, a partnership agreement between the Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) and the UK...

... MCB UP Limited 2003 Tourism Sustainable development Environmental management Social environment Canada Canada is one of the top ten countries in the world in terms of tourist arrivals, tourist receipts and tourist spenders. Since September 2001, the tourism industry in Canada...

...David Kirk Reviews the development of environmental management, with specific reference to its effects on service industries in general and the hospitality industry specifically. The impact of environmental management on the hospitality industry was tested using a postal survey of hotel managers...