Considerate Hoteliers Group.

One of the things we were looking at as (a) a thing to do and (b) a marketing angle was to promote our green credentials. We looked initially at the Green Tourism Scheme started by Visit Britain however this is only open to Visit Britain members (ie we would have to pay £600 to be members of VB plus another £300 to be green I don't think so) so we started looking around and found http://www.consideratehoteliers.com their basis premise is that you do your best which unlike VB where they come and check your bins is a more realistic approach. I would also point out that they provide you with networking opportunities with other like minded businesses as well as green resources to help you know where is best to shop for example for green cleaning products etc. Their annual awards create a lot of PR and encourage hotels to compete and hopefully win in the green stakes! Plus the membership fee is far more reasonable at the 2011 price of £65.