Sustainability in Hospitality : How Innovative Hotels are Transforming the Industry (Hardcover)

Introduction Miguel Angel Gardetti and Ana Laura TorresPart 1: The relevance of business sustainability in the hospitality sector1. Human rights obligations of international hotel chains Theresa Bauer2. The relevance of business sustainability in the hotel industry Zabihollah Rezaee and Eun Kyong (Cindy) Choi3. Strategic decision elements for hotel managers embarking on a sustainable supply chain management initiative Susan M. Tinnish4. Exotic tourism in very fragile locations: Sustainable value creation in environmentally and socially fragile locations Duane Windsor5. The role of leadership and organizational competencies in corporate social responsibility programmes Susan M. Tinnish and Kevin D. Lynch6. Effective delivery of the finance function and sustainable business in hotels in the British Isles Ruth Mattimoe7. Evolving towards truly sustainable hotels through a “well-being” lens: The S_WELL sustainability grid Z. Gulen Hashmi and Katrin Muff8. The Swiss ibex sustainability scheme: A comprehensive sustainability orientation for hotels Arthur Braunschweig and Domenico Saladino9. Can hotels educate consumers about sustainability? John HirstPart 2: Case studies10. A resort for generations?maintaining, protecting, renewing, improving: Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa, Resort & Conference Centre, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada Alison Dempsey11. Optimizing performance in a remote African hotel: Using the One Planet Living framework to maximize the sustainability performance of Singita Grumeti in Tanzania Benjamin H. Gill and Beverly K. Burden12. Business and sustainable tourism: Sextantio ? a case study Salvatore Moccia13. Compliance or the deviant response? Implementation patterns of the TTTIC quality practice in Trinidad & Tobago Marion Delano Nangle14. Human trafficking: Why it’s time for the hotel industry to actFran HughesAbout the contributors