Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort Recognized for Environmental Excellence
The Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Georgia is the only hotel in the U.S. to be recognized as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System (ACSS). The hotel partners with Audubon International for projects that enhance wildlife habitat and conserve natural resources. Projects include: nesting boxes for cavity-nesting birds, conserving water and energy, and recycling waste. Visit the Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort .

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Miami Hotels Recycle 300 Tons of Materials During Renovation
More than 90 percent of building materials -- steel, concrete and copper -- will be reused in the construction of a new Residence Inn and 300-room addition to the Courtyard in south Miami. As part of this three-hotel campus renovation, the Miami Airport Marriott donated more than $100,000 in furniture and linen to the Miami Rescue Mission. Read the full story .

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Los Suenos Marriott Builds a Home for the Endangered Scarlet Macaw
One of the most colorful parrots in the world, the Scarlet Macaw of the Costa Rican rainforest, is nearing extinction. There are less than 450 found in the Central Pacific, an area where they once flourished. And, as a part of Marriott's environmental commitment, the Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort has vowed to change that. Hotel employees are planting 30 Tonka Bean trees to boost the parrot's population. The trees provide nesting and are a source of food for macaws. The hotel is also looking into creating a nursery to support reproduction and working with the local schools on education and tree planting programs. Visit the Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort .

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The Washington Post Profiles Marriott's Going Green Strategy
The Washington Post profiled Marriott's continued efforts to go green. Marriott CFO Arne Sorenson gave highlights on Marriott's environmental strategy from the Green Council to the Linen Reuse program. The article announces Marriott's partnership with Conservation International, an environmental nonprofit group advising Marriott on all things green. Read the full story .

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Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa Wins Sustainable Hotels Award
The Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa was named one of three winners of the prestigious “Sustainable Hotels” award at the Hotel Investment Conference Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong. The hotel was recognized for demonstrating exemplary sustainable development practices. Among them include: the development of an internal “environmental committee”; recycling of organic waste for composting; installation of water-flow controllers and LED lighting; and reuse of ozone-cooling water. Read more about the award recipient .

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Eco-Friendly Sanya Marriott Resort & Spa Excels in Saving Energy and Water

In China, on Yalong Bay, the Sanya Marriott Resort & Spa has taken some major steps to save energy and water. They have:

• installed frequency converters in the cooling systems, which has saved 808,822 kwh over the past two years;
• switched to more efficient lighting systems, using photocell and energy-saving fluorescent bulbs;
• built a 300 m³ “grey” water tank to provide a sustainable water supply over the 70,000-sq.-meter resort; and
• installed a 300-sq meter solar cell collector on the roof which heats 650 tons of 55°C water every month.

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Cleaning Up the Dirtiest Part of the Hotel Business
The Crystal City Marriott is home to a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient laundry plant that services six hotels in the Washington, D.C., area. It washes more than 11 million pounds of laundry per year (35,000 pounds per day) and saves 3.5 million gallons of water. WTTG Fox 5 interviewed Hotel Engineer Mark Edelen to learn more. Watch the video .

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JW Marriott Bangkok Associates Plant 400 Trees, Help Reforest Fragile Coastline
Associates of the JW Marriott Hotel Bangkok in Thailand recently spent the day planting more than 400 trees at the Mangrove Forestry Project of Tambon Klongkon in Samutsongkram Province. The trees are essential to preserving the area's coastline and fragile habitat, which supports a wide variety of plants, along with fish, birds, and other animals. The Mangrove Forestry Project of Tambon Klongkon was established 1997. The total area covers 513.5 acres (1,300 rai), of which 276.5 acres (700 rai) have now been reforested.

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Grand Cayman Marriott Leads Successful Beach and Reef Restoration Effort
Just offshore, guests of the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort snorkel past parrot fishes and yellowtail damsel fishes that now call the near-shore reef environment their home. They sunbathe on the hotel’s stretch of Seven Mile Beach that, until recently, did not exist. The beach, the reef and the fish are back, thanks to a collaboration that began in 2002 between the Marriott, the Grand Cayman Departments of Tourism and Environment, the Reef Ball™ Foundation, and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). In March 2007, a new FIT study reported growth of new, natural coral on the reef, which is now supporting an increasingly rich ecosystem.

The hotel enlisted the help of the Foundation, which had developed an effective, economical solution: the installation of Reef Balls™ to create a designed artificial reef used to stabilize beaches, restore ailing coral reefs and create new fishing and scuba diving sites. The cost to the hotel has been around $65,000, in addition to housing Foundation staff. “It’s critical that we take responsibility for the future of our island, and our near-shore habitats are the future,” said hotel General Manager Walter Regidor. “Our entire staff has become involved, as well as our guests.”

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Dubai Goes “Green” by Planting Green
More than a 100 employees from the JW Marriott Dubai, Renaissance Dubai Hotel, Marriott Executive Apartments and Courtyard by Marriott joined the Clean Up the World Campaign to plant 100 trees at the Dubai Investment Park in honor of Environmental Awareness Month.

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