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A shift from ‘caring to coping’ in Asia

Read my blog and join the conversation at www.HOTELSMag.com, 1/15/13, by Yvette Jong, Craft House LLC

“We’re bringing Eric Ricaurte to Hong Kong at the end of the month to lead interactive seminars on hotel sustainability, CSR and green meetings. Here’s a conversation I had with Eric as we gear up for our seminars, which discusses the shift from buzzword to industry practice, and “caring to coping.”

Yvette Jong: Is it true that corporate social responsibility and sustainability are among the few departments that actually grew during the recession?

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As the topic of sustainability becomes more commonplace in all facets of business and society, the ability to act and operate sustainably is evolving from buzz, and proving to be a given requirement for professionals in the hospitality industry.

To raise awareness and help industry colleagues move toward methodical and credible responsible business practices, Eric Ricaurte, Founder of Greenview and visiting scholar at the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research, will conduct a series of comprehensive seminars to introduce best practices of organizing, conducting and communicating sustainability and social responsibility in hospitality.

Green Meetings Workshop Set

Green Meetings Workshop Set

HONG KONG Various factors are convincing leading companies and associations to ask for green meeting elements to be adapted and incorporated into their events.

“First, there are the trade association whose own constituents are pressuring them for sustainable and socially responsible business, and that permeates the association,” said Eric Ricaurte, principle of Greenview, a consulting firm that promotes sustainability in the hospitality and tourism sector.

He also pointed out that many business event suppliers are taking the green meetings route as they seek to differentiate themselves from the competition.

Kenyan vs New York Hospitality

By Mark Somen, Director, Craft House LLC

I’m back in New York, having  spent the last 3 years running a hotel in Nairobi. Everybody wants to know how the experience was, how different it was, etc… And my answer to them is that one of the greatest assets Kenyan hotels have are the people, the majority who are inherently warm, gracious, hospitable and lovely people.

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