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Holiday Inn hotels to ditch travel-sized amenities to help environment - UPI
The hospitality company that owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel chains announced Tuesday it's ditching travel-sized bathroom amenities to cut down on plastic waste.
Instead of smaller-sized tubes of shampoo, conditioner and soap, InterContinental Hotels Group said it plans to install bulk containers in nearly 843,000 guest rooms at more than 5,600 hotels globally. IHG said the transition will be completed by 2021.
"We've already made great strides in this area, with almost a third of our estate already adopting the change and we're proud to lead our industry by making this a brand standard for every single IHG hotel," IHG CEO Keith Barr said. "We're passionate about sustainability and we'll continue to explore ways to make a positive difference to the environment and our local communities."
The hospitality company that owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel chains announced Tuesday it's ditching travel-sized bathroom amenities to cut down on plastic waste.
Instead of smaller-sized tubes of shampoo, conditioner and soap, InterContinental Hotels Group said it plans to install bulk containers in nearly 843,000 guest rooms at more than 5,600 hotels globally. IHG said the transition will be completed by 2021.
"We've already made great strides in this area, with almost a third of our estate already adopting the change and we're proud to lead our industry by making this a brand standard for every single IHG hotel," IHG CEO Keith Barr said. "We're passionate about sustainability and we'll continue to explore ways to make a positive difference to the environment and our local communities."