Includes bibliographical references and index.

This textbook guides the reader in how to make decisions which allow hotels to obtain optimum benefits for the environment whilst not threatening their own financial viability. It includes case studies, and emphasises supervisory issues. Environmental Management for Hotels is a textbook for hospitality students that covers the relatively new field of environmental management. The reader is guided in how to make decisions which allow hotels to obtain optimum benefits for the environment whilst not threatening their own financial viability. Students are given an understanding of both the concepts and practical implications of environmental challenges relating to hotels. The case study material incorporated ties in theory with real life, and provides an international context. The text emphasizes supervisory issues which relate to the management of hospitality operations in ways which are sensitive to the impact on the environment. The main areas of environmental management featured are: *water *energy *the indoor environment *materials and waste.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9780750623803

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.