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Colleges Earn Honors for Sustainability Efforts
It’s the time of year when colleges and universities wind down the semester and hand out grades and assessments. It’s also when…
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IHG and Kimpton: Numbers and the personal touch
This week IHG announced its first acquisition in a decade with the purchase of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants for $430 million. As this is…
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Why green needs to be led from the top: A lesson from Unilever’s Paul Polman
This week there has been coverage, ideas and blunt language coming from the Global Landscapes Forum, held alongside United Nations climate…
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Hotels and resorts must seize the moment to ride economic upswing
According to the December edition of the PKF Hospitality Research’s Hotel Horizons forecast report, every segment of the US lodging…
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A sustainable economy: Can higher education set the bar?
Recently, Inside Higher Ed showcased a piece from a collegiate administrator, G. Rendell, pushing for a more sustainable balance on his campus,…
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Happy Thanksgiving from The Refinishing Touch!
It’s the time of year for gratitude and The Refinishing Touch team has so much be thankful for. We’ve completed numerous projects across our…
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Sustainability in hospitality: Do travelers truly care?
This quarter we conducted an in-person survey of owners and operators attending the 2014 InterContinental Hotel Groups Investors and Leadership conference in Las…
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The Net Impact conference: A green impact of our future
The Refinishing Touch team attends numerous industry events, including those that cover higher education, hospitality. or government topics, and we’re always keen to network, learn from our peers, and get involved.…
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Hotel owners, operators or brands: Who is responsible for sustainability?
For more than thirty-five years our team has implemented on-site furniture asset management services to hoteliers across the United States…