17 Oct Aligning sustainable hospitality supply chains

There is real action taking place in the business travel supply chain as corporations and their tourism suppliers work to address climate change.

Businesses are signaling the importance of sustainability – and particularly carbon emission reporting – as important criteria for future purchase decisions. A recent article in Business Travel News on this year’s RFP season highlighted the emergence of sustainability as an important new trend for businesses negotiating their lodging contracts.

As with any period of change, there is messiness as the supply chain members work to align. Buyers are learning what information hotel companies can provide, hotel companies are learning what corporate buyers need. Systems and standards to meet these new reporting challenges are emerging.

Kudos to the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance for their guide “Determining the sustainability of hotels in your supply chain” for providing some guidance on what should be included in this year’s RFPs.

It is great to see these businesses working through these issues. The industry will be better for their foundational work.