Hotels from the Maldives to Colorado made it onto Travel and Leisure’s list of 15 green hotels in the magazine’s November issue, which is devoted to “responsible tourism.”
The magazine worked with Conservation International to develop an assessment test to figure out which of the world’s hotels have high environmental standards for water and energy conservation, waste reduction and supporting local communities.
Properties on the list are:
1. Grenada’s Spice Island Beach Resort
2. The Maldives’ Soneva Fushi Resort and Six Senses Spa
3. Sri Lanka’s Heritance Kandalama
4. Australia’s Voyages Longitude 131, located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
5. Bahamas’ Tiamo, on the South Andros Island
6. Switzerland’s Whitepod, near Aigle in the Alps
7. Colorado’s Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash
8. The Philippines’ El Nido Resorts in El Nido, Palawan
9. Chumbe Island Coral Park in Zanzibar, Tanzania
10. Egypt’s Adrere Amellal in the Siwa Oasis, a Berber community in the desert
11. Kenya’s Campi Ya Kanzi a Masai-owned lodge in Chyulu Hills
12. Nicaragua’s Morgan’s Rock Hacienda and Ecolodge on Playa Ocotal, San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific Coast
13. Jamaica’s Hotel Mocking Bird Hill near Port Antonio
14. Tenuta di Spannocchia in Siena, Italy
15. England’s Strattons Hotel in the town of Swaffham in Norfolk
[Source from; usatoday.com]