Thousands of Hilton hotels will join cities, sports teams, businesses and individuals around the world in turning off the lights on Saturday, March 26 for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million people and 2,000 businesses turned off their lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time to take a stand against climate change. By 2010, 128 countries participated to celebrate and contemplate the one thing we all have in common – our planet.
Hilton Hotels are just an example: all of Hilton’s hotel brands will switch off main building exterior lighting and rooftop signage; shut down business center equipment; dim interior lights in lobby and reception area; encourage guests to switch off their room lights; and stage special candle-lit dinners and events to raise awareness.
Brands including Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.
The Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu will encourage guests to turn off their lights and televisions and join in its second annual hour of storytelling titled "Ghost Stories, Myths & Legends of Hawaii" with one of Hawaii’s master storytellers, while the Mersin Hilton in Sokak, Turkey, is organizing a show for local students to increase their knowledge about the environment.
Additional properties including the Hilton London Kensington, the Hilton Cartagena in Colombia and others around the world will recognize the initiative by creating special drinks and menus with a "green" theme, as well as preparing only cold menu items.
In 2010, Hilton Worldwide implemented a sustainability measurement tracking system called LightStay to analyze performance across 200 operational practices, such as housekeeping, paper-product usage, food waste, chemical storage, air quality and transportation. The system also measures energy, water use, waste and carbon output at hotels globally. In addition to its function as a measurement system, LightStay provides a "meeting impact calculator" feature that calculates the environmental impact of any meeting or conference held at a property.
By December 31, 2011, all 3,600 properties within Hilton Worldwide’s global portfolio of brands will use LightStay. At that point, Hilton said it will be the first major multi-brand company in the hospitality industry to require property-level measurement of sustainability.
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