Eco-Tourism

Local Hotel Uses Eco-Friendly Remodeling Techniques with Power Tools from M&M Tool and Machinery

As part of an on-going company commitment to Environmental Procedures and Green Initiatives, construction crews for the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City recently utilized an increasingly popular woodworking technique to renew their exterior decking at the hotel.
Rather than sanding the wood in place, crews for Little America Hotel removed the boards, checked for [...]


Eco Friendly Getaways: New York Times Interviews Travel Ecopreneur

When green travel writer, Jennifer Conlin wanted to research an article for her NY Times column, she turned to Dana G. Mayer, founder of Eco Luxury Lodging for insights about green vacation rentals. In the article, Mayer explained the growing appeal of green travel, “We all — being human — want to breathe air, eat [...]


Eco-tourism: Where green and greenbacks come together

Flip through a travel brochure, and you’re likely to see pictures of sun and sand in Southeast Asia, of luxury lodges in the Serengeti, of scuba diving in the bejewelled coral reefs of the Caribbean.
What the brochure won’t reveal, though, is tourism’s dirty little secret: the environmental cost of your trip.
That beach in Thailand may [...]