Canada's elegant hotels go green


	Canada's elegant hotels go green

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/13a066fb-3ecd-4e8a-823d-8e535a5d4124/36982DBE-9A87-49E4-ADCE-5D39D9CC6272/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels" href="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels" style="font-size: 11px;">ca.pfinance.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels"><P align="center"><SPAN><A target="_blank" href="http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/finance/pfinance/forbes/article/SIG=13l8nr7an/*http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/16/hotels-top-canada-forbeslife-cx_pl_1116hotelscanada_slide_2.html?partner=yahooca">Go to Forbes.com to view the slideshow</A>
<A target="_blank" href="http://ca.rd.yahoo.com/finance/pfinance/forbes/article/SIG=13l8nr7an/*http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/16/hotels-top-canada-forbeslife-cx_pl_1116hotelscanada_slide_2.html?partner=yahooca"><IMG width="419" height="98" border="0" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/ca/news/nov07/hotels_419x98.jpg" /></A>
(Opens new window)</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels"><P>When guests arrive at the <STRONG>Fairmont
Chateau Lake Louise</STRONG>, located deep in Banff National Park, they're reminded
of the option to reuse their bath towels--as most people do at home--if they so
choose. Ditto for the sheets.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels"><P>It's one of the many steps the Toronto-based hotel chain,
which has many outposts located near heritage sites or national parks, is
taking to shrink its ecological footprint across the company.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">Chateau Louise draws half its energy from
renewable resources. Food leftovers are composted, and</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">Fairmont became the first
hotel company to formally commit to serving</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">sustainable,
organically grown products, from biodynamic wines to seasonings from their
in-house herb gardens.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">An increasing
number of companies are expressing a desire to see conservation efforts in
place when booking</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">o to make up for lower occupancy rates in recent years,
hotel operators agreed to lower room rates. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.pfinance.yahoo.com/ca_finance_general/422/canadas-haute-hotels">That makes Canada a really great
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