ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HOTEL EVENTS

Abstract

The general public in Singapore has been more aware of the importance of the environmental sustainability in operations. However, the lack of adoption of existing sustainable environmental guidelines by hotel event organisers, hotel management and event participants need to be addressed. The limited adoption might be due to the generalised frameworks in the events and hotels industry and the lack of motivation for these stakeholders to do so.

This research aims to improve sustainable efforts by the hotel event stakeholders with the introduction of an environmental sustainability framework and checklist.

The study first examined the key processes of hotel events and the available frameworks to find out the main activities of hotel events to be focused on. The perspectives of the three categories of stakeholders were then collected through different sets of survey questionnaires. Information gathered through literature reviews and the surveys were used for the formation of a customised sustainability framework and checklist for hotel events.

Lastly, recommendations were made for future studies to make improvements on the customised checklist for the adoption by other stakeholders as well as those in other industries.