1. “Planting the Seed”
creating a Sustainable Edge in Boutique Hospitality
flyingteeth boutique sustainable hospitality
2. Using Sustainability to ...
“Common sense is not so common.” Voltaire
1. Strengthen your Unique Sales Position
2. Enhance your Guest Experience
3. Create stronger Operating Efficiencies
flyingteeth boutique sustainable hospitality
19. “Common sense is not so common.” Voltaire
flyingteeth boutique sustainable hospitality
Notas do Editor
1. Draw the 90% / 10% Pyramid ...
2. Acknowledge the audience’s need to achieve the next 10% ...
3. Acknowledge expertise ...
1. Our presentation will focus on using sustainability to achieve these three points ...
1. Ask the audience “What is sustainability?” ...
2. Ask the audience to give me examples (in two words) ...
3. Sustainability is COMMON SENSE!!!
1. Sustainability is COMMON SENSE!!!
1. Example One: Mac n’ Cheese @ Tiamo
2. Taking a traditionally Bahamian dish and turning it into a Gourmet delicacy ...
3. Utilizing what staff already knows (creating efficiencies) ...
4. Utilizing ingredients that are readily available (creating efficiencies) ...
5. Enhances the guest experience ...
6. Culturally Authentic ...
7. Culturally Sustainability ...
1. Example Two: Ice from the Sun @ Tiamo
2. Ice Machines require a huge amount of energy (7 KWh / per 100 lbs. of ice ... $0.37/KWh in the Bahamas) ...
3. Ice Machines are unsanitary / difficult to keep clean ...
4. Ice Machines lead to waste (i.e. water, time, etc.) ...
5. Solution: Making ice with trays reduces waste because staff becomes more conservative / conscious ...
6. Ice Trays are also easy to keep clean ...
7. Environmental Sustainability ...
Props: Energy Meter
1. Example Three: Creative Recycling Programs
2. Discuss the different types of waste generated ...
3. Glass - used as concrete aggregate ...
4. Cans - sent to Nassau for “Cans for Kids” ...
5. Paper - burned in camp fire ...
6. Food Waste - composted / fish feed ...
7. What to do with plastic? No local recycling program ...
8. Solution: Clean, cut-up and package in bundles to be sent back with guests ...
9. Environmental Sustainability
Props: Cut up plastic bundled ...
1. Example Four: Bodum Coffee Maker
2. Coffee makers require a large amount of energy (**statistics / costs**) ...
3. Solution: Use a Bodum ...
4. Quality of coffee is better ...
5. Can be made on an as needed basis ...
6. Reduce energy costs ...
7. Environmental Sustainability ...
Props: Bodum Coffee Maker
1. Example Five: Chilling Beer
2. Warming beer on cold ice is a huge waste of energy ...
3. Solution: Refrigerate beer first / then put on ice ...
4. Environmental sustainability ...
Props: Bottle of Beer
1. Example Six: Conch-less Conch Fritters
2. Awareness regarding endangered species ...
1. Example Seven: Natural Cleaning Solutions
2. Challenge: Commercial cleaning products are expensive, dangerous to humans and environmentally toxic ...
3. Solution: Natural Cleaning Solutions ...
4. Vinegar + Water to clean windows ...
5. Environmental Sustainability ...
Props: Small Container of Vinegar / Baking Soda
1. Example Eight: “Good Night”
2. Bahamian Tradition tied into the guest experience ...
1. Example Nine: 950 KWh (the amount of energy it took to power Tiamo)
2. Efficiency parameters ...
3. Creating cliffs ...
4. Finding your number ...
5. Interactive portion begins ...
Props: Energy Meter
1. Our presentation will focus on using sustainability to achieve these three points ...
Review examples and relate to #1) Strengthen your Unique Sales Position ...
Review examples and relate to #2.) Enhance your Guest Experience ...
Review examples and relate to #3) Create Stronger Operating Efficiencies ...
