A prime example of hospitality businesses doing their best to promote responsible travel and protection of the environment, the 33-room Boulder Hot Springs Inn, Spa & Retreat in Boulder, Montana has a "green hotel" goal of “living with the planet instead of destroying it, or using it up.” In addition to common conservation projects, these include remodeling the heating system to take advantage of local geothermal waters and studying use of the waters to generate electricity. The property also is restoring the adjacent natural wetlands, which had been drained to provide pasture; this has resulted in return of moose, antelope, deer and other wildlife to what had been a protected sanctuary.


Read more in Tripatini member Victor Block's post Travel/Hospitality Companies Which Are Taking a Lead in Environmental Protection.