Originally Posted by
GUWonder
It will take less labor on average, and that will be part and parcel of an increased likelihood of hotel guests encountering empty or broken wall-mounted toiletry dispensers.
Neither Marriott nor Starwood have been industry leaders in being “environmentally-friendly” when it comes to cutting plastics or anything else — except in them being larger mess makers and thus having more to cut and more money to save. The real “leaders” in this kind of hotel cost-cutting under cover of “save the world”? Hotels in Scandinavia. Last night for me, this meant having a Scandinavian hotel room stuck at 27.5C-29C while the outside temp was far more pleasant and under 72F. But having windows that open is apparently bad for the environment, violated area building code/permit, and/or was ruled out by hotel developers for some other reasons. And adjusting the AC was capped at max +/- 2.5C.
The nearby AirBNB listings are looking more favorable.
Proper aircon is still not a standard thing in hotels in Scandinavia, nor anywhere else for that matter. I don't necessarily think that is/was driven by environmental concerns. More driven by a "we don't need it more than a few days a year, so we will just suffer through those" thinking. The AirBNB will have windows that open, but very likely no aircon whatsoever.