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www.greensuites.com Upgraded to Provide
More Online Information and Conserve Paper
and the Environment

Upland, Calif.�(Oct. 8, 2002) Ask some companies for information about their products and what you get a few days later is an envelope filled with paper. Although the information might be useful, most of the material usually gets thrown out, often with negative impact to the environment.

Green Suites International was founded to provide lodging with proven ecological solutions to environmental issues � helping to conserve the environment while reducing hoteliers� operating costs and bolstering their self and public image.
�As a �green� company, we focus on products that provide energy efficiency, water efficiency, waste reduction and pollution reduction,� said Ray Burger, VP Marketing & Sales for the Upland, Calif.- based firm. �It�s only natural that our product information is delivered primarily through our paperless, website � and we recently expanded our online content to better educate hoteliers on escalating savings and rebate opportunities across the globe.� 

Hold the paper

�We realize we can�t eliminate all waste, but we know that it makes sense to reduce consumption and are doing are best to do our part and help hoteliers do theirs and bolster their bottom lines in the process,� said Dan Bornholdt, President and Founder of Green Suites International.

The revamped Green Suites International website, http://www.greensuites.com sports a new splash page that explains a number of key issues surrounding the business philosophy of the company and its ecological lodging solutions. The user-friendly, easy-to-navigate introduction page gives visitors the ability to hover over topics and get the skinny on: Our Mission, Who buys from GSI, Price guarantee, We understand hotels, We understand the environment, We understand the bottom line, Why be Green, What is Green, and Our Logo. A clearly labeled Enter menu button marks the entrance to the main website.

�Websites should be quick and easy to use and should provide just the right amount and type of information,� said John Boynton, East Coast Sales Representative for Green Suites International, and also the company�s webmaster. �We updated and expanded our content, but kept navigation simple because we know that people are as starved for time as they are critical information today.�
Inside the website, all the major categories of information are arranged along the left side of the page, in four groups: Company, Housekeeping, Engineering and Marketing. The arrangement is designed to let a visitor see at a glance what�s available content wise and get to it with just one click.

Under each of the four groups, visitors can find the following updated information:

  • Company: Home, About Us, Contact Us, Get Info, People Talking, Resources, Downloads, Press Center 
  • Housekeeping: Nature's Mist Deodorization, Amenities, Linen Re-Use, Safer Cleaning 
  • Engineering: Guestat, Ozone Laundry, Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency 
  • Marketing: Odorfreestay.com, AllerFresh, EcoRooms, Preservations
  • Immediate answers
�We�ve doubled the number of online Downloads we offer,� Burger said. �There are a total of 11 PDF files covering a variety of products, including the manual for Nature�s Mist and the owner�s manual for the Guestat digital thermostat, in both English and Spanish language versions, just to name a couple.�

Online documents in the Adobe PDF format can be viewed on any computer system through the use of the free Adobe Reader software, which can also be downloaded using the link on the Green Suites website. The universal reader makes viewing, and if needed printing, documents quick and easy.

A complete listing of downloadable documents can be found under the Downloads heading on the website, and includes: Nature's Mist Deodorization System Brochure, Nature's Mist Sample Request Form, Nature�s Mist Manual-English (new), Nature�s Mist Manual-Spanish (new), Green Suites Amenities Brochure, Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat Brochure, Guestat Owners Manual (new), Guestat Installation Instructions (new), O-Tech Direct Injection Ozone Laundry System Brochure, Ozone Survey (new), and the Oxygenics Showerhead Brochure (new).

Getting help with specific products is a lot easier now using the Get Info online form, which is available 24/7/365. With the busy pace of the hotel industry, having 24/7/365 accessibility to such an online resource empowers hotel operators to better utilize their time, according to Boynton. The form can be submitted directly and does not require a separate email to be sent as in the past. 

�It�s just one more option we are now offering to make it easier and quicker for anyone to communicate with us,� Burger said. �You can call us using the phone numbers prominently listed on our website, or you can email us, and now you can send us this inquiry Get Info form if it is easier for you. Either way, we�ll be back to you as quick as we can to help you solve your need and save money at the same time.�

�Don�t forget to visit our Press Center and take a look at the nearly 30 items we have there,� Bornholdt said. �We use our news releases to communicate not just information about our products, but actual case studies and examples of how and where our eco solution offerings are in use and how they have benefited operators, owners and guests alike.

�Our Press Center, and www.greensuites.com as a whole for that matter, is an extremely useful online library of knowledge on significant savings opportunities that�s free and always available. This information is useful in conducting ROI studies for water, energy and labor saving initiatives, as well as for researching available solutions, actual results from other properties and ongoing related rebate programs minimizing the �I� and maximizing the �R� in the ROI equation.�

Many of the solution descriptions offer saving guidelines helpful in assessing ROI. For example, the four Engineering solutions listed � the Guestat programmable digital thermostat, the OTech Ozone Direct Injection Laundry System, the Energy Efficiency and the Water Efficiency product lines � all include useful calculations and statistics that property owners and engineering departments will find invaluable. 

�There is a wealth of fresh, useful information on our website that is just a click away. It�s worth a stop on the Super Highway: You�ll find that our solutions are proven to save thousands of properties tens of thousands of dollars, not to mention the benefits you�ll gain by improving guest satisfaction and your property�s public image as you progress in your efforts to become more eco-friendly,� Bornholdt said. 

Based in Upland, Calif., Green Suites International assists hotels by developing solutions that are profitable to hotels and image enhancing to the more than 43 million environmental travelers in the United States. Solutions include natural amenities delivered from elegant dispensers, non-toxic cleaners, air and water filtration systems and energy and water efficient products. Facilities reaping the benefits of Green Suites� solutions include properties from every state and 12 different countries. For more information on Green Suites International, its water saving products, as well as an array of other ecological solutions providing economic benefit, please contact Ray Burger, VP Sales & Marketing, at 888-590-2285, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.greensuites.com.

 
 

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Contact:



Ray Burger
VP, Sales & Marketing
Green Suites International
Tel: (888) 590-2285;
St Louis Area: (636) 922-2285
[email protected]
Internet: www.greensuites.com

Also see: 
 

Hotels from Coast to Coast Light Up Bottom Lines Through Energy Savings / Oct 2002
New EPA Energy Startm Performance Rating Tool for Hotels Provides Benchmarking for Energy Saving Strategies / Sept 2002
Southern California Edison Quadruples Rebate for Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat / Sept 2002
East Coast Hotels' Demand for Cost-Saving Ecological Solutions Heats Up as Utility Expenses Soar / Aug 2002
Green Suites International to Showcase Winning Line-up of Energy Saving Products at HITEC / June 2002
New and Existing Hotels Choose the Guestat Programmable Digital Thermostat for Guest Satisfaction and Energy Savings / May 2002
Hotels Pay Just Pennies Per Occupied Room to Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms and an Odor Free Hotel / April 2002 
EcoRooms & Green Suites Accommodations Open Doors to Property-Wide Programs / Feb 2002
Green Suites International Helps Hotels Guarantee Non-Smoking Rooms / December 2001 
Green Suites International's O-Tech Cleans Up Laundry Operations Waste 
Hotels Inject $$$ Directly into Bottom Lines by Installing O-Tech Direct Injection Ozone Laundry System
GUESTAT Digital Thermostat Can Pay for Itself in 3 Months 


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