Environmental Management of Green Hotel Business in Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study are aim to 1) study the environmental management of Green Hotel Business in Chiang Mai Province 2) study push factors and obstacle factors of the environmental management of Green Hotel Business in Chiang Mai Province, and 3) achievement analysis of the environmental management of Green Hotel Business in Chiang Mai Province. The hotel sample of this study was Green Hotel in Chiang Mai Province. The data were collected from 23 hotel personnel of hotel inside Chiang Mai city that was The International Hotel Chiang Mai YMCA and outside Chiang Mai city was Panviman Chiang Mai Spa Resort. Questionnaire was a tool. The method of data analysis was content analysis, and descriptive statistic were Mean, and Standard Deviation.

            The results were found that hotel policies relevant to green hotel standard rules and regulations, plans had been appropriate with hotel operations, ran the business according to nature and environment prevent regulation by significant, however push factors and obstacle factors found that most of trouble due to hotel staffs lacked of knowledge of nature and environment prevention which could solved the trouble by training all of hotel staffs about nature and environment prevention until they’d got full of understanding and followed the green hotel standard rules and regulations. Outcomes of economic were achieved to reduce electricity bills and water bills, social was prevented pollutions effect of villages around neighborhood and also physically of hotels were increased more shady, scenery, and clean which were amazed for relaxing.

Keywords: Environment management, Push factors and obstacle factors, Achievement of environment management, Green hotel business