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Sustainable Practices in the Hospitality Industry

   

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Running head: SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND DESTINATIONSSUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND DESTINATIONSName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
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SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND DESTINATIONS1Executive SummaryCorporate social responsibility is an important aspect of any business organisation and everycompany must adhere to the ethical and other norms of the guidelines of the CSR if theorganisation wishes to expand with everyone in the society while maintaining a balance with theenvironment and making sure that the environment is protected. A sustainable development issomething that must be achieved if the treasures of our world are to be passed on to the futuregenerations. The current paper takes the case study of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel of India andlooks into its various projects and ways that they use to achieve sustainable ecotourism andcontribute in conserving the environment.
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SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND DESTINATIONS2Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3CSR and the Taj Mahal Hotel and communicating the stakeholders..............................................4CSR policies of Taj Hotel in social aspects.....................................................................................5Environmental sustainability...........................................................................................................7Economic sustainability aspects of the hotel...................................................................................8Awards and market position............................................................................................................9Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................10
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SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND DESTINATIONS3IntroductionTourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries. In many developing countries, itis the prime source of foreign currency inflow and employment. Sustainable tourism refers to theprocesses and ways that develops the tourism industry of a country while maintaining a balancein the environmental, economic and socio-cultural aspects of the industry. Sustainable tourismplays an important role in conserving the biodiversity of a country. The prime purpose ofsustainable tourism is to generate employment, income and conserve local ecosystem whileminimalising the impact on local environment and culture so that those could be made availableto the future generations (Kaur, 2016). Sustainable tourism enhances the positive impacts of thetourism industry on biodiversity as well as reducing poverty, thus effectively promoting overallsustainable development of the country. The revenues that are generated by the tourism are oftenused in the protection and conservation of the biodiversity and making sure that the naturalhabitat is not altered. Sustainable tourism also acts as an awareness raising program thatadvocates changing behaviour that would result in environmental development. The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is a five-star hotel in Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.The hotel is considered to be the flagship property among the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces. In2017, the hotel became the first building in the country to have intellectual property rights on itsarchitectural design (Shah, 2014). The Taj Mahal has won numerous national and internationalawards for their services and performance in the hospitality sector and the group as a whole isconsidered to be one of the finest luxury hotel chains in the world, which only burdens them withmore responsibility to take care of the environment.
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