Dover Downs Hotel & Casino to Host Sustain 2016 Conference
DOVER, DE. November 24, 2015 - Hospitality leaders from throughout the Mid-Atlantic will converge on Dover Downs Hotel & Casino March 14-15, 2016 for the annual Sustain 2016 conference, focusing on green strategies and marketing to the next generation of consumers.
As home to thousands of hotels and restaurants in major metropolitan areas and their surrounding suburbs, the Mid-Atlantic hospitality industry produces thousands of tons of waste each year. Sustain 2016 is designed to gather new ideas for business leaders on recycling, energy saving, sustainability and company strategies moving forward.
“This conference engages multiple conversations with our peers to understand what we can do better,” said Ed Sutor, Dover Downs Hotel & Casino's president and CEO and chair of Dover Downs' Conference Working Group. “We want to work and learn with other key decision makers and directors in our area to understand what they're doing right and how we can further our mission of being great stewards of the environment and community that supports us.”
Attendees will have three tracts of activities to choose from: Culture, Marketing and Sustainability. Each visitor can attend any of the workshops and other activities within any of the tracts. Topics will include introduction of new products, green training programs and advice on how to engage millennials - the key generation of consumers.
“These conferences are important for all stakeholders involved to understand how little changes can mean a lot for the environment, the hotel guest, and, ultimately, everyone's bottom line,” said Dena Rose, CMP, CMM, the treasurer of the Green Marketing Industry Council's Mid-Atlantic chapter. “Hotel guests throw away approximately 2 ½ pounds of garbage for each night they stay at a property. Multiply that by 100 attendees and a weeklong conference and you can see where there's a lot of low-hanging fruit to improve upon.”
For more information on Sustain 2016, visit the conference's website at www.sustainmidatlantic.com.
About HospitalityGreen LLC
Hospitality Green LLC is a New York based firm specializing in environmental and operations consulting services. We partner with service-based and product-based clients throughout the hospitality, manufacturing and institutional healthcare industries, to implement sustainable business practices, and identify and transform their most critical operational challenges. We work with our clients to reduce operational expenses and expand their capabilities, ensuring lasting and meaningful results. It is our belief that sustainable business practices are a crucial part of maintaining competitive advantage. We seek to identify and implement those practices wherever possible based on our client's needs.
About Dover Downs Hotel & Casino
Owned by Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: DDE), Dover Downs Hotel & Casino® is a premier gaming and entertainment resort destination in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gaming operations consist of approximately 2,300 slots and a full complement of table games including poker. The AAA-rated Four Diamond hotel is Delaware's largest with 500 luxurious rooms/suites and amenities including a full-service spa/salon, concert hall and 41,500 square feet of multi-use event space. Live, world-class harness racing is featured November through April, and horse racing is simulcast year-round. Professional football parlay betting is accepted during the season. Additional property amenities include multiple restaurants from fine dining to casual fare, bars/lounges and retail shops. For more information, please visit www.doverdowns.com.
About Dover Downs' Conference Working Group (DDWG)
The DDWG is an employee collaboration chaired by Ed Sutor, President & CEO Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. The Working Group is comprised of Jerry Lawrence, Director of Purchasing, Doree Kuhn, Director of Hotel Operations, Gordon Basht, Director of Sales and John Doerfler, Hotel Sales Manager and Conference Coordinator. The working group has contracted HospitalityGreen LLC, for conference planning and development, an outside consultant group which was responsible for presenting the highly successful 2014 Green Hospitality Conference at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in September 2014 and co-chairing and co-coordinating the 2015 Green Tourism NY-PA Conference in April in Hawley, Pa. at Woodloch Resort. www.sustainmidatlantic.com
Contact:
Evadne Giannini
[email protected]
845-798-9468
John Doerfler, Conference Coordinator
[email protected]
302-857-2101
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