"The tree houses look like giant birds' nests, other houses resemble long-legged cranes with their stilts," writes Clara Le Fort about the hotel project Coucoo in France.
If you book your holiday here, you can not ignore the environmental protection. Upon arrival, he will receive "an interactive document informing about valuable energy saving tips, recycling possibilities and water saving measures". "The guest becomes the perfect forest, sea and cosmopolitan", writes the author in her book "Bon Voyage".
The nearly 300-page volume, which has now appeared in Gestalten Verlag, is an overview of the "most beautiful boutique hotels for conscious travel" - the subtitle. More than 50 accommodations have made it to the collection - they had to show sustainable concepts and really chic interior.
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Eco-accommodation for design fans: organic, conscious, boutique hotelThe Coucoo is both eco-friendly and cool. Frenchman Gaspard de Moustier launched the hotel project in 2009. It now comprises three bio-resorts: tree houses in the Picardy, floating houses in the Franche-Comté region and another in Belfort near the Swiss border. Environmentally friendly materials such as larch or Douglas fir wood and sheep wool as insulation are among the standards. According to Clara Le Fort, the bio-ozone hot tub is completely non-chemical, as it is equipped with a natural high-tech filtration system.
The resorts followed "the strict guideline of fully respecting the surrounding nature" - according to the book author, it is the law of the hour that should determine the future of tourism.
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For too long, the hospitality industry would not have taken care of the environment, she says. The hoteliers did not pay enough attention to nature and people working in tourism. Finally, some of them would come up with the idea of making more aware tourism possible.
"Hopefully many hoteliers will copy their ideas"
Clara Le Fort is a travel journalist who sees much of the world, visits many hotels and speaks to the local creators. In her work, she has repeatedly met entrepreneurs who care more about the environment and working conditions than others. She portrays them in her book "Bon Voyage". "They all make some effort to make the future of the hospitality industry more ethical, respectful, and more human."
The hotel portraits in her book are all about renewable energy, waste prevention, water treatment and the locals who benefit from hotel projects. And it's about nutrition. It mentions the organic vegetable garden in Andalusia, the organic olive grove in Apulia, biodynamic greenhouses and completely plant-based menus. The credo at the Almodovár Hotel in Berlin, for example, is: "Anyone who is vegetarian or vegan, saves CO2 and thus actively contributes to a healthier environment."
But how sustainable can a hotel be - especially if you have to travel extensively to visit an eco hotel in Cambodia or Corsica? How much marketing is behind it, if a luxury hotel wants to miss a green coat of paint - and spend money, which is quickly driven back by the well-heeled clientele?
"Of course there's a lot of greenwashing," Le Fort admits. "But all the hotels mentioned in the book have made sustainable action a reality" - and that's what matters. They are solutions that have a direct impact on the environment, they convinced themselves in their visits. "They can be pioneers in the tourism industry," says Le Fort. "Hopefully many hoteliers are copying their ideas."
