• Many hotels in metro Detroit have "gone green" to help protect the environment.hotel image by pearlguy from Fotolia.com
  
  The World Tourism Organization estimates that tourism will continue to grow through at least 2020. To meet this demand, as well as the public's increasing interest in ecologically-sound travel, Detroit hotels have made a concerted effort to "go green" and offer tourists environmentally responsible alternatives.
  
  

Townsend

• The Townsend hotel in northwest Detroit demonstrates its commitment to environmental responsibility in a number of ways. The hotel offers organic foods and beverages and uses local produce when possible. The hotel also provides blankets made of recyclable materials. Water conservation systems function in the toilets and showers; and the hotel uses eco-friendly cleaning supplies and bio-degradable trash bags. In addition to providing accommodations for travelers, the hotel hosts weddings, business meetings, conferences and special events.
  
  The Townsend Hotel
  
  100 Townsend St.
  
  Birmingham, MI 48009
  
  248-642-7900
  
  townsendhotel.com
  
  

Detroit's Metro Airport Marriott

• The Marriott at Detroit's Metro Airport Marriott in Romulus has earned Green Lodging Michigan Partner certification from the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth. The hotel uses a linen and towel reuse program and has installed low flow fixtures in toilets and showers to conserve water. The hotel reduces waste by recycling office paper, newspaper, cardboard, newspapers and plastic bottles.
  
  Detroit's Metro Airport Marriott
  
  30559 Flynn Drive
  
  Romulus, MI 48174
  
  734-729-7555
  
  marriott.com
  
  

Detroit Area Marriott Hotels

• Guests at many of the Detroit area's other Marriott hotels can choose to participate in the Marriott Green Initiative "Greenstay Program". Guests can chose to "Green Their Hotel Stay" by donating to a rainforest preservation fund. The Marriott corporation has committed two million dollars to this fund. The Marriott corporation contributes funds to the rainforest preservation fund when groups of guests (10 rooms or more) book rooms at the Marriott hotels. Marriott offers green services to meeting planners at their hotels, including recycle bins, recycled pens and notepads, linen-less tables and leftover food donations. The Country Marriott, which connects to the General Motors Center and People Mover transit station of downtown Detroit provides one of central Detroit's Marriott options for "greening Detroit."
  
  Country Marriott
  
  333 East Jefferson Ave.
  
  Detroit, MI 48226
  
  313-222-7700
  
  marriott.com