Green Meetings

Help Safeguard The Region’s Beauty During A Banff Green Meeting

Banff and Lake Louise is ranked by MeetGreen the #3 Green Meeting destination in North America for sustainable meeting infrastructure.  Here are a few examples of how ‘GREEN’ we are:

• Best Practices – More than 50 per cent of hotels exceed minimum guidelines for linen reuse, recycling, and energy efficient and water practices
• High performance green hotels with lighting, heating and cooling systems that reduce environmental footprint
• Leading waste management techniques
• Hotels uses green sources of power where possible
• World UNESCO Heritage Site – Banff National Park is a pure water source for three oceans
• The Town of Banff is Canada’s first municipality to operate hybrid buses on its public transportation route
• Art, sports, and music events are celebrated at local festivals but conducted with ‘zero-waste’ mandate
• Local restaurants and hotels take advantage of regional organic meat and vegetable producers
• Hotels educate guests about the importance of maintaining a healthy ecosystem
• Private and group tours to learn more about the National Park system, the protected wildlife habitat and the conservation methods to tourism industry uses here. 

For more information, contact:

Jan Desrosiers Senior Manager, Regional Meetings and Incentives Banff Lake Louise Tourism Banff National Park THE WORLD'S FINEST NATIONAL PARK T: (403) 760 1210 jan@banfflakelouise.com

Cathy Macdonald Senior Manager, Meetings and Incentives Banff Lake Louise Tourism Banff National Park THE WORLD'S FINEST NATIONAL PARK T: (403) 762 0281 F: (403) 762 8545 cathy@banfflakelouise.com