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: Received: 5 February 2024 / Approved: 6 February 2024 / Online: 6 February 2024 (04:16:14 CET)
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Wszendybył-Skulska, E.; Panasiuk, A. Classification of Hotels in the Context of Sustainable Development Factors. Case Study on Public Policy in the European Union and Poland. Preprints2024, 2024020322. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0322.v1
Wszendybył-Skulska, E.; Panasiuk, A. Classification of Hotels in the Context of Sustainable Development Factors. Case Study on Public Policy in the European Union and Poland. Preprints 2024, 2024020322. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0322.v1
Wszendybył-Skulska, E.; Panasiuk, A. Classification of Hotels in the Context of Sustainable Development Factors. Case Study on Public Policy in the European Union and Poland. Preprints2024, 2024020322. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0322.v1
APA Style
Wszendybył-Skulska, E., & Panasiuk, A. (2024). Classification of Hotels in the Context of Sustainable Development Factors. Case Study on Public Policy in the European Union and Poland. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0322.v1
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Wszendybył-Skulska, E. and Aleksander Panasiuk. 2024 "Classification of Hotels in the Context of Sustainable Development Factors. Case Study on Public Policy in the European Union and Poland" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0322.v1
Abstract
With the growing awareness of entrepreneurs and consumers of the tourism market in the field of sustainable development, it seems necessary to base hotel classification systems on an integrated approach to management quality, including fulfilment of ecological and environmental criteria. The article aims to indicate how environmental standards are implemented in the European system of hotel classification- HotelstarsUnion and the one in force in Poland. With regards to these systems, the differences in the classification criteria taken into account within the systems of hotel categorization by certifying organizations in the European Union in relation to the administrative hotel categorization system in Poland were pointed out. Particular emphasis was placed on the criteria related to environmental management in the hotel industry. Criteria related to environmental management were identified through analysis of the content of criteria of eight environmental management systems that are applicable to the contemporary hotel market. The results of the research proved that even though the HotelstarsUnion system takes into account the principles of sustainable development to a much greater extent than the Polish one, its primary weakness is that most of its criteria related to environmental ones are optional. In addition, the optional ones have higher weights than the obligatory ones. In turn, the Polish classification system makes very little reference to environmental standards. Moreover, it is not detailed and the assessment criteria are not up to date. Therefore, it is recommended that a greater number of environmental criteria is included when updating the HotelstarsUnion system, which should be obligatory for hotels to meet. In addition, the sustainability criteria included in the HotelstarsUnion system should be adapted to the policy system aimed at the hotel industry in Poland and other EU countries.
Business, Economics and Management, Business and Management
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