It's been about two weeks since my last post. However, while it may appear quiet on the internet - it's been busy on the outernet! The economic crisis is hitting the hotels hard, and this energy campaign is becoming more and more - a campaign for survival. We are among the top ten most unfortunate nations paying the highest electricity rates in the world and that's hard to keep up when flights are cutting back, occupancy rates are low and interest rates are high. There's been a flurry of meetings with the Government and external stakeholders as the GHTA negotiates a roadmap for the future.
Meanwhile, the individual stakeholder meetings continue. I am in the midst of back-to-back meetings with the individual member hotels in the GHTA to discuss our project plans. The importance of doing this is because effective project design requires complete stakeholder buy-in. To prepare a proposal I need to know how much energy we use, how invested the Members really are, whether they are willing (or able) to put up a share of the cost themselves, and whether they would be open to some intrusive, but extremely valuable project activities such as energy audits.
So far, I haven't encountered an ounce of hesitation.
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