Improving Water Use Efficiency in Jamaican Hotels and Resorts Through the Implementation of Environmental Management Systems

A “quiet revolution” is taking place in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean – one less visible than the construction of new hotels and the building of new cruise ship terminals. The voluntary introduction of environmental management systems (EMS) is changing the nature and shape of the tourism and hospitality industry in every hotel guestroom, housekeeping, laundry or maintenance facility, and in every tourism destination.