Portico Launches Organic Cotton Bedding in Hyatt Hotels in Time for Holiday Travel
14 hotels nationwide now offer organic bedding in premier suites
New York City, NY - December 9, 2010. Just in time for the holiday travel season, eco-friendly home fashions brand Portico Home + Spa is launching an extensive organic cotton bedding program (sheets, pillow cases, shams) at Hyatt hotels and resorts. Now available in premier suites at 14 Hyatt hotels nationwide as well as in Aruba, additional Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, and Hyatt hotels plan to add this bedding line to their premier suites in the next year. In spring 2011, Hyatt also plans to add Portico's organic cotton bath linens (towels, bathrobes, and bath rugs) to the premier suites. Hyatt already offers Portico amenities (shampoo, conditioner, and bath soap) in recycled PET packaging in more than 100 hotels nationally, making them available also at the www.HyattAtHome.com website.
The bedding program is currently offered at Hyatt Regency hotels in Albuquerque (NM), Bellevue (WA), Chicago (IL), Dallas and Houston (TX), Irvine (CA), Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City (MO), and Orlando (FL); Grand Hyatt hotels in New York City, San Antonio (TX), and Tampa Bay (FL); Hyatt Deerfield (IL); and Hyatt Regency Aruba.
The launch of these linens in Hyatt hotels marks the first step of Portico's hospitality industry initiative whereby the brand will partner with leading hotel and spa properties with progressive corporate sustainability missions.
As part of the initiative, Portico will provide one-stop-shop sustainable solutions for properties wishing to authenticate their “green” initiatives. The company offers amenities, certified organic cotton bed linens (sheets, pillow cases, blankets, duvet covers, shams, bed ruffles, and decorative pillows), and bath linens (towels, bathrobes, and bath rugs), as well as sustainable basic bedding (pillows, mattress pads, mattress toppers, and comforters).
“Given our commitment to being environmentally conscientious, it was an easy decision to incorporate Portico Home + Spa's high quality and luxuriously soft bedding products made with organic cotton in Hyatt's premier suites,” said Kevin Maciulewicz, director of rooms for Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, North America. One part of the company's global sustainability program, Hyatt Earth, includes making responsible purchasing decisions.
“Hyatt knows what makes today's hotel guest happy and we are excited that Portico's bedding products were chosen to meet the high expectations of that guest,” said Gregg Haft, Portico Home + Spa president. “We look forward to expanding 'green' hospitality initiatives with Hyatt and other companies around the world, by being a one-stop-shop organic and sustainable solution provider of amenities, bed, and bath linens, and utility products.”
The bedding colors for the Hyatt program are “organic white” and platinum. The organic cotton used in the bedding collection has been certified to Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) which prohibits the use of toxic inputs during textile processing. Portico is committed to using natural and organic materials whenever possible. No harsh chemicals are used including synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or processing inputs.
Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products reached an estimated $4.3 billion in 2009, according to the non-profit organization Textile Exchange.
About Portico Home + Spa
Portico is a lifestyle brand built on a basic mission: to produce aesthetically pleasing products at the same time as maintaining complete respect for the environment. While retaining the brand's original reputation for attainable and sophisticated design, Portico's reinvention is rooted in the company's strong commitment to environmental awareness. Inspired by nature, crafted with integrity, Portico excites, inspires and always delivers more than expected. For more information, please visit www.porticohome.com.
About Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, headquartered in Chicago, is a leading global hospitality company with a proud heritage of making guests feel more than welcome. Thousands of members of the Hyatt family in 45 countries strive to make a difference in the lives of the guests they encounter every day by providing authentic hospitality. The company's subsidiaries manage, franchise, own and develop hotels and resorts under the Hyatt®, Park Hyatt®, Andaz®, Grand Hyatt®, Hyatt Regency®, Hyatt Place® and Hyatt Summerfield Suites® brand names and have locations under development on five continents. Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc., a Hyatt Hotels Corporation subsidiary, develops and operates vacation ownership properties under the Hyatt Vacation Club® brand. As of September 30, 2010, the company's worldwide portfolio consisted of 447 properties. For more information, please visit www.hyatt.com.
Contact:
Sandra Marquardt
301-592-0077
[email protected]
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) is a global leading lodging company based in Bethesda,Maryland, USA, with more than 4,200 properties in 80 countries and territories. Marriott International reported revenues of nearly $14 billion in fiscal year 2014. The company operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts under 19 brands, including: The Ritz-Carlton®, BVlgari®, EDITION®, JW Marriott®, Autograph Collection® Hotels, Renaissance® Hotels, Marriott Hotels®, Delta Hotels and Resorts®, Marriott Executive Apartments®, Marriott Vacation Club®, Gaylord Hotels®, AC Hotels by Marriott®, Courtyard®, Residence Inn®, SpringHill Suites®, Fairfield Inn & Suites®, TownePlace Suites®, Protea Hotels® and MoxyHotels®. Marriott has been consistently recognized as a top employer and for its superior business ethics. The company also manages the award-winning guest loyalty program, Marriott Rewards® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® program, which together surpass 50 million members. For more information or reservations, please visit our website at 
