With the price of gas over $4 per gallon nationally (and higher in California), summer trips are increasing in cost by the day. How are you planning your summer travel?

From hotels greening their rooms to carbon-neutral airlines in Central America, the wave of eco-travel and sustainability are the new “travel bug” — for planes, trains, automobiles and more!

To learn how to HIP your personal and corporate travel, come to HIP's next Investor Roundtable. The program will feature speakers from:

  • Fairmont Hotels, who literally wrote the book on eco-efficient hotel practices, which is used at the Cornell School of Hospitality. The Fairmont website also has an Eco-Meet Event Planning Guide.
  • The Orchard Garden Hotel, which was built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria, the 4th built in the world to this earth-friendly approach.
  • Deloitte Consulting, which has an innovative green corporate travel program.

In addition to the featured speakers, we'll highlight some of the most HIP companies in the travel industry, from Zipcar's innovative model that rental car companies are beginning to replicate, to Nature Air, aspiring to be the "world's first ‘carbon-neutral' airline," as well as Virgin Air's testing of more eco-friendly jet fuel.

Through speakers and discussion, the Roundtable will address how companies simultaneously solve customer needs, benefit the environment, and make money for investors.

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Downtown San Francisco, close to Muni/BART

 Our Agenda
 6:30pm Network with HIP Investors - from hedge fund managers to entrepreneurs
7:00pm Learn the latest HIP perspective on HIP travel and hear from industry leaders
7:45pm Open discussion on travel choices - for you, your company AND your portfolio
8:15pm Meet fellow HIP Investors

For more information, email Dana Roytenberg at Dana@HIPinvestor.com.