eco-hotel

noun

plural eco-hotels
: a hotel with features and services designed not to be harmful to the environment
For the politically correct couple, this brand-new eco-hotel—south of Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast—offers a guilt-free honeymoon. Everything is recycled; the water is solar-heated, the produce organic.Richard Alleman, Vogue, June 1998

Word History

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eco-hotel was in 1993

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“Eco-hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eco-hotel. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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