Facilitators and Inhibitors of Technologies to Tackle Climate Change: Opinions of Government and Private Actors

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the facilitators and inhibitors of investing in environmentally friendly technologies from the Spanish hotel perspective as well as to describe the governance initiatives pertaining to this issue. A description of the actions implemented by different Spanish governance institutions is given. Additionally, a survey is conducted to compile information provided by hotel managers on facilitators and inhibitors regarding investments in environmentally friendly information and communication technology (ICT). The results are compared across hotel categories. National governance bodies focus on providing tourist companies with preferential credits, assuming that the main reason for investing in ICT is financing, while hotels point out the importance of several inhibitors against implementing technologies. Differences are found across hotel categories. Additional governance actions are inferred from the results of our research to pursue the sustainability of the Spanish hospitality industry.