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Five London hotels with eco ambitions
24 March 2022
Five London hotels with eco ambitions.
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The world’s coolest carbon-neutral hotels
16 March 2022
“Eco-friendly” has become the buzzword for hotels around the world, but only a handful of properties are carbon-neutral. Follow us as we take a peek inside the world’s greenest boltholes.
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Team Planet 2021 - 2022
08 March 2022
Team Planet is a internal campaign to engage all employees in sustainability. Employees get points for making sustainable choices in their personal lives and at work. These are incentivised through a team financial bonus at the end of the year and an award ceremony.
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Room2 Chiswick Video
24 October 2021
Whilst room2 Chiswick sets new sustainability benchmarks for the industry, no compromise has been made on style and guest comfort.
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room2 Chiswick | Ground Source Heat Pump
04 October 2021
To heat and cool our building we use heat pumps. 200m long loops extract heat energy from the earth and draw it to heating, and hot water. Reversing this process cools the building. Overall it’s 36% more efficient than a typical hotel.
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Tour of room2 Chiswick - The world's first Whole Life Net Zero hometel
30 September 2021
Welcome to the world's first whole life net zero carbon hotel! Here's a sneak peak at all of the sustainability features included in the building.
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Lamington Group | Net Zero Carbon Roadmap 2020 - 2025
06 September 2021
Lamington Group committing to putting sustainability at the heart of our business, with the implementation of our Net Zero Carbon Roadmap, which uses science-based targets to reach net zero by 2030, 20 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.
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Meet the room2 Southampton team!
03 September 2020
Say hello to our fantastic team at our flagship hometel in Southampton! Hear what they've got to say about being a roommate in the world's first hometel.
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The story of the world's first hometel brand - room2
27 August 2020
Storytime! Not many know of our journey, and here's Robert Godwin, one of our founders talking you through how the room2 hometel brand came about.
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Developers introduction to room2 hometels
05 August 2020
Hometels are proven to deliver a more resilient alternative to standard hotels with higher levels of guest satisfaction.
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Investors introduction to room2 hometels
05 August 2020
Hometels better serve the demands of today and tomorrows travellers. It is a proven and resilient business model, which puts guest experience first and delivers market-leading performance.
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Our Southampton hometel
24 July 2019
Take all the comforts and flexibility of your home, plus the best bits of a hotel and you get room2 Southampton, the world’s first Hometel.
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Hammersmith Townhouse | room2 hometels
12 June 2019
You can think of room2 Hammersmith as our Research & Development Lab. It’s a scaled-back version of a full Hometel, but still offers plenty of flexibility and all the home comforts you desire. The convenient location gives you the freedom to explore, create, work, or relax as you need, and treat as your own.
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Take a virtual tour of room2 Southampton
12 June 2019
The world's first hometel. Take all the comforts, flexibility and relaxed rules of your home, and all the security, comfort and services of a hotel and you get room2 Southampton.
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Our Hammersmith Townhouse
24 March 2019
You can think of room2 Hammersmith as our Research & Development Lab.
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room2 Belfast is the first WELL Platinum hotel in the UK and Europe
22 October 2025
room2 Belfast is officially WELL Platinum Certified. We are the first hotel in the UK and Europe to achieve this recognition, reflecting our commitment to creating spaces that prioritise the health and well-being of guests, employees and the environment.
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The Tale of the Mountain Gorillas (Episode 2)
15 October 2025
In this week’s episode of our sustainability travel series, CEO Robert Godwin takes us deep into the forests of Uganda
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Guest Expectations Are Reshaping Hospitality
13 October 2025
Travel is changing, and so are traveller choices. Our latest white paper explores how sustainability is shaping the expectations of today’s guests and its implications for the future of hotels.
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A Future Worth Building: Stories of Hope for People and Planet (Episode 1)
10 October 2025
From record-breaking heatwaves to rising sea levels, the climate emergency is changing the way we live. So how do we create a future where both people and the planet can thrive?
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room2 wins Excellence in Sustainability Award at the Fit Out Awards UK
01 September 2025
room2 wins Excellence in Sustainability Award at the Fit Out Awards UK
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Brewing New Value
30 July 2025
As Plastic Free July comes to a close, discover how our Circular Design Studio is giving used coffee grounds a second life, transforming waste into functional products for our hometels, all year round.
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Eliminate & Rethink: Closing the Loop on Waste
30 July 2025
Lamington Group’s award-winning room2 hometels is pioneering the integration of circular economy principles into hospitality operations. By challenging convention and rethinking our systems, we’re giving waste new life and upholding our industry-leading commitment to sustainable hospitality.
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Sustainability Series: Circular Hospitality
25 July 2025
We’re bringing circular hospitality to life – removing single-use items, creating ‘new’ products using our very own coffee grounds, and designing with materials like mycelium, orange peels, and recycled shampoo bottles.
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Cities in a Warming World: Lessons from Singapore
27 June 2025
As we work towards our ambition of building and operating the most sustainable hotels in the UK, we’re taking inspiration from global leaders who are rethinking what urban life can look like
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Purpose-Led Hospitality: Our 2023-24 Sustainability Report
19 May 2025
At Lamington Group, we believe our industry has an urgent responsibility to respond to climate change.
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