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Sustainable development shows a process that institutions should take into account the commitment between economic, environmental and social parameters in their functioning. In this context, the sustainability approach of the institutions is also important in today’s sustainable development age. This study also discusses the three main strategic dimensions of sustainable development (economic, environmental and social) which incorporate the institutional sustainability approaches into the main objectives of sustainable development. The survey method is used, the survey questions are structured based on the studies obtained from the literary scan and the Hotel Sustainability Reports. Questions are designed to provide clues about the steps the hotels take on the basis of the economic, environmental and social dimension of sustainable development. The universe of the research is formed by the managers of hotels operating in the tourism sector, and the example covers the managers of 19 hotels from Turkey that are included in the Holidaycheck's Best Hotels List of the Year 2017. The data obtained from hotel managers revealed that hotels have taken significant steps towards the 17 key sustainable development targets.

Abstract:

Sustainable development reveals a process in which institutions should take into account the relationship between economic, environmental and social parameters in their operations. In this context, institutions’ sustainability approach is essential in our contemporary age of sustainable development. In this study, institutions’ sustainability approaches are discussed based on the three basic strategic dimensions (economic, environmental and social) of sustainable development which include the basic aims of the sustainable development. Questionnaire method is used in the research and questionnaires are formed, based on the studies acquired as a result of literature survey and Sustainability Reports of Hotels. Questions were prepared as to give clues about the steps hotels take on the basis of economic, environmental and social dimensions in sustainable development. Population of the study involves the managers of hotels operating in tourism sector and sample contains the managers of 19 hotels that are listed in the Best Hotels List of 2017 in Holidaycheck. As a result of the data obtained from the hotel managers it was observed that hotels have taken important steps towards the basic seventeen aims of sustainable development. 

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