US hotel appoints 'green concierge'

A California hotel has introduced a green concierge to offer guests expert advice on sustainable and eco-friendly activities. 

The new concierge at 164-room Shore Hotel in Santa Monica can suggest the best farmers' markets on any day of the week, where to shop for eco-friendly clothes and where to get a shot of fair trade expresso or reserve a hybrid taxi, the hotel said. 

The hotel is the only new-build in Santa Monica to be LEED registered and hotels who wish to find out more about the hotel's design and construction can ask the green concierge.