Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Hotels: Ku？adasi Example

Businesses are also aiming to provide social benefits other than their profit and growth aims. As the result of the consciousness of the consumer mass, in recent years, businesses have started to evaluate CSR activities in a competition and image formation strategies. It is observed that CSR applications play an important role, especially in international hotel chains. As in other businesses in the accommodation business, CSR motivations focus on providing competitive advantage, environmental and social contribution. In this study, it is aimed to determine what the CSR activities of accommodation businesses. A semi-structured interview technic is used for the study. As a result of the interview with the managers of accommodation businesses in Ku？adas？ region, it was seen that the accommodation businesses included CSR activities in their general activities and generally performed as social and environmental activities