This study examined environmental safety practices among hotels in Iloilo City, with particular attention to implementation levels, operational challenges, and their interrelationship. Grounded in the need for sustainable hospitality management, the research aimed to generate practical insights for improving environmental performance in hotel operations. A descriptive-correlational design was employed, involving 200 hotel employees selected through purposive sampling. Data were gathered using a validated survey instrument and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings indicate that hotels generally demonstrate strong implementation of environmental safety practices, particularly in waste management, while other areas such as energy use, chemical handling, and air and water quality management are also consistently practiced. However, operational challenges remain evident, especially in resource handling and environmental control processes. A significant inverse relationship was identified between the level of practice implementation and the challenges encountered, suggesting that more consistent adoption of environmental measures contributes to reduced operational difficulties. The study offers a key insight that strengthening environmental safety practices is not only a compliance measure but also a strategic approach to minimizing operational constraints. These findings highlight the importance of integrating sustainability into daily hotel operations and provide a basis for management to enhance policy development, staff training, and resource allocation toward more sustainable and efficient practices.

Keywords: environmental safety practices, sustainable hospitality management, hotel operations, waste management and resource handling, environmental performance, Iloilo City