LAGUNA PARK HOTEL Achieves Prestigious Travelife Gold certification
The LAGUNA PARK HOTEL in Sunny beach has achieved a prestigious Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations Gold Certification. Travelife – the international sustainability certification scheme – assesses a property’s performance in managing their social, environmental and economic impacts.
The labelling scheme helps hotels cut costs and increase sales, by improved sustainability.
To gain Travelife Gold certification the hotel must meet their 150 sustainability criteria. This includes environmental issues, such as minimising their waste and use of energy, water and chemicals; , as well as taking positive action on social issues, such as employee welfare, working with the local community, child protection and human rights. They must also show how they are helping to support local businesses and protect local traditions and wildlife.
Energy
The Laguna park hotel has reduced its energy use by using renewable energy, installing low-energy lighting, ensuring that in-room air conditioning is set to a minimum temperature by use of natural day-light and shading.
Waste
The Laguna park hotel has reduced the amount of waste it produces by the development of a waste minimisation programme, including reducing the amount of resources used, reusing materials or recycling/composting, using refillable containers, buying in bulk etc.
Water
The hotel uses various methods to save water, including the technologies installed in guest rooms or public areas, such as dual flush toilets, low-flow shower heads and taps.
The hotel measures its performance regularly to monitor the impact of its sustainability efforts, report on results and plan improvements.
Travelife certification shows that the hotel is committed to treating people fairly and with respect. As well as providing good working conditions for staff and investing in its employees by providing regular training, the Laguna park hotel aims to be an active member of the local community. The hotel supports local people by giving money to local charities, providing access to hotel facilities to local people.
The Laguna park hotel also tries to support the local community from an economic perspective by…. buying food and services from local suppliers or encouraging its guests to visit local restaurants, markets and attractions so that they have an opportunity to spend money and support the local economy].
The Laguna park hotel also tries to involve guests in their sustainability activities, such as encouraging guests to recycle whilst they are staying in the hotel, running a towel and linen re-use service to help save water or informing them about protected areas, either within the grounds of the property or in the destination.
A key reason for tourism businesses to care about sustainability is to help protect the unique natural and cultural characteristics of their resort, so it continues to attract tourists in the future. The Laguna park hotel therefore serves local food, provides information on local customs, heritage sites/places of cultural interest, restaurants, or places to buy locally-made goods or souvenirs].
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About Travelife
Travelife is an international certification system, promoting sustainability within the tourism industry. It helps tour operators, hotels and accommodations to manage and monitor their social and environmental impacts, as well as communicate their achievements to customers. It is an easy to use sustainability system which provides members with a practical framework to improve their business.
Travelife for Hotels and Accommodations is the only certification scheme that works in partnership with tour operators, both in the UK and internationally, who use the system to increase sustainability in the industry and communicate achievements to customers.
For more information about the Travelife for Hotels and Accommodations please visit: www.travelife.org or www.travelifecollection.com