Green Growth 2050 Certified Hotels across the globe are looking to reduce or eliminate single use plastics.
Recently Knai Bang Chatt in Kep, Cambodia stopped using environmentally harmful plastic drinking straws and replaced them with paper alternatives.
Read moreGreen Growth 2050 has recently certified all four Minor Hotels in Vietnam to its Global Standard. These represent the first properties to be Certified in Vietnam and the first AVANI Hotel to be Certified worldwide; AVANI Hai Phong. Each Hotel achieved greater than 80% compliance reaching GOLD Certification status.
Congratulations to:
An outstanding effort from the Minor Hotel Group and the local teams.
Read moreAnantara Maldives Resorts has joined Ministry of Gender and Family to introduce a special internship program for children under State care at children’s shelter.
Anantara’s corporate social responsibility project “Minor Hope” was inaugurated in a function held at the resort earlier this year by First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim.
The one-year “Minor Hope” internship program is directed at providing children under State care with the necessary skills to venture into the job market, as well as providing them with job opportunities in the tourism industry.
Read moreSaturday, July 15th 2017.
Quinta do Bom Despacho, the home of sustainable holidays and events in the Azorean capital recently celebrated two years of operation in offering outstanding accommodation and guest service.
I preparation for its opening two years ago, Quinta do Bom Despacho embarked on a rigorous program of operational excellence in sustainable tourism culminating in their achievement of Green Growth 2050 GOLD Certification. The Green Growth 2050 Standard comprises 400 best practice compliance indicators and recognizes excellence in environmental, socio-economic & cultural sustainability in the travel & tourism industry.
Read moreMr John Roberts, Director of Conservation for Minor Hotel Group, talks about Green Growth 2050 and its implementation within Anantara Hotels Resorts & Spas and across the enterprise.
John Roberts – Minor Hotel Group
John Roberts Director of Conservation for Minor Hotel Group talks about Green Growth 2050 and its implementation within Anantara Hotels Resorts & Spas and across the enterprise
Posted by Green Growth 2050 on Thursday, October 20, 2016
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The first quarter of 2017, the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, has seen a number of Minor Hotels re-certify to the Green Growth 2050 Global Standard with all improving on their previous audit scores.
AVANI Hotels also joined the program and are working on achieving compliance during 2017.
Re-certified Hotels include:
Anantara Baan Rajprasong Bangkok Serviced Suites
Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort
Anantara Chiang Mai Resort
Anantara Hua Hin Resort and Spa
Anantara Lawana Resort & Spa
Read moreOn Thai Elephant Day, WildAid united 15 prominent Thai business leaders with a pledge to never use elephant ivory or other wildlife products. In a show of solidarity, the nation’s top business leaders joined our call and urged stronger enforcement and more effective wildlife conservation action.
Thailand is a major destination market and trans-shipment hub to China and other markets for ivory products primarily from some of the roughly 33,000 elephants poached annually in Africa. To help raise awareness on this issue WildAid enlisted the help of Mr. William Ellwood Heinecke, Chairman and CEO, Minor International Public Company Limited, to spearhead the effort by asking fellow business leaders to join the pledge and stand united against the illegal ivory trade.
Read moreFollowing the passing of Thailand’s Beloved King, the staff at Anantara Chiang Mai Resort decided to forgo their annual Staff Party celebration and instead celebrate the gift of giving.
In a remote forest of northern Thailand, 127km from Chiang Mai, the staff found a dilapidated school that had been deserted since the school teacher passed away a few months earlier.
As the school is not funded by the Ministry of Education, on 21st and 22nd December 2016, the staff took on the project of renovating the classroom and toilet, and also landscaping the grounds.
Read moreElizabeth Dass-Brown, Director of Marketing & Communications for Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort, talks about their world-leading hydroponic farm.
Anantara Riverside Bangkok Hydroponic Farm
Elizabeth Dass-Brown, Director of Marketing & Communications for Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort, talks about their world-leading hydroponic farm
Posted by Green Growth 2050 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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