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Cuba gov’t praises Jardines del Rey hotels for sustainable practices

June 16, 2017

Cuba's government praises Jardines del Rey hotels for their sustainable pratices

Four hotels in Jardines del Rey, Cuba have achieved “good res­ults in meet­ing envir­on­ment­al stand­ards aimed at achiev­ing sus­tain­able tour­ism”, accord­ing to Pren­sa Lat­ina, an inform­a­tion agency for Lat­in Amer­ica. Jardines del Rey (“Gar­dens of the King”) is an archipelago off the north­ern coast of Cuba, in the provinces of Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey. […]

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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Get on with it!

June 5, 2017
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How to make a hotel green & responsible: Just do it!

Hos­pit­al­ity industry pro­fes­sion­al John Mor­ris Wil­li­ams shares a little of his long exper­i­ence ini­ti­at­ing and driv­ing com­­mon-sense meas­ures at hotels and in host com­munit­ies. Mr Wil­li­ams makes it clear that he favours real action over expens­ive cer­ti­fic­a­tion, believ­ing that dis­cern­ing sup­ply chain part­ners and guests are cap­able of per­ceiv­ing green-wash­ing and cyn­ic­al CSR. Update: June 2021 Prompted […]

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