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WRAP sponsors award for Environmentally Responsible Hotel of the Year
The Considerate Hoteliers Association has announced that WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) will sponsor its annual Environmentally Responsible Hotel of the Year Award.
Hotels play an important role in reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill due to the significant amount of waste they generate – on average each hotel creates around 1kg of waste per guest per night.
The Environmentally Responsible Hotel of the Year award will help demonstrate the range of initiatives that hotels in the UK are implementing to reduce the amount of waste they dispose of and the associated costs.
Hotels applying to be considered for the award will be asked to demonstrate either that they are implementing programmes which cover the full spectrum of the waste chain from initial purchasing to final disposal or that they are taking a particularly innovative approach to one element of waste minimisation.
In the light of increasing waste disposal costs, hotels which implement a comprehensive approach to waste minimisation can often reduce their costs significantly and – in most cases – enhance the quality of the guest experience.
Alongside the WRAP-sponsored award, Considerate Hoteliers will continue to offer hotels that are making a considerable contribution to their community and local environment the opportunity to apply to be considered for the accolade of Considerate Hotel of the Year Award.
The Environmentally Responsible Hotel of the Year award will be presented by Jennie Price, chief executive of WRAP, at the annual Master Innholders General Managers Conference on 16-17 January 2006, to be held at The Carlton Tower, London.
Last year’s winner of Environmentally Friendly Hotel of the Year was 51 Buckingham Gate and the Crowne Plaza London St James, a member of the Taj Group. Details: www.consideratehoteliers.com