This long-standing partnership between AccorHotels and Trees for Survival connects hotels and schools in local communities (in our case, Queenstown Primary School) and hotels. We provide the school with mostly native seedlings and a growing unit for the children to learn the basics of horticulture and the importance of restoring natural habitats. Once the seedlings are mature enough, hotel staff and students jointly have a planting day in a location identified as needing regeneration. Just recently, we learned the apricot trees donated and grown at the school as part of this programme harvested enough apricots to make jam which was then sold at the school fair to raise money for the school.
Hotel St Moritz has recently installed large format luxury pumps in all our bathrooms - now featuring the beautiful Grown Alchemist product range of amenities. Not only is the removal of plastic minatures dramatically reducing waste...
Another of our waste-reducing actions is our participation in the 'Beyond Skin Deep' soap recycling programme. Based in New Zealand, Beyond Skin Deep collect waste bars of soap, sanitize and re-form them to provide soap for communities...
Externally assessed, our Qualmark Gold rating recognises the 'best sustainable tourism businesses in New Zealand, with the delivery of exceptional customer experiences an integral part of everything they do. A Gold Sustainable Tourism...