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Manado, N
Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Ten hotels operating in Indonesia have won ASEAN Green
Hotel Recognition Award 2012 for applying environmentally friendly principles
to their operations.
ASEAN Green Award |
The 10
hotels are Matahari Beach Resort & Spa (Bali), Discovery Kartika Plaza
Hotel (Bali), Holiday Inn Resort (Batam), Angsana (Bintan), Melia Benoa (Bali),
Losari Spa Retreat & Coffee Plantation (Magelang), The St Regis Bali
Resort(Bali), Melia Bali Villa & Spa Resort, The Dharmawangsa Jakarta,
Hotel Gran Melia Jakarta.
Mari said
the Green Award 2012 was the third of its kind since 2008. The first such award
was given to ASEAN hotels in Thailand in 2008 and the second in Brunei
Darussalam in 2010.
Environmentally
friendly principle is the main aspect to see if a hotel deserves to receive the
award according to the document of ASEAN Green Hotel Standard agreed upon by 10
ASEAN member countries.
The
document covers a number of criteria and prerequisites as environmental
policies which lay a basis for the environmentally friendly operation of
hotels, including the use of green products, cooperation with local people and
organizations, and human resources development.
Besides
solid waste management, energy efficiency, water efficiency, air quality
management (indoor and outdoor), noise pollution control, waste water treatment
and management, toxic and chemical substance disposal management.
Tight
competition in the hotel industry has encouraged the adoption of the Green
Hotel Standard. The award is designed to promote hotel operators' environmental
awareness amid the looming threat of global warming, increase the competitive
edge of the hotel industry in attracting more guests and improving the quality
of ASEAN hotels' services to support ASEAN as a single tourism destination.
The award
was also given to a number of other ASEAN member countries which respectively
nominated 10 hotels for the award.
Editor: Ade Marboen
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