ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Hotel Suite Villa María is a hotel establishment with growth expectations that aspires to offer high quality standards, always maintaining the commitment to the environment and operating responsibly with respect to oursurroundings.

Our hotel is located in an area of relatively high environmental interest. So, its operations and services are developed in accordance with respect for this special environment, and following these criteria the company embraces this manifesto as an environmental policy and a commitment, based on the following premises:

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In order to ensure the pursuit of this Policy in all its facilities, Hotel Suite Villa María will develop an environmental management system with which any deviation from the principles set out herein will be detected, assessed and re-guided, and so will be keeping to the continuous improvement of its action concerning environmental issues, as well as hygienic – health and risk prevention issues.

The management of Hotel Suite Villa María undertakes to carry out periodic revisions of this Policy in order to update it according to the changing circumstances, either internal or external.

MAIN MEASURES OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HOTEL’S DAILY OPERATION

• Training for all our staff in Travellife certification.
• Installation of energy-efficient lighting throughout the hotel.
• The energy resulting from refrigeration is used for heating pools and the hot water supply.
• Selective collection of rubbish inside the hotel in both guest and staff areas.
• Use of reusable containers for water and other beverages by all our staff.
• All green spaces in the hotel are watered with recycled water.
• All internal transport carts (buggies) are 100% electric.
• There is a space dedicated to growing food “Our Garden”, where fruit and vegetables are harvested for the consumption by everybody.
• In our Children’s Club “Pispita” activities are carried out related to the awareness and conservation of the natural environment such as recycling workshops and the recycling of different materials.
• We provide drinks in reusable glasses at the Blue Oasis Pool Bar.
• We provide non-plastic, biodegradable, edible, flavoured, gluten-free or lactose-free drinking straws.
• We carry out regular activities to clean and care for the surrounding environment such as beaches, trails, coastal areas and avenues.
• We do not use plastic bags in the hotel minimarket, they have been replaced with reusable bags made from long-lasting materials.
• We recommend our guests use the resources responsibly and minimize the changing of towels in their rooms.