Major Caribbean Green Hospitality Group Celebrates Earth Day Throughout April With Spa Promotion
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Major Caribbean Green Hospitality Group Celebrates Earth Day Throughout April With Spa Promotion
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2009-03-16
To celebrate Earth Day and create awareness for sustainable travel to the Caribbean, the award-winning Elite Island Resorts -- the second-largest independently owned, green certified Caribbean hospitality group -- announces it will make a donation each time a body or facial spa treatment is purchased at select resorts during April 2009. When guests purchase a relaxing treatment at Galley Bay Resort & Spa, The Verandah Resort & Spa and St. James's Club & Villas (all on Antigua); and Palm Island (The Grenadines), five dollars per treatment will be donated to Sustainable Travel International (STI), a global organization devoted to sustainable solutions and promoting responsible travel and ecotourism.
"Elite Island Resorts is proud we made the commitment to be green in the Caribbean. In April we celebrate our first anniversary as being certified green and decided this would be the perfect way to salute this important milestone by contributing to Sustainable Travel International. Everyone loves a pampering spa treatment like a Deep Tissue massage or an exotic Coconut Cocoon body wrap, and now when guests book spa appointments they can do something good for themselves and the environment," said Steven E. Heydt, Elite Island Resorts' president.
Elite Island Resort Caribbean properties' daily operations are geared toward ecological preservation. Steps include grey water provides irrigation; organic waste is utilized by local farmers; and a reduction of non-biodegradable products are employed. Foods and products from endangered species are banned and produce and other sustainable products are purchased locally whenever possible. Examples include employment of a 95+ percent local workforce and support of cultural events, charities, scholarships, and at Galley Bay, a dedicated bird sanctuary.
The resorts were certified green by Green Globe International in accordance with the highest international standards: the Baseline Criteria of Sustainable Tourism Certification Network of the Americas, International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001/14001, The Mohonk Agreement, Agenda 21 and principles for Sustainable Development endorsed by 182 governments at the United Nations Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992.
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