Reducing emissions in our own hotel operations
Our Resort & Hotel division is committed to reducing its environmental impact by focusing on CO2 reductions, water conservation, waste minimisation and lower resource consumption.
We manage our efforts using the Travelife principles, which form the basis of our overall sustainability work in this division. We incorporate innovative, data-driven solutions to measure reductions and work to enhance sustainability awareness among staff and guests during our daily operations.
We seek any opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint from our concept hotels within our daily operations, future planning and in renovation projects. We are currently implementing measures across all properties in our portfolio. In 2024, this included the continuation of existing projects, such as installing LED lighting and conducting studies on natural light optimisation, as well as new projects, such as labelling equipment to manage heating and cooling times more effectively. We also continued installing magnetic contacts on balcony doors to prevent unnecessary energy use and installing smart room systems to further optimise energy consumption.
In our target plan, we pledge to have net-zero emissions from electricity consumption in our own operated hotels by 2025. We are very pleased to say that we met this target at the end of 2024, with 100% of the electricity used in our own operated hotels deriving from renewable energy sources, compared to 91% the previous year. Long-term, we are transitioning to self-produced renewable energy, primarily solar energy.
The next stage in this project is to take control of both the cost and usage of energy at our hotels by installing more photovoltaic panels on and around our hotel buildings. In 2024, we installed photovoltaic panels on our hotel roofs in the Canary Islands and Crete and increased production of self-produced electricity in Spain by 864%.
DID YOU KNOW
Many of our hotels have their own kitchen gardens, where we grow vegetables and herbs for the hotel’s restaurants and bars. It’s the ultimate in low-CO2 short travel food.
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100 % of the electricity used in our own operated hotels derives from renewable energy sources.
