Local culture is incorporated in the SAii Lagoon Maldives’ operations. The traditional Bodu Beru performance is organized once a week; all paintings in the rooms and public areas have been made by a local artist; and a traditional local boat (dhoni) is displayed in the main restaurant and used for the floating breakfast.

Meetings and events are an important part of the Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport’s operations. The hotel’s Meeting with a Purpose package uses carbon calculation tools to measure a meeting’s CO2 emissions. Working with profit-for-purpose organization South Pole, carbon offsets are then generated and 1% of the total meeting’s revenue is invested in the Kariba Forest Protection Project.

Crowne Plaza Amsterdam-South staff are on the ground regularly organizing clean-ups of their neighborhood, on the South side of the city, ensuring local streets are free of trash. Food waste from the hotel’s operations is also collected and donated to local farmers so they can feed their animals. When it comes to local projects, Crowne Plaza Amsterdam-South is a rallying point for organizing support. No project is too small and this year, the hotel team hosted and helped with the planting of water lilies in the nearby canal.

In their region Mövenpick Hotel ‘s-Hertogenbosch has been contributing to rebuilding tourism by supporting the local destination management organization, Visit Brabant. The hotel is active in encouraging hotel guests to visit attractions and places of interest beyond den Bosch. Using in-house information, the hotel hopes to send a bigger spread of tourists to build greater resilience within the region’s tourism operators. Mövenpick Hotel ‘s-Hertogenbosch has been Green Globe certified since 2011 and achieved PLATINUM status.