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Minor Hotels Hits Milestone With 30 Green Growth 2050 Platinum Certifications, Cementing Its Role As A Leader In Sustainable Hospitality

Posted on December 8, 2024 in Current News - 0 comments -

Minor Hotels celebrates 30 Green Growth 2050 Platinum certifications, marking a significant milestone in its global commitment to sustainable hospitality practices.

Minor Hotels, a renowned global hospitality leader, has achieved a significant sustainability milestone by securing Green Growth 2050 Platinum certification for 30 of its properties worldwide. The prestigious certification marks an important step forward in Minor Hotels’ long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability in the hospitality industry. With properties across 56 countries, this recognition underscores the group’s efforts to integrate eco-friendly practices into its operations while creating a lasting, positive impact on the communities and environments in which it operates.

The Green Growth 2050 Certification: A Rigorous Standard for Sustainable Hospitality

The Green Growth 2050 certification, available in Silver, Gold, and Platinum tiers, stands as one of the most rigorous and all-encompassing sustainability standards in the travel sector. To earn the Platinum certification, hotels must undergo an exhaustive evaluation that includes more than 450 sustainability criteria. These criteria cover a range of environmental, social, and economic factors, ensuring that certified properties are not only reducing their environmental footprint but are also making meaningful contributions to their local communities.

Niyama Private Islands Maldives achieves Platinum Green Growth 2050 Certification

Posted on December 7, 2024 in Current News - 0 comments -

December 7, 2024 by Hotelier News Desk

Niyama Private Islands Maldives has announced its upgrading from Gold to Platinum Green Growth 2050 certification, recognition of its unrivalled commitment to sustainability in tourism.

Made up of over 1,200 low-lying islands, the Maldives is one of the most susceptible nations in the world to climate change. It is for this reason that Niyama Private Islands Maldives has since its inception dedicated itself to sustainable operations, leading the way in minimising its carbon footprint.

Green Growth 2050 sets the global benchmark for sustainability in travel and tourism. With over 400 indicators based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, UNEP Green Economy Principles and UNWTO Ethics in Tourism, it quantifies sustainability in a hotel’s design, operations, environmental stewardship, and also social and community development.

Anantara Offers Internship to Children under State Care

Posted on August 2, 2017 in Current News - 0 comments -

Anantara Maldives Resorts has joined Ministry of Gender and Family to introduce a special internship program for children under State care at children’s shelter.

Anantara’s corporate social responsibility project “Minor Hope” was inaugurated in a function held at the resort earlier this year by First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim.

The one-year “Minor Hope” internship program is directed at providing children under State care with the necessary skills to venture into the job market, as well as providing them with job opportunities in the tourism industry.

Sustainable Luxury in the Heart of Bangkok

Posted on August 25, 2016 in Current News - 0 comments -

Anantara Siam Bangkok has achieved the highest individual score in attaining GOLD Certification to the global sustainability certification standard for travel and tourism, Green Growth 2050. With a score of 86%, Anantara Siam has set the benchmark for all other Hotels to aspire to across all assessment elements including social, cultural, environmental and operational best practice.

In the heart of one of the world’s most enigmatic capital cities, Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel offers discerning travellers a luxurious retreat to enjoy life’s finer pleasures and engage in soulful, original journeys. As ethical tourism continues to grow, certifications such as this allow travellers to feel more confident that they are not only getting their money’s worth, but are leaving behind a better chance for younger generations to enjoy the same liberties.

Minor Hotel Group to implement Global Performance Measurement initiative

Posted on January 13, 2016 in Current News - 0 comments -

Minor Hotel Group is currently implementing Green Growth 2050’s advance Performance Measurement suite in preparation for going live during February 2016. The implementation involves 75 hotels across 6 major brands across 18 countries.

This will enable Minor Hotels to measure its sustainability performance across a range of key performance metrics. Once collected, they can then use inbuilt business intelligence and analytics to view the performance of the overall organisation. Information can be analysed by individual business, region, brand or across the entire tourism enterprise.

Six Anantara Hotels certified GOLD!

Posted on December 23, 2015 in Current News - 0 comments -

Green Growth 2050 has recently certified six Thailand-based Anantara hotels to its Global Standard. Each Hotel achieved greater than 80% compliance reaching GOLD Certification status.

Congratulations to:

Anantara Baan Rajprasong Bangkok Serviced Suites
Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort;
Anantara Sathorn Bangkok Hotel;
Anantara Hua Hin Resort;
Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort;
Anantara Lawana Koh Samui Resort.

Green Growth 2050 signs major sustainability agreement with Minor International

Posted on November 12, 2015 in Current News - 0 comments -

Minor International’s Hotel Group (MGH) has moved to further cement itself as one of the global leaders in sustainable tourism by implementing the Green Growth 2050 (GG2050) sustainability solution.

Green Growth 2050 was launched in January 2015 and has already established an impressive client base of participating hotels. The Minor Hotel Group has committed it’s 40 Anantara brand hotels to the Green Growth 2050 program with many already undergoing Certification. A further 35 Minor hotels are currently implementing the Performance Measurement solution planned for live operation in February 2016. This will bring the total number of Minor Hotels to 75 across 6 major brands across 18 countries using elements of the GG2050 program.

Minor Hotels continues Mozambique expansion

Posted on November 12, 2014 in Current News - 0 comments -

Minor Hotel Group has further expanded its presence in Mozambique through a significant hotel and mixed use investment in the capital Maputo, in addition to increasing its hotel portfolio with the rebranding of existing assets in the country to its Anantara and AVANI brands.

Minor Hotel Group has invested approximately US$101 million to acquire 49 per cent of a hotel and mixed-use property project in Maputo in a joint venture with Rani Investment.

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