Green Globe Certification announces winners of Annual Awards

LOS ANGELES, California – Green Globe Certification announced the winners of The Annual Green Globe Highest Achievement Awards 2012, presented to the top performing tourism and hospitality businesses

LOS ANGELES, California – Green Globe Certification announced the winners of The Annual Green Globe Highest Achievement Awards 2012, presented to the top performing tourism and hospitality businesses in key regions of the world. The awards are made to businesses achieving the highest number of certification criteria under the Green Globe Certification Standard for Sustainable Tourism. In addition, special merit awards are made to businesses, who demonstrate a commitment to sustainable tourism that is exceptional and worthy of global recognition.

A total of 13 winners have been selected by the Green Globe expert panel of judges. The Annual Green Globe Certification Highest Achievement Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the sustainability sector worldwide. The judges were impressed by the manner in which the 2012 winners have clearly recognized that a fully-integrated sustainability program must do more than just improve performance of the business. All of the 2012 winners have achieved considerable reductions in energy consumption, some operate 100% self-sustainable. Considerable efforts have also been made to educate staff and reach out into the wider community, creating a property clearly dedicated to both personal responsibility and informing, empowering and improving its surrounding environment.

Regional winners include the Movenpick Hotel & Casino Cairo-Media City (Africa), Movenpick Hotel Muenchen-Airport (Europe), Anantara Phangan Rasananda Resort & Spa in Thailand (Asia/Pacific), Agape Cottages in the British Virgin Islands (Caribbean), Le Meridien Cyberport in Hong Kong (China), Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea in Jordan (Middle East), Hacienda Tres Rios in Mexico (North/Central America) and Chepu Adventures Eco Lodge in Chile (South America).

The special merit awards went to Steiger OHG (Germany) for Best Attraction, Inselgemeinde Juist (Germany) for Best Business, the Hannover Congress Centrum (Germany) for Best Convention Center, Comite Regional du Tourisme de Bretagne (France) for Best Destination Management Company, and Class Tour (Brazil) for Best Tour Company.

Green Globe Certificationโ€™s CEO, Guido Bauer, said : โ€œCongratulations to all our winners for their outstanding contributions to sustainable tourism! I am thrilled about this wonderful success of our members worldwide and their commitment to making green choices for global environmental preservation.โ€

ABOUT GREEN GLOBE CERTIFICATION

Green Globe Certification is the worldwide sustainability system based on internationally-accepted criteria for sustainable operation and management of travel and tourism businesses. Operating under a worldwide license, Green Globe Certification is based in California, USA and is represented in over 83 countries. Green Globe Certification is a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, supported by the United Nations Foundation. For information visit www.greenglobe.com

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