Greenotels Vol 3 ISSUE 10, December 2019
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December Issue 2019 Vol. 3 ISSUE 10 December 2019 POLICY PRIME MOVERS POLICIES INTRODUCED IN 2019 BY THE WATER CONSERVATION TOURISM MINISTRY BEYOND THE FERN With huge amount being sanctioned to various policies across different parts Through a recent collaboration with Drop For H&FS | Identity design of India, it is imperative for the tourism and hospitality players to understand Dead Foundation, The Fern hotels took care the utility of the policies. Listed here are a few that may cover your issue... of water usage not just in their properties 10 but also went house to house... 07 PRAISE PRECEDENT PRAISE CROWNE PLAZA REVELS SPICE VILLAGE-ROLE THIS HOTEL COM- IN BUILDING ECOFRIEN- MODEL FOR RES- MUNITY IN UTTARA- DLY CHRISTMAS TREES! PONSIBLE TOURISM KHAND PRIORITI Crowne Plaza builds Christmas Tree from Think Global, Act Local - Lesson worth SES NATURE OVER waste, discarded items every year. Here’s learning from this community of GUESTS..! how the bottled-tree looked this year…15 responsible hoteliers in Kerala... 04 05 Await our January Edition to find out about Indias’ Greenest Hotels www.greenotels.com sky. The movement’s main messengers were envi- Our aim has been to make GreenOtels as 2019 IN REVIEW collaborative as possible, believing that a ronmentalists and climate activists. diversity of perspectives enriches the work. 2019 was marked by travel and hospitality we have reached out to experts, to Today, clean energy is recognized as an economic industries’ strong contribution to the professionals and promoters in hospitality as driver. The private and public sectors are embrac- economy, rising global consumer purchasing well as companies engaged in sustainable ing it not only because of environmental concerns, power, and digital innovation being fueled in development to help make the big shift but also because it’s a smart economic move. the record of its growth. The year marked the towards a sustainable future. establishment of some strong policies by the Minakshi Agarwal ministry. And also, the birth of ‘values’ that KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES If I was to look at India and our hotels then here hold the players of these industries account- Bharat Malkani, E.C. FHRAI too we did receive over a 130 applicants for the able for the conservation of natural resources, CB Ramkumar, Our Native Village GreenOtels Awards which in itself was so hugely preservation of India’s cultural diversity and Garish Oberoi, President, FHRAI It’s the end of a decade and the start of a new encouraging for us because these hotel business- heritage, and factors similar that directly and Niranjan Khatri, iSambhav dawn, we hope. es did find reasons to become environmentally indirectly lead to the development of Tourism Param Kanampilly, Concept Hospitality and Hospitality Industries. Below are some of efficient. Can they do better? Of course they can Sanjay Sethi, ITC Hotels these major inceptions of 2019 that include Steve Borgia, President, ESOI In the decade we leave behind — 2010-2019 — - they must! Some of these hotels may not know - facts, policies, trends that carve our way the world, it would seem, has unravelled; come what to do and how to become even more effi- forward. ADVISORY PANEL apart; our leaders are diminished; our economies cient - so for us at GreenOtels - 2020 will be the Amitab Tyagi, The Taj Hotels are in trouble; and, there is conflict and strife year to intensify training and carrying out technical During January-July 2019, Foreign Tourist Arun Bahadur, The Oberoi Hotels Arrivals were 60.84 lakh with the growth of everywhere we look. In this decade, we have re- workshops across India. 2020 will also be a year Ashish Rakheja, AEON Consultants 2.1 per cent. In July 2019, Foreign Exchange alised that climate change is not in the distant fu- for us to solidify the formation and functioning of HC Vinayaka, ITC Hotels Earnings were Rs 1,34,689 crore with the Sanjeev Saxena, DLF Home Developers ture. It is happening and its impact will only grow. Sustainable Tourism Council of India (STCI) so that growth of 7.2 per cent from July 18-July 19. Shankareswaran Jayaraj, Reliance we could play an integral role in advocating and Sunil Relia, JLL Building Operations A five-year tax holiday has been offered for 2, Every year in this decade has broken a new bringing in corrective measures at the policy level. Vikram Choubal, Marriott International record — the highest heat and the most extreme 3 and 4-star category hotels located around UNESCO World Heritage sites; except for in BENGALURU weather. Wildfires consumed vast parts of the Climate change is not a problem that can be Delhi and Mumbai. Amazon and Arctic alike. Greenhouse gas emis- solved or mitigated enough by individual behavior. Bhaskar Masineni, The Leela Palace sions continued to rise, but President Trump We can’t fix this alone. We can’t all do everything. Millenials are turning heads to Sustainable Jagadish Itagi, The Ritz Carlton Murali Panicker, Taj Bangalore served notice to quit the Paris climate agreement. But, we can all do one thing. So just pick one Stay-cations, and so are corporate travellers. Ravindra Singh, ITC Gardenia The latest United Nations climate talks produced thing — whether it’s eating less red meat, or com- Green design saw its foundation in the layout CHENNAI one of the worst outcomes in 25 years, with the posting, or riding your bike to work, or cleaning up of hotels. 2019 was just a start! N Ramamoorthy, ITC Grand Chola Hotel biggest polluters blocking even the suggestion of plastic litter in your community, or buying second- HYDERABAD more ambitious targets. And as I write this, all my hand clothing — and actually do it. India had been placed at 34th position out Ashok Hemrajani, Minerva Group friends shivering in the severe winters of Delhi and of 140 economies, in the World Economic Sharique Khurshid, Taj Krishna DELHI Northern parts of India will find it difficult to believe Maybe it will remind you that the most important Forum’s ‘World Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Rank’ in 2019. Anil Kumar, The Imperial change we can make as individuals is to stay fo- that this decade has been the warmest on record. Rahul Prabhakar, ITC Maurya cused on all the work that still needs to be done. Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme, the Rothin Banerjee, Taj Palace True, there is no shortage of stories and trend The work that all of us — particularly companies Ministry of Tourism marked 15 Theme based Suman Majumder, Hyatt Regency lines that are distressing, to say the least. But let’s and countries — need to do together to sidestep circuits for development. JAIPUR not dwell on those for the moment. catastrophe. M Kannan, Oberoi Rajvilas “Incredible India Helpline” launched to guide Ranjeet Yadav, ITC Rajputana the tourer during their stay. e-Visa was Anupam Vivek, Jai Mahal Palace Instead, let’s stop and celebrate progress in the For each one of us 2020 will bring in different launched for citizens of 44 countries to MUMBAI clean economy and sustainable business, and all challenges and opportunities but we must know reduce the time of application for tourists. Ajay Nayak, ITC Maratha of the committed and largely unsung profession- that what we do over the next 10 years may well Neeraj Kaushik, Renaissance als who made them happen. determine our collective fates for the next 100 Public Service Delivery System launched. Nilesh Mhatre, JW Marriott years. Prashant Pawar, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Flip pages to read more...We’ve covered Prashant Vaidya, Hotel Sofitel At the start of the decade, solar, wind and energy PRIME MOVERS PREVIEW note-worthy stories, for you! storage technologies largely were dismissed as Let’s get to work... being fringe, not cost-competitive and pie-in-the Write to me at [email protected] PERSPECTIVE 2 Vol. 3 ISSUE 10 December 2019 | 3 For H&FS | Identity design For H&FS | Identity design be more and that true luxury is an experience CLEAN GREEN rooted in simplicity and soul, transcending GREEN PEOPLES’ GOAT VILLAGE PRIORI- EARTH HOTELS’ mere form and ostentation.” TISES NATURE OVER GUESTS - CHECK OUT Clean Green Earth Hotels’ Spice Village is SPICE VILLAGE one such example of eco friendly property. THEIR ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY. Spice Village was established in 1991 and was built by the local Mannan in their tradi- DEFINES tional style using split bamboo and elephant grass; the latter gathered with permission RESPONSIBLE from the forest, the removal of the grass reducing fire risk. Earthen clay tiles were used TOURISM to construct the floors and the furniture of pine was and is made locally from recycled Clean Green Earth Hotels have been pio- packing crates. Rainwater harvesting, solar neers in environmental, social and economic lighting and hot water heating, biogas made sustainability and have developed a series of from kitchen waste used for cooking, drink- destination experiences in sixteen boutique ing water purified on site, local activities in resorts all of which respect nature, build with the community, water from the sewage social relationships with their neighbours and treatment plant used to water the grounds – through their neighbours participation and they have been thorough in their approach to their insights and inspiration, create unique sustainability and created a great guest ex- and memorable experiences. Early adopters perience. The food, recipes and décor are all of Responsible Tourism they have created local, the employees are drawn from neigh- experiences that pay “homage to nature and bouring villages and particular efforts have engage closely with local people and their been made to recruit female staff by creating cultures.” They have proved that “less can a comfortable; working environment for them.