November Issue 2019 Vol. 3 ISSUE 9 November 2019 PRAISE PERFORMANCEPLANET POST RESIDENCY TOWERS AND THEIR GREEN GREENOTELS AWARD EFFORTS... 2019 SHORT-LISTED For H&FSLike all | Identityresponsible design hotels, Residency Towers - Coimbatore is also working HOTEL NOMINEES towards building a green property. Read here their initiatives in adopting ANNOUNCED... sustainable practices in everyday functioning... 14 02 PRACTICE PEOPLE PERFORMANCE NO SCOPE TO OVER- WORD FROM SHIM- GREEN INITIATIVES LOOK THE RESTAU- LA - HOTELS AT RISK AT ARYA NIWAS - RANT AT YOUR HOTEL! OF WATER SCARCITY JAIPUR, From food, waste management to conser- After water crisis hit Shimla last year, RAJASTHAN vation of resources, your restuarant needs here’s how hotels are coping up with to be as green as other your hotel... 06 changes - Sanjay Sood shares 10 08 Book your seat for the 2019 GreenOtels Conference & Awards on December 18, 2019 www.greenotels.com GREENOTELS AWARD 2019 - Holiday Inn Express Suites, Bengaluru Our aim has been to make GreenOtels as SMALL FORMAT (upto 60 Keys) Holiday Inn New Delhi Mayur Vihar Noida collaborative as possible, believing that a diversity of perspectives enriches the work. we have reached out to experts, to Amanora The Fern, Pune Hotel Feathers, Chennai professionals and promoters in hospitality as Hotel Holiday Inn Jaipur City Center well as companies engaged in sustainable Rodas An Ecotel Hotel, Mumbai development to help make the big shift Minakshi Agarwal towards a sustainable future. Sarovar Portico Naraina, New Delhi Ibis Hyderabad HITEC City KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATES Meluha The Fern, Mumbai The Fern Residency, Kolkata Bharat Malkani, E.C. FHRAI CB Ramkumar, Our Native Village We are delighted to announce the Shortlist for the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Hyderabad The Riverwood Forest Retreat, Pench Garish Oberoi, President, FHRAI 2019 GreenOtels Award. Niranjan Khatri, iSambhav Sheraton Grand Bangalore At Brigade The Roseate, New Delhi Param Kanampilly, Concept Hospitality Gateway, Bengaluru We were overwhelmed by the number of entries Sanjay Sethi, ITC Hotels we received from small and big hotels from across Steve Borgia, President, ESOI GREENOTELS AWARD 2019 - Taj Swarna, Amritsar the country and to arrive at the short-lists, the MEDIUM FORMAT (61 to 120 keys) ADVISORY PANEL award submissions were thoroughly evaluated The Imperial Hotel, New Delhi Amitab Tyagi, The Taj Hotels and checked by the technical teams lead by EDS Arun Bahadur, The Oberoi Hotels (Environment Design Solutions). Courtyard by Marriott, Kochi The Lalit Hotel, Chandigarh Ashish Rakheja, AEON Consultants HC Vinayaka, ITC Hotels The Residency Towers, Chennai The second and final round of checks will be car- InterContinental Chennai Mahabalipuram Resort, Sanjeev Saxena, DLF Home Developers ried out by the eminent Jury of Experts who have Chennai Shankareswaran Jayaraj, Reliance The Residency Towers, Coimbatore worked closely with our industry and carry with Sunil Relia, JLL Building Operations Madhubhan Resort & Spa, Anand Vikram Choubal, Marriott International them high caliber of qualification and experience in the space of sustainability, eco-design, engi- Poetree Sarovar Portico, Kerala GREENOTELS AWARD 2019 - BENGALURU neering as well as building management. EXTRA LARGE FORMAT (above 250 keys) Bhaskar Masineni, The Leela Palace Pragati Green Meadows & Resorts, Hyderabad Jagadish Itagi, The Ritz Carlton The winners will be announced at the awards Murali Panicker, Taj Bangalore ceremony on 18th December in Delhi. So, please Taj Madikeri Resort & Spa, Coorg Crowne Plaza Greater Noida Ravindra Singh, ITC Gardenia CHENNAI block your date. Taj West End, Bengaluru ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad N Ramamoorthy, ITC Grand Chola Hotel HYDERABAD I have shared before that the idea behind the The Residency, Chennai ITC Maurya, New Delhi Ashok Hemrajani, Minerva Group GreenOtels Award is not to pinpoint who is the Sharique Khurshid, Taj Krishna best but to highlight and to encourage all those The Tigress Spa & Resort, Ranthambore JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity DELHI hoteliers who have sustainability as a part of their Anil Kumar, The Imperial business agenda. So, each one of the Award UK27 The Fern, Belagavi Novotel & Ibis Bengaluru Outer Ring Road Rahul Prabhakar, ITC Maurya Rothin Banerjee, Taj Palace applicants is a winner... Renaisaance Convention Centre Hotel Suman Majumder, Hyatt Regency GREENOTELS AWARD 2019 - Mumbai JAIPUR I am listing the hotels that have been short-listed LARGE FORMAT (120 to 250 keys) M Kannan, Oberoi Rajvilas on parameters of Energy, Water, Waste, IEQ and Taj Krishna, Hyderabad Ranjeet Yadav, ITC Rajputana Community Initiatives. Anupam Vivek, Jai Mahal Palace Avasa Hotel, Hyderabad Taj Palace, New Delhi MUMBAI Ajay Nayak, ITC Maratha If you seek any clarification please call me on Caspia Hotel, Delhi The LaLit, Jaipur Neeraj Kaushik, Renaissance +91 98200 69890 or write in on Nilesh Mhatre, JW Marriott [email protected] Crowne Plaza Jaipur Tonk Road, Jaipur The Lalit, New Delhi Prashant Pawar, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Prashant Vaidya, Hotel Sofitel See you in Delhi on December 18. PRIME MOVERS PERSPECTIVE Crowne Plaza Today, New Delhi The Leela Ambience Gurugram Hotel 2 Vol. 3 ISSUE 9 November 2019 | 3 For H&FS | Identity design For H&FS | Identity design large table d’hôte for sharing special mo- RESORTS IN HILTON EXPANDS ACCOR FOCUSES ments, and ensuring that 20 percent of rooms can accommodate between four and six MALDIVES FAMILY-FRIENDLY ON MEANINGFUL people. Each hotel owner is free to express himself while staying true to the three ways of PROTECT BENEFITS ESSENTIALS WITH being greet: by salvaging objects sourced via second-hand networks or from eco-respon- sible suppliers; by upcycling unusual deco- SEAGRASS In a robust expansion of its family-friendly LAUNCH OF GREET, rative items, and by revisiting these objects benefits, Hilton has announced an exten- to repurpose them and give them a second The #ProtectMaldivesSeagrass campaign, sion of its parental leave. The enhancements ITS NEW RESPON- lease of life. headed by the Blue Marine Foundation and underscore Hilton’s commitment to creating the Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI) at Six an inclusive environment for all, including SIBLE BRAND An eco-system has therefore been introduced Senses Laamu, has so far convinced more working parents. Hilton is also introducing a to assist hotel owners in their policy of than 25 percent of resorts in the Maldives to Parents Concierge for U.S. Corporate Team Alert to new trends, Accor is rewriting the renovating and upgrading their assets. protect their seagrass meadows. Members, and an expansion of its Thrive rules and presents greet, a new alternative Global platform, to support new parents and hospitality and sustainable tourism offering Partnerships with key organizations will The country’s Ministry of Tourism has also their managers. that combines environmental considerations enable each hotel to turn their approach to officially endorsed the campaign to stop with a socially responsible approach for trav- giving second chances into a reality, and it the removal of seagrass beds. Seagrass is As part of its holistic approach to creating a elers seeking authenticity. The latest addition is totally in line with this socially responsible commonly removed in the Maldives when it is culture where Team Members thrive person- to the Group’s economy segment, greet is a brand. greet has joined forces with several found near resort islands because operators ally and professionally, Hilton has also intro- community-based, responsible and non-stan- leading charities, including Emmaüs, which believe it spoils the clear, picturesque lagoons duced the Parenthood Journey Program, in dardized brand, that is in keeping with current will enable owners to source second-hand that tourists expect on holiday. partnership with Thrive Global and Stanford trends and seeks to serve travelers who are furniture and designs made using recycled Medicine. The workplace program provides looking to add meaning to their purchases items, as well as Valdelia (an eco-organization More than 30 resorts joined the campaign support ranging from in-person training for and are aware of their impact on the planet. providing a comprehensive solution to collect, and collectively pledged to protect more than managers of new parents, video e-learning for recycle and reuse old furniture from all types 8.9 million square feet (830,000 square me- new moms on themes of wellbeing, connec- Greet breathes new life into today’s economy of organizations) which will strengthen the ters) of seagrass around resort islands across tion and purpose, and toolkits for partners to hotel landscape. Although diversity is the hall- connections with these networks. the country. navigate and support their partner and baby. mark of its design approach, greet retains its own unique identity—one of the brand’s key Accor Group hopes to open 300 greet hotels The website www.protectmaldivesseagrass. Additional family–friendly benefits include strengths is the freedom and great flexibility it throughout Europe by 2030. The greet net- com received more than 22,000 visits in a adoption assistance, extended bereavement offers to hotel owners under its banner. The work will quickly extend to various European four-month period, with the #ProtectMal- leave, generous paid time off and exclusive only guidelines are that greet hotels must destinations, with the German city of Darm- divesSeagrass hashtag mentioned over 300 travel discounts to allow families to spend include several of the brand’s key features, stadt welcoming the very first greet hotel times each day at the height of the campaign. more time making memories together. Ben- including its logo in the common areas, a outside France in the coming months. POSITIVE TRENDS Over 1,600 people from both the local and efits apply to all team members at both hotel international community have registered their level and corporate offices. support to protect seagrass in the Maldives. POLICY Six Senses Laamu, the resort that inspired the campaign, has been protecting its sea- grass since 2017 and has successfully shown that seagrass and tourism can coexist.