{"id":20301,"date":"2014-01-30T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/movenpick-phuket-resorts-once-again-awarded-green-globe-certification-2\/"},"modified":"2014-01-30T04:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T04:52:00","slug":"movenpick-phuket-resorts-once-again-awarded-green-globe-certification-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/01\/movenpick-phuket-resorts-once-again-awarded-green-globe-certification-2\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00f6venpick Phuket Resorts Once Again Awarded Green Globe Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bangtao_Phuket\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-450297\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bangtao_Phuket-300x200.jpg\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bangtao_Phuket-300x200.jpg\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; cursor: default; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 21px;\" width=\"240\" \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Green Globe recently announced the re-certification of M\u00d6venpick Resort &amp; Spa Karon Beach Phuket, Thailand for the third year in a row; and of M\u00d6venpick Resort Bangtao Beach, Phuket for the second year respectively.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cWe are proud of our achievement with Green Globe for the third consecutive year,\u201d said Hansruedi Frutiger,&nbsp; General Manager of M\u00d6venpick Resort &amp; Spa Karon Beach Phuket, \u201cThis recognition will further strengthen&nbsp; our commitment of&nbsp; running all of our operations with sustainability in mind and&nbsp; ensure that we are in compliance with all environmental and sustainable standards.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\u201cIn a world where resources are becoming increasingly scarce, compounded by the fact that they are consumed in huge amounts by&nbsp;<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bangtao_Phuket\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-450298\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bangtao_Phuket1-300x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Bangtao_Phuket1-300x200.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" width=\"300\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">the hospitality industry, it is our foremost objective to reduce impact on the environment to result in a considerably smaller carbon footprint,\u201d added Michael Wenk, Resident Manager, M\u00d6venpick Resort Bangtao Beach Phuket.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The long-term sustainability management system currently in effect at both M\u00d6venpick Resort &amp; Spa Karon Beach Phuket and M\u00d6venpick Resort Bangtao Beach&nbsp;<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coconut Grove Pool - Karon Beach\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-450300\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Coconut-Grove-Pool-Karon-Beach-300x186.jpg\" height=\"186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Coconut-Grove-Pool-Karon-Beach-300x186.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: left;\" width=\"300\" \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">includes daily energy consumption monitoring and water and electricity usage reduction targets. Fresh water is sourced from deep well and the company-owned waste water treatment plant. Overall waste reduction targets are achieved through comprehensive reuse\/recycle and packaging minimization initiatives, while the hotels\u2019 purchasing policy favours suppliers adhering to ecological sustainability practices. A new line of eco-friendly water bottles and bathroom amenities have also been introduced at both properties.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Green Globe is the premier worldwide certification and performance improvement program developed specifically for the travel and tourism industry. The Green Globe Certification Standard provides organizations with a framework to conduct a comprehensive assessment of their environmental sustainability performance, through which they can monitor improvements and achieve certification. It is reviewed once a year and, to guarantee adherence to the highest international standard, a third-party independent auditor is appointed to work with organizations on-site.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sand Bar- Karon Beach\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-450302\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sand-Bar-Karon-Beach-199x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sand-Bar-Karon-Beach-199x300.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"199\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Globe recently announced the re-certification of M\u00d6venpick Resort &amp; Spa Karon Beach Phuket, Thailand for the third year in a row; and of M\u00d6venpick Resort Bangtao Beach, Phuket for the second year respectively. \u201cWe are proud of our achievement with Green Globe for the third consecutive year,\u201d said Hansruedi Frutiger,&nbsp; General Manager of M\u00d6venpick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}