Victoria Palace Hôtel, within Paris's friendly 6th arrondissement, has newly obtained its very first Green Globe, an aggressive worldwide certification of ecotourism projects. It validates that the hotel shares the concerns on environment issues as well as its ability to maintain its historic heritage in while efforts at becoming an ever-improved approach towards practicing sustainable policies of today.
Mélodie Flanagan Salama, General Manager of the hotel, expressed that she was delighted with this award, "Green Globe certification after all the hard work is a great source of pride for us. Not only is it a confirmation of our commitment to sustainability but also an incentive to keep working towards the Gold level in the next five years."
Ever since its opening in 1913, Victoria Palace Hôtel has been associated with elegance and tradition, and has also welcomed celebrities such as Katherine Mansfield, James Joyce, and Giorgio de Chirico. The hotel is now facing the future with hope by infusing sustainability into its very core.
Green Globe certification is one of a series of aggressive "green" initiatives at the hotel. They include utilization of renewable energy sources and the implementation of energy-saving technology in the form of light-emitting diodes, motion sensors, and high-efficiency heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.
The hotel has also included strict water-conservation practices such as low-flow equipment in the structures and water and energy use staff training, and this has seen a 60% drop in water usage.
In minimization of food loss, the hotel partners with the "Too Good To Go" platform for donating excess breakfast food to the local community for a minimal price. This hotel also composts organic waste on a weekly basis.
Aside from ecologically responsible activities, Victoria Palace Hôtel is also interested in social activities and charity. It supports organizations like Pink October and Gold September to fight breast cancer and child cancer, respectively. The hotel has offered customers throughout the month of September the opportunity to donate a euro a night to the charities, an act followed by the donation of the same by the hotel management, for a figure amounting to a substantial donation for charity.
Victoria Palace Hôtel's Green Globe certification is not only a mark of excellence of its green hospitality leadership but also a reflection of its commitment to making a difference locally and internationally. Such balance of heritage and innovation makes the hotel the pioneer of Parisian eco-luxury.
