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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sandals Negril Receives World's 1st Green Globe Platinum Certification

The world's first Green Globe Platinum Certification has been awarded to Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa. On February 5, 2009, Adam Stewart, CEO of Sandals Resorts International (SRI) was presented with the certification at a commemorative ceremony at the resort--the first and only resort in the world to reach this status.

The inaugural award acknowledges that Sandals Negril has reached a new level of achievement in its sustainable tourism practices, having achieved continuous certification under the Green Globe Company Standard for ten-plus years.

In 1998, Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa was the first all-inclusive resort to earn Green Globe Certification, following the resort company’s efforts to modify its water systems and energy requirements, adjust its waste management program and bolster an already-extensive community outreach program. Within three years of Sandals Negril’s first certification, the remaining 11 Sandals Resorts and all four Beaches Resorts had also achieved certification.

“Looking to the future, at Sandals Resorts International, we are changing the way we run our hotels to suit Mother Nature,” says CEO Stewart. “We have created a special division called EARTHGUARD made up of personnel with great expertise in operations, interior and exterior design, engineering and the environment. Any project proposed by our design team, has to go to this special committee for consideration, so that absolutely everything we are designing - from inception to delivery - is done with total environmental preservation and awareness in mind.”

Photo: Richard May, Group Director of Environmental Affairs, Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, CEO, Sandals Resorts International, and Horace Peterkin, General Manager, Sandals Negril Beach Resort & Spa accept the Green Globe Platinum Certification plaque from Claire Hendrie, Operations Director, EC3 Global. Photo courtesy Sandals Resorts

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