Good practice destination Plaza Alta Hotel

Contributor Pavla Stankova
Country Czech Republic
Keywords
  • Accommodation Providers
  • ecotourism
  • Environmentally-friendly
Release date 17/09/2018
Landscape type Urban
Topics
  • Destination Management
  • Certification & Marketing
GSTC Criteria for Destinations
  • C: Cultural sustainability
  • D: Environmental sustainability
Marketplace category Accommodation Providers Accommodation Providers
Type Best Practice Destination (Best Practice Destination)
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Good Practice Innovation Sheet
Items Description
1. WHO
Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners)  Plaza Alta Hotel
 
 
Key Figures Surface Inhabitants Tourism arrivals Tourism nights
       
2. WHY
Reason for taking the good practice action  Plaza Alta hotel demonstrates the combination of comfortable accommodation and strcit environmental protection measures.
Issues and challenge  Reduction of energy waste; reduction of general waste, reduction of material waste.
3. HOW
Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice)  Due to complete renovation, issues evaluation took place took place and main targets to achieve this eco-label took place. Hotel staff went through training to follow environmental friendly services. 
4. RESULT
Specific/measurable results, benefits  Thermally insulated windows; building enclosure is thermally insulated; heaters are regulated; hotel is equipped with high-economy lights; waste is sorted and recycled, including fats and oils; no canned beverages, only returnable bottles; flow of water from all taps in rooms is limited to less than ten liters per minute; planting busches and flowers in the hotel surroundings
Recognitions (e.g. awards)  EU-ECOLABEL
5. REFLECTION
Lessons learned  Green hotels are atractive for visitors
Challenges met  Reaching up to the EU-ECOLABEL
Critical success factors  Dicision to start environmental friendly buisness; enough money to begin with transoframtion; training of hotel staff.
6. MORE 
web-references, documents http://www.plazahotelalta.com/