Club Mediterranee Signs Green Globe Certification Partnership
Tuesday, 01 Dec, 2010
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Club Mediterranée today announces a new ten year partnership for sustainability with Green Globe Certification. The partnership will guarantee Club Med access to the Green Globe Standard for sustainable operation and management of its resorts worldwide, via a dedicated online certification system.
Ms Agnès Weil, Club Mediterranée Director of Sustainable Development said, ‘With 11% of our village portfolio already eco-certified, we are convinced that these actions are useful, not only in terms of environmental and societal issues, but also in terms of economics and team motivation. Club Med has already worked with three major international organisations in the sustainable tourism field, and appreciates Green Globe Certification’s reliability and dynamism.’
Currently Green Globe has certified four Club Mediterranée villages worldwide: Club Med Turkoise, Turks and Caicos; Club Med Chamonix Mont Blanc, France; Club Med Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; and Club Med Cherating, Malaysia.
Mr Guido Bauer, Green Globe Certification CEO said, ‘This partnership extends Green Globe’s program through to yet another of the world’s leading tourism chains. From our experience so far we can see that those Club Med properties who have already completed certification are currently saving from 4% to 6% more water and 2% to 8% more energy compared to Villages that are not yet fully involved in our program.’
In addition to the new partnership, Club Mediterranée also participates in the Green Globe International Advisory Group, which is responsible for maintaining the internationally recognised Green Globe Standard. The Green Globe International Advisory Group recently completed a review to ensure that the Green Globe Standard is in line with the Global Sustainability Tourism Criteria.
About Green Globe Certification
Green Globe Certification is the worldwide sustainability system based on internationally accepted criteria for sustainable operation and management of travel and tourism businesses. Operating under a worldwide license, Green Globe Certification is based in California, USA and is represented in over 83 countries. Green Globe is the only certification brand to be an affiliate member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is partly owned by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and a member of the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST) governing council. For information visit www.greenglobe.com
About Club Mediterranée
Inventor of the all inclusive holidays concept 60 years ago, Club Méditerranée has committed itself since 2004 to reposition its strategy in order to respond to the needs of upscale clienteles in search of exceptional holidays.
Thanks to the professionalism & constant friendly availability of its unique GO’s, Club Med is today the only worldwide brand that offers all inclusive premium and multicultural vacations for families and couples
Present in 40 countries, it has a portfolio of 80 resorts located throughout five continents as well as a sailing 5 mat boat, the Club Med 2.
Club Med is distributed worldwide by travel agencies throughout direct and indirect channels.
Contact:
Bradley Cox,
Director of Communications
Green Globe Certification
phone: +1-310-337-3000
skype: bradleygcox
email: [email protected]
Agnès Weil
Direction du Développement Durable
Club Mediterranée
11 Rue de Cambrai
75 967 Paris cedex 19
phone: 01 53 35 33 13
email: [email protected]
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