Hosts on Airbnb are offering NHS and other frontline medical staff free places to stay while they carry out their critical work, and Airbnb is waiving all fees for the stays. Hosts across the UK can opt into the programme and offer an entire home property through Airbnb's Open Homes platform, created in 2012 to meet the needs of people requiring emergency housing.
In partnership with the French Government, Airbnb is today launching a local expansion of their Open Homes program to connect medical staff and caregivers battling the coronavirus outbreak in France with free places to stay offered by local Airbnb hosts.
Airbnb is today launching a pilot programme to help medical professionals in Italy access free accommodation provided by hosts, as they fight the unprecedented coronavirus outbreak.
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) paid a high-level visit to Greece to meet with the Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and offer the United Nations' specialized agency's support as the country works to grow and diversify its tourism sector.
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is launching the UK's largest ever soap recycling programme to reduce waste going to landfill and help communities in need. In partnership with Clean the World, Hilton hotels in the UK will divert 64 tons of waste from landfill every year, creating more than 700,000 new bars to distribute to those in need. This expansion of Hilton's industry-leading soap recycling programme is a major step towards Hilton's goal to recycle 100% of its leftover soap bars.
Digitalisation provides development opportunities for the travel industry and drives the creation of new business models and new added-value products and services for customers while also strengthening travel companies. Meliá Hotels International has been a pioneer in applying a digital strategy to its entire organisation and has been named in the latest research by the Coordenadas Institute of Governance and Applied Economics as one of the top ten companies leading the digital transformation of the Spanish economy.
Meliá Hotels International and Audi are working together to promote the benefits of sustainable mobility and to allow some company hotels in Mallorca to offer guests a chance to enjoy driving the new 100% electric Audi e-tron.
Tourism leaders from across the public and private sectors came together at the World Travel Market (WTM) in London for a high-level discussion on tourism's role in rural development, the challenges and the opportunities. The Ministers' Summit on "Technology for Rural Development", hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in partnership with WTM, focused on tourism innovation and technology and their place in empowering rural communities.
This month we are celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month. At Hilton we are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all Team Members can thrive.
Travelodge, the UK's first budget hotel chain, today launches the next phase of its parents recruitment programme, targeting mums and dads looking to get back into work - as school's reopen this week. The hotel chain which operates 567 hotels across the UK is looking to fill 1,500 jobs with flexible hours that fit around the school run, a supporting work buddy and access to management training.
Travelodge the UK's first budget hotel chain which operates 584 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain is continuing to invest in its estate. So far this year, the group has invested nearly £12 million giving 28 UK hotels (over 2,600 rooms) a comprehensive revamp.
Meliá Hotels International signed an agreement today with the Palma Aquarium Foundation to help protect the endangered loggerhead turtle (Caretta Caretta), a further extension to the company's environmental commitments and focus on the conservation of biodiversity.
Meliá Hotels International, the leading hotel company in Spain and one of the 20 largest in the world, has achieved AENOR Criminal Compliance certification under the UNE 19601 Standard, the Spanish standard for best practices in management systems to prevent crime, reduce the risk of crime and promote an ethical business culture and compliance with the law. The UNE 19601 Standard is a benchmark for requirements for the implementation and operation of a Criminal Compliance Management System.
On 6 June 2019, EHL Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) hosted the first Swiss Medical Spa & Hospitality Think Tank. This one-day forum saw leading industry experts, academics and students come together to compile the status quo, reflect on examples of best practice and identify areas of potential for the future when combining new medical and spa trends in the hospitality industry.
For World Environment Day on June 5, Meliá Hotels International (MHI) has announced a new energy efficiency partnership with the start-up Indoor Clima involving an investment by MHI of €4.5 million which aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by more than 66,000 tons, equivalent to planting 3.3 million trees.
With a growing concern over climate change, the environment is high on everyone's agendas. But how can we encourage our hotel guests to be more sustainable? From plastic to pollution to cutting our carbon footprint, there are many ways to have a positive impact on the environment.
During last month's 10th Edition of the Ecole Hoteliere De Lausanne's (EHL) Young Hoteliers Summit, panels and sessions focused on the multifaceted aspect of hospitality and its growing complexity. EHL alum and AETHOS London Managing Director Thomas Mielke, through his panel participation, discussed the "Pitfalls and Challenges of 21st Century Management and Leadership." Mielke exchanged his thoughts and views with fellow panelists: Dorchester Collection Chief People and Culture Officer Eugenio Pirri, Director of People and Culture for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts Michael Hirschler, Swiss International Airlines' Lorenzo Stoll (Head of Western Switzerland), and Viking Cruises' Niko Viramo, Director Onboard Operations.
It has only been three weeks since the Danish hotel chain, Zleep Hotels, launched its new environmentally friendly drinking bottle, and now the hotel chain is once again ready to fight against plastic pollution. This time, however, the solution cannot be found in sugar cane and bamboo, which the biodegradable drinking bottles are produced from, but instead in strong thigh muscles, good physical strength and tightly laced running shoes.
The first UNWTO Mayors Forum for Sustainable Urban Tourism, co-organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Ministry of Economy of Portugal and the Lisbon Municipality concluded Friday in Lisbon, Portugal. The event gathered Mayors and high-level city representatives from around the world, UN agencies and the private sector, to design a shared leadership aimed at ensuring that tourism helps creating cities for all.
As Meliá Hotels International explained in its most recent Integrated Annual Report, the company's management model aims to achieve both greater financial viability and the integration of responsibility criteria in its business processes. Today's announcement further enhances its positioning at the forefront of responsible tourism, making its environmental, social and Corporate Governance commitments an integral part of the financing of the business.