St. Kitts Marriott Beach Resort, Casino and Spa has achieved Green Lodging/Green Hospitality Gold-level Certification from Audubon International — the environmentally focused non-profit that offers certifications and conservation initiatives to protect the places that sustain daily life.
Located on the windward side of the island of St. Kitts, 10 minutes from the capital city of Basseterre, St. Kitts Marriott Beach Resort, Casino and Spa offers 389 rooms, eight restaurants, a full-service spa, championship golf course, and guided tours to the 41,600-acre island’s many ecological wonders including volcanic landscapes, rainforests, and black sand beaches.
Available to any lodging facility from inns and lodges to full-scale resorts, the Green Lodging Program provides third-party verification that certified lodging facilities have met environmental best practice standards and have demonstrated a strong commitment to making improvements. Through a comprehensive method for assessing environmental measures undertaken, participating facilities can reduce environment-related costs and gain a marketing advantage. Areas of focus include Communication, Community, Waste & Materials, Water Conservation, Energy, and Chemicals & Air Quality. Properties must recertify every three years.
The St. Kitts Marriott Resort has long pioneered sustainable eco-practices in the hotel industry in St. Kitts and Nevis. In 2004, it completed its 1,250,000-gallons-per day-reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant, and it currently runs a wastewater recycling plant producing 500,000 gallons per day to irrigate the golf course.
Other best practices contributing to its Audubon International Green Lodging Certification include:
- A move to eliminating all plastic containers by the end of 2025
- Regular energy assessments conducted by independent companies to ensure efficiency is maintained
- Wet waste from kitchens collected by local farmers to feed animals
- Improving staff awareness of the need to recycle plastics by monthly posts in the company newsletter
- Water stations used in all meeting spaces
- Biodegradable cups made of corn
- Water bottle refill stations
- Condiments served in bulk
- Energy reclamation to recycle cold or hot air in ballroom to conserve energy
- Automated HVAC efficiency system
- Individual temperature control in all meeting rooms
- Hotel-wide LED lighting
- Recycled paper
- Towel re-use program
- Linen re-use “Green Choice” program where guests can opt out of housekeeping service to receive 500 Marriott Rewards points per day.
- Water saving shower heads, toilets, and aerated faucets
- Recycling receptacles in every guest room
- Green certified cleaning products
- E-folios for client receipts to cut-down on paper usage
To learn more , visit www.auduboninternational.org or call toll free: 1-844-767-9051.
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