Zeavola scoops award

24 Nov 2014  2038 | World Travel News

PHI PHI, THAILAND  Zeavola Resort, located on Phi Phi in Thailand, has scooped the global prize for the World’s Best Sustainable Boutique Hotel at the World Boutique Hotels Awards ceremony in London recently.
The exclusive black tie event was held at Montcalm Hotel, Marble Arch and represented resorts globally that have won country specific awards in various categories.
“It was Zeavola’s night,” said general manager, Florian Hallermann. “All the team have worked tremendously hard and I am very proud of them all. This is for them,” he said.
APF Group Chairman, Mitsuji Konoshita, celebrates with Zeavola general manager, Florian Hallermann, at the ceremony in London after receiving the global award.
APF Group Chairman, Mitsuji Konoshita, celebrates with Zeavola general manager, Florian Hallermann, at the ceremony in London after receiving the global award.
“We operate on an island and we need to live sustainably, close to nature and to the environment. For us it is not an option to operate otherwise.”
Located on the shores of Laem Ton beach, Zeavola is built around a sustainability ethos, with features such as a water reserve system, which includes four deep wells and a reverse osmosis plant to minimise unnecessary water consumption at the resort. These efforts earned the resort a membership in the international ‘green’ hotels group Green Pearls.
The resort was also recently awarded the PADI Green Star Award, for outstanding contribution to the environment through the resort’s project Coral Freedom.
This is a project focussed on reversing the devastating effects of coral bleaching, a consequence of high carbon footprints and increasing global warming, and have so far seen over 10,000 coral fragments replanted around Phi Phi that were regenerated in Zeavola’s coral nursery.
Zeavola is also part of the Green Fins project, which is coordinated by the United Nations Environmental Programme as part of a global effort to increase public awareness, and resort management practices that will benefit the conservation of coral reefs and reduce unsustainable tourism practices.

sourced:ttrweekly.com 

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