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The Queens Hotel in Cheltenham has achieved ‘Gold’ status in the Green Meetings Awards, alongside retaining its Gold accreditation in the Green Tourism category. As part of Sutton Hotel Collection, the hotel becomes the second hotel in the collection to earn this recognition, joining The Castle Hotel in Windsor.
The Green Tourism and Green Meetings Awards accreditations are based on extensive criteria under the three pillars of ‘People’, ‘Places’, and ‘Our Planet’, with Gold awarded to those who can “evidence excellent achievement” across 80% of sustainability goals.
The hotel said a range of initiatives were acknowledged, including a partnership with Greenview, which monitors energy and water use and calculates wastage, to facilitate specific energy saving targets.
It also uses the Hotel Carbon Management Initiative (HCMI) measuring tool to reduce and measure CO2 emissions on an annual basis. Within and outside the property, the hotel seeks to reduce its use of pollutants and harmful chemicals, using ozone-friendly cleaning products wherever possible.
The award submissions were supported by Mission Net Zero whose “invaluable guidance contributed hugely towards achieving these new accolades”, according to the hotel.
Hotel manager Herman Pires said: “Now more than ever it is vital that businesses are held accountable for their impact on the environment. It is this transparency which allows guests and travellers to identify hotels with sustainable practices and green values.”
