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At the World Green Tourism conference and exhibition today, H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), announced that ADTA is currently and in collaboration with Estidama, upgrading their hotel classification system to reflect and respond to Abu Dhabi’s unique environment.
The updated version will be announced during the second quarter of 2011.
The first hotel to be assessed based on the mandatory Estidama Pearl Rating System is the future Resort Hotel of AWPR, a multi-faceted development designed around wildlife to create an outstanding sustainable leisure and learning destination for people who want to be in touch with nature. The Resort Hotel of AWPR will be the first green hotel of the Abu Dhabi Emirate and is expected to achieve 4 pearls in Estidama’s Pearl Rating System; the minimum requirement for compliance with the guidelines is one pearl.
Ghanim Mubarak Al Hajeri, Director General of AWPR, comments: “We are delighted that ADTA has chosen AWPR’s future Resort Hotel to become the first hotel of the Emirate to be assessed and rated by ADTA’s new hotel classification system. We consider today’s announcement as an important step in our development of a truly sustainable leisure and learning destination; a development that is fully committed to the Estidama Pearl Rating System.”
Preparatory work for the five-star Resort Hotel is currently under process, and the tendering process for the development of the main hotel is underway. When completed, the 50,000 square meter world-class Resort Hotel will have some 200 rooms and provide state-of-the-art business facilities including a ballroom with capacity for 1,500 people, conference rooms and a high-tech business centre. Leisure facilities will include a Kids’ Club, swimming pools and top-class dining venues such as a restaurant on the roof top that will provide sweeping views of the wildlife in the safari as well as an upper level Pool Dining restaurant overlooking the entire pool complex.
‘Green Hotels’ are environmental-friendly properties which will implement very important practices and programs that save water and energy, and reduce solid waste to help protect the earth. The aim of Green Hotel Building Guidelines is the need to reduce the environmental impact of buildings and other supporting systems, without sacrificing comfort and health or aesthetic. To be more sustainable, green buildings use primarily available, renewable, reused or recycled materials. The use of rapidly renewable materials is the main focus in the process of building. In addition to relying on natural building materials, the emphasis on the architectural design is heightened. The orientation of a building, the utilization of local climate and site conditions, the emphasis on natural ventilation through design, considerably reduce operational costs and positively impact the environmental. Green Hotel Building Guidelines main objective is to minimizing the ecological footprint, as are on-site handling of energy acquisition, on-site water capture, alternate sewage treatment and water reuse.
The Pearl Building Rating System for Estidama is Abu Dhabi’s mandatory framework for sustainable design, construction and operation of communities, buildings and villas, and is organised into five categories that emphasise liveability, water preservation and energy consumption.
The inaugural World Green Tourism conference and exhibition presented by ADTA is the first dedicated eco-tourism event in the region, and a forum for key tourism industry leaders from around the world to discuss environmental challenges facing the industry and their commercial impact.
Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort is a multi-faceted development designed around wildlife to create a sustainable leisure and learning destination for people who want to be in touch with nature. To learn more about AWPR, guests can visit stand D1 for the duration of the exhibition.
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