"The guest
is not an interruption in our work He is the very
purpose of it"
Guests
form an integral part of any hotel in the world. We
at The Orchid, have left no stone unturned in our
quest for a clean environment, to the extent that
we have provided opportunities for our guests to be
a part of our environmental programmes.
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Guests participation programmes:
Newspapers on
request:
 Newspapers
are delivered on request, in a cloth bag instead of
a plastic bag. Only about 50% of our guests prefer
a newspaper delivered in their rooms, showing an increasing
level of awareness amongst our guests. Approximately
till date we have had 231960 check-ins, which
means we have prevented the use of 231960 plastic
bags had we had to deliver newspaper in plastic bags
to all our guests.
Recycle Bins: Two bins – one for wet waste and the
other for dry/recyclable waste is placed in all our
guestrooms. This is done so that the guest voluntarily
disposes waste in the respective bins.
Key Cards: The guests recycle keycards by returning
them to the reception before they check out. |
ECO BUTTON:
At
the time of check-in each guest is informed about
the energy saving programme in the room for his participation,
in the form of the ECO BUTTON on the Master
Control Panel placed alongside the bed. When the guest
presses this button the air-conditioned temperature
in the room increases by 2 degrees, over a period
of 2 hours.
Our Building Management System shows us the number
of guest’s participating in this programme, which
averages at around 30% daily. There are specially
designed certificates and rewards for our “Eco-guests”
which are mailed to their hometown.
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Linen Reuse Program: The guest is made aware the
resulting water wastage and pollution while washing
linen. They are encouraged to use their bed linen again
without washing. Within a period of five months since
introduction about 750 guests have participated.
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Orchid Evergreen Program:
The Evergreen Program came into existence in August
2000, to recognize our loyal guests patronizing The
Orchid and our environmental endeavors.
The Orchid Evergreen Card is a point collection card,
the guests have the option of donating their points
to The Orchid's Green Account. The Green
account collected over 60000 points, which is
being used by us in our environment activities. (pic
of OEC)
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Guests Participation in the Orchid's Environment
Programmes:
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Guests are encouraged to participate in our environmental
crusades, and they do it with a lot of enthusiasm and
zeal.
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Guests participate in: |
- Eco Floats
- Eco Skits
- Eco Boat Floats
- Eco Talks
- Eco Days celebrated at The Orchid
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