Awards


GIFTTS recognizes member hotels in two ways, with Pineapple Awards and Certificates of Excellence.

The Pineapple Awards are given to the hotels that are leaders in each of the three GIFTTS categories to honor their commitment to philanthropy, community, or environment. Overall Pineapple Award Leaders have demonstrated their outstanding participation across all three categories.

The Certificates of Excellence recognize all member hotels for their good works in each of the three categories. Please see below for the complete list of this year’s recipients.


Overall Pineapple Award Leaders
Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta
Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta had outstanding performance across all three categories. Philanthropically, the hotel raised nearly €5,300 (about US$8,000) for the cancer treatment of one of their employees. Additionally, the hotel collected €4,000 (about US$6,000) for the Malta Community Chest Fund. The hotel's Aid the Community Committee fostered a partnership with the Foundation for Welfare and Security and organized blood drives and visits to local elderly homes, children's centers, and a local drug rehabilitation center. Their cross-departmental Green Committee meets every month to ensure sustainable practices are in place, focusing on energy efficiency, waste reduction, water efficiency, and pollution reduction. They share best practices, meet with suppliers on environmental performance, and communicate with guests and staff about the importance of such initiatives.
Turtle Bay Resort
Turtle Bay Resort organized the Legends of Kahuku Celebrity Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Ko'olauloa Educational Alliance and raised more than US$5,000. Equally important, the hotel's community service group, Hometown Hospitality, completed a Groundhog Day Job Shadow Program and attended local high school Career Fairs, participated in the Read Across America Program, and contributed to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The Ho'oma'oma'o ("to make green") Project, made up of hotel staff, was created to implement cost-effective environmental initiatives and ultimately obtain certification this November.
Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club
At Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club, the hotel's philanthropic committee, Innisbrook Cares, contributed over US$30,000 in in-kind donations and expects to give away more than US$50,000 by year's end. All fundraising beneficiaries and efforts are facilitated by hotel employees. The Charities of Choice Committee organizes and executes an array of community service activities. This year's highlights include collecting 150 pairs of shoes for Soles2Souls, donating 118 backpacks filled with school supplies for local foster children, and hosting a day at the Resort for Hope Children's Home. The hotel's Green Team works to research and obtain green certification for the resort, educate peers on environmental initiatives, and most importantly, create a cultural shift within the hotel community. The resort adheres to regular recycling, water monitoring and reclamation, and container reuse.
Egerton House Hotel and 41
The Egerton House Hotel and 41 continue to support a host of different charities in England, including The Starlight Foundation, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, Streetsmart, Race for Life, Action Against Hunger, the National Autistic Society, and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Both hotels have implemented The Ark Foundation, a support, educational, and advisory service offered by Hospitality Action and specifically focused on substance abuse within the hospitality industry. The Green Team has implemented the Top 12 Green Standards, a set of eco-principles created, displayed, and updated by the hotel staff. They have sought relationships with local suppliers to curb their carbon footprint and meet every six weeks with the General Manger and HR Representative to discuss achievement and goals, regularly inviting a member of the environmental industry to be a guest speaker.

Community Pineapple Award Leaders
Devi Garh
Devi Garh supports Seva Mandir, a local organization dedicated to eradicating poverty and improving education in the villages around Devi Garh. Additionally, the hotel repaired the local village health clinic, implemented a garbage collection and disposal system in the village, and sells artwork and crafts created by local women.
The Metropolitan Hotel New Delhi
The Metropolitan Hotel New Delhi runs METREACH, a comprehensive corporate social responsibility program, which supports a variety of charitable and non-governmental organizations focused on socio-economic, educational, and health initiatives. Employees assisted with raising funds by hosting music concerts, art exhibitions, and fashion shows.
Hotel Napoleon Paris
Hotel Napoleon Paris hosts Voyage pour la paix, or "A Trip for Peace." This cultural exchange program invites children and their parents from Israel and other Middle Eastern countries to stay at the hotel. The overriding goal is to create lasting relationships for the future by demonstrating that children from different countries and conflicting cultures have many things in common.
Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa
Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa engages in a number of community service activities, including volunteering at Julio Ruelas, a local elementary school, and participating in clean-up efforts at Tulum archeological site ruins, the Tulum town plaza, and the two miles of beachfront adjacent to the hotel.

Philanthropy Pineapple Award Leaders
Hotel Metropole
Hotel Metropole raised €50,000 (nearly US$75,000) for the groups Child Focus, which focuses on healthy childhood development, and Missing Children Europe, an organization dedicated to preventing and solving missing- and sexually exploited–children cases throughout Europe. To raise funds, the hotel hosted a prestigious gala dinner and auction, sold photos from a staff event, and organized a second-hand trade bazaar.
Hotel Jerome, A RockResort
Christopher Keating, chef at Hotel Jerome, A RockResort, helped raise more than US$12,000 to support the Children's Health Foundation, Aspen Deaf Camp for Children, and local farmers through an array of fundraising efforts, including culinary events and a "Greenalicious" event.
Dreams Los Cabos Resort & Spa
Dreams Los Cabos Resort & Spa raised approximately US$7,500 for the construction of a children's hospital in Los Cabos and the Mexico City–based Teleton Foundation, which serves children with neuromusculoskeletal disabilities. The hotel raised roughly US$6,000 via an optional US$1 donation from guests, while generous employees donated the remaining US$1,500 from their paychecks.
Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle
Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle raised approximately US$4,000 to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Hotel associates raised the funds through a car wash, a raffle, participation in the Susan G. Komen Race for The Cure 5K event, and through a "Pie in the Face" event in which associates paid to throw pies at executive staff members.

Environment Pineapple Award Leaders
Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa
Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa organized The Sea Turtle Conservation Program to prevent Golfina Sea Turtle extinction and released 63,000 hatchlings to the wild in 2008. Entirely operated by hotel employees, the program collects the eggs, inventories them, and places them in protected nests. Then the employees maintain the appropriate nest temperature, record the number of days of incubation, and ultimately direct the release of the hatchlings with participation from children from the Pasitos de Luz and Casa Infantil Mojoneras centers and hotel guests.
Es Saadi Gardens & Resort
For the past 15 years, Es Saadi Gardens & Resort has operated a sustainable farm, supplying their seven restaurants with organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, olive oil, and poultry. Known as Le Bled, the farm employs 11 full-time laborers. In addition, the hotel recycles all glass, paper, and ink cartridges, heats their Palace Pool with solar energy, and uses natural fertilizers and a drop-by-drop recycling irrigation system on their 20-acre grounds.
The Charles Hotel Harvard Square
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square introduced several new green initiatives this year: the "Juice Bar," a set of charging outlets that allow hotel guests to charge their electric and hybrid vehicles free of charge; the nanoMAX™ detection system, which assesses the size of a vehicle and discounts parking fees for smaller cars; the complimentary Hotel Bike Program, which offers six Electra Amsterdam Classic Bicycles to guests as a means of transport during their stay; and a partnership with Save That Stuff, a local compost service that collects the hotel's biodegradable and compostable waste three times per week. Beyond these initiatives, the hotel closely monitors water use, resource consumption, and energy efficiency throughout all operations.
Ista Hyderabad
Ista Hyderabad embraced environmentalism with their World Environment Day Celebration, which included tree planting by both staff and guests, a presentation of environmental initiatives, a screening of An Inconvenient Truth, and an open forum for hotel staff to discuss ideas. On a day-to-day basis, however, the hotel strictly monitors their water, lighting, and energy consumption, highlights a "Green Menu" in their restaurant and staff cafeteria, and strongly encourages staff to suggest and enact new ideas for environmental consciousness.


2009 Certificate of Excellence Recipients

41
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Aquila Porto Rethymno
Environment
Casa Monica Hotel
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Devi Garh
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Dream Hotel Bangkok
Environment
Dreams Cancun Resort & Spa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Dreams Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort & Spa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Dreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Dreams Tulum Resort & Spa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Eden Hotel De Broeierd
Environment
Emporio Ixtapa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Enterprise Hotel
Community, Environment
Es Saadi Gardens & Resort
Environment
Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Hard Rock Hotel, Chicago
Philanthropy, Community
Hotel Arista
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Hotel Bernini Bristol
Environment
Hotel Carlton
Philanthropy, Community
Hotel Jerome, A RockResort
Philanthropy, Environment
Hotel Metropole
Philanthropy, Environment
Hotel Napoleon Paris
Philanthropy, Community
Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Ista Bangalore
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Ista Hyderabad
Environment
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Montage Beverly Hills
Environment
Montage Laguna Beach
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Philanthropy, Community
Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Parkyard Hotel Shanghai
Community
RockResorts
Environment
Royal Park Shiodome Tower
Philanthropy, Environment
Royal Plaza on Scotts
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Sandpearl Resort
Environment
The Atlantic Hotel
Philanthropy, Environment
The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square
Environment
The Egerton House Hotel
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
The Fitzwilliam Hotel Belfast
Philanthropy, Environment
The Historic Menger Hotel
Philanthropy, Community
The Kitano New York
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
The Leela Kempinski Kovalam Beach
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
The Metropolitan Hotel New Delhi
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
The Mutiny Hotel
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
The Pfister Hotel
Philanthropy, Community
The Tongsai Bay
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Tivoli Lisboa
Environment
Tivoli Palacio de Seteais
Environment
Tivoli Victoria
Environment
Tucker's Point Hotel & Spa
Philanthropy, Community, Environment
Turtle Bay Resort
Philanthropy, Community, Environment




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