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We want to tell you about some of our practices!

• Our housekeeping department has a system to “delay the change of towels and sheets“ and save water and energy, the information about how this works is the bathroom of your room.
• All the printing and writing paper that is consumed in the hotel, is classified to reuse in note blocks or delivered to the collector centers in Florencia, San Carlos.
• Part of the organic waste produced in the kitchen is processed for compost (organic fertilizer) in our facilities, the rest is delivered to pork farmers in the area.
• There is a project in process for better managing of the waste water.
• We keep in perfect preservation status a primary tropical rainforest close by the hotel.
• We cooperate permanently in our area in projects related with shelters for abandoned children, indigents and a rehabilitation center for drug addicts among other causes.
• We maintain a constant training program of our staff.
• We perform preventive maintenance of the electrical installations and equipment, in addition to the regular review of the pipeline.
• We place a directory of services in each room so that our guest has enough information during their stay.
• Our souvenir shop gives priority to selling craft items from local producers and has labeled the origin of each product line. Also we only accept legal woods craftworks.
• We achieved up to 90% decline in the use of chlorine, chemicals and other cleaning supplies were replaced by organic and biodegradable ones.
• The vast majority of our suppliers have signed a letter of commitment to adopt or enhance sustainable practices in their business.
• The use of disposable crockery and plastic packaging is almost zero and all the garbage bags used in the hotel are biodegradable (D2W) .
• Starting soon, all the bottled water that we sell will be made of biodegradable (D2W) plastic.
• The hotel organizes collecting donation money between the staff, for victims of natural disasters and other needs in the country.
• Every year we offer a Fathers´ Day lunch in local Elderly nursing home where hotel staff and suppliers donates his work and gifts and the hotel helps with equipment and transportation.
• As a company, we fulfilled all the obligations established by law in terms of social care, wages, insurance and other requirements.
• We are affiliated to the Costarican Code of Conduct to prevent sexual exploitation of children in tourism activities.
• Our regular analysis of drinkable water certifies the quality for human consumption.
• We use fluorescent bulbs with low energy consumption in most of the lighting systems.
• Every month, our Sustanaibility Comitee write, desing and distribute an internal bulletin to inform all the staff about important facts and better sustainable practices.