The Fern Hotels & Resorts has been named as the winner of the prestigious HICAP 2021 Sustainable Hotel Award under the category of Positive Community Impact, a press release issued by the organizers of the annual Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific (HICAP) said.
The HICAP 2021 Sustainable Hotel Award was awarded to the company for its efforts to save water and help local communities to play a role in reducing water-related risks. The Fern Hotels & Resorts partnered with National Geographic Traveller India and the Drop-Dead Foundation to go out into the communities around their hotels fixing leaking fixtures for free and raising awareness about the importance of water conservation.
Using the expertise of their teams, Fern Hotels helped save local communities money while responding to an issue of great local importance. Between July 2019 and March 2020 (when the campaign was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation), they saved over 5.5 million litres of water in 9 communities. The campaign will resume as soon as it is determined safe to do so.
The annual HICAP Sustainable Hotel Awards are designed to recognize hotels in the Asia Pacific region creating innovative new methods, strategies, and technologies to face today’s sustainable development challenge, while providing tangible examples of sustainable best practices that can be replicated and adapted across the region. For more than 30 years, HICAP has been the unequalled annual gathering place for Asia-Pacific’s hotel investment community, attracting the most influential owners, developers, lenders, executives, and professional advisors from around the globe.Â
