- Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced it is launching several initiatives to reduce waste at its hotels globally, including large-format bathroom amenities and reducing single-use water bottles
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a series of initiatives to reduce waste at its hotels globally, including launching large-format bathroom amenities and reducing single-use water bottles by June 2021. The new initiatives will be introduced as soon as possible in properties around the world no later than June 2021.
These initiatives include transitioning to large-format bathroom amenities to replace traditional small bottles of shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, and lotion. And Hyatt will be increasing the number of water stations in key public spaces at hotels for guests who wish to refill reusable water bottles. Plus the company will be serving water in carafes or other containers for meetings and events while bottled water will be available by request.
“At Hyatt, our purpose – we care for people so they can be their best – guides all business decisions, including our global sustainability framework, which focuses on using resources responsibly and helping address today’s most pressing environmental issues,” said Mark Hoplamazian, president and CEO, Hyatt. “Plastic pollution is a global issue, and we hope our efforts will motivate guests, customers and, indeed, ourselves to think more critically about our use of plastic.”
The global sustainability initiatives represent a major step in Hyatt’s global sustainability program and it underscores Hyatt’s commitment to wellbeing. And Hyatt’s landmarks of wellbeing include Feel, Fuel and Function — which promotes proper hydration as essential to living well. So offering increased access to water stations across Hyatt hotels around the world will make sure that guests will have hydration choices that align with both their wellbeing and sustainability priorities while traveling.
By transitioning to large-format bathroom amenities and reducing single-use water bottles, it will build on Hyatt’s broader commitment to reduce disposables and select environmentally preferable options whenever possible with the exception of when single-use bottles are needed for water quality reasons. And Hyatt’s other recent global initiatives have included removing plastic straws and drink picks and making alternative options available only by request at Hyatt hotels thus increasing the use of compostable, recyclable, or recycled content packaging for to-go food containers.
These global efforts ensure that guests both leisure and business will consistently have the option to avoid single-use water bottles while staying at Hyatt hotels and many of its properties have already been introducing additional efforts to create best-in-class solutions.
This includes in-house water bottling plants that reuse glass bottles and replace single-use bottles. Hyatt hotels that have this solution include Alila Villas Koh Russey, Alila Manggis, Alila Ubud, Alila Villas Uluwatu, Alila Bangsar, Alila Jabal Akhdar, Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa, Hyatt Regency Delhi, Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo, and Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa. And reusable bottles distributed to all guests at check-in at resorts such as Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Hyatt Ziva Cancun, Miraval Arizona, and Miraval Austin. Plus there are filtered water spouts installed in all guest rooms at Park Hyatt Istanbul – Macka Palas for providing fresh drinking water.
