Lights out at Le Meridien St Julians

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa  joined millions around the world in turning off lights for Earth Hour 2013 to illuminate a powerful message about environmental awareness and action. Earth Hour 2013 took place on Saturday, 23^rd March at 8:30 p.m. local time.  Created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Earth Hour is the largest movement for the planet in human history, spanning 7,000 cities, 152 countries, with a digital reach of 200 million. 

Le Meridien: one of the Finest European Hotels

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Malta has been awarded as one of the best hotels in Europe by the European Finest Hotels organisation (EFH) for its unique and exceptional qualities and the high level of its offers and services.

 

Out of nearly 230 000 hotels in Europe, only 70 establishments have been awarded by EFH. European Finest Hotels is an initiative of the European non-profit making organisation "European Consumers Choice". Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa has met the European criteria for 5 star rating with above average bedroom sizes, a state of the art fitness centre, on-site spa services, great acoustic comfort, a fine-dining restaurant and staff who speak at least two languages. In addition, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa meets another 80 requirements laid out by the European Finest Hotels organisation: adherence to accessibility norms, air quality, culinary options for vegetarians or allergy sufferers, a business centre with up-to-date technology and full business services, fine furnishings, electric adaptors, newspapers on demand, exceptional surroundings, originality in architecture and interior design.

 

Le Méridien goes greener than ever

St Julians, Malta – February, 1st 2013

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa received the prestigious Green Key Award, rewarding the hotel's management for their tremendous and fruitful efforts in eco-related initiatives.

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa is the first hotel in Malta and the ICM region within Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide® to receive the Green Key Award. The Green Key is an international eco-label tourism facility: it aims at contributing to the prevention of climate change and it encourages sustainability in tourism with recognised awards and the promotion of eco-friendly initiatives. Awarded to over 2,000 establishments in 38 countries worldwide, the Green key is recognized and supported by the World Tourism Organization and UNEP. It is presently the largest global eco-label for accommodation and hospitality services.

Le Méridien Malta once again receives Gold Award by Travelife

St Julians, Malta – July 14th, 2011

Travelife is an independent auditor working on behalf of the International Federation of Tour Operators, which represents 13 national associations in Europe. Travelife audits various aspects of the hospitality industry, including hotels. The audits focus on waste management, energy saving practices, emissions and environment sustainability principles.
 

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa forms part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts; a worldwide hospitality company that continuously stresses on the importance of being a leader in terms of environmental sustainability. Starwood emphasizes on various topics such as conserving natural resources, minimizing waste and pollution, enhancing indoor environment quality, establishing key environment performance indicators and raising awareness. The global company has committed to a 30% reduction in energy usage and a 20% reduction in water usage across its properties by 2020. Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa is certainly working towards an active contribution to these green goals.

Ambassador’s Award for Environmental Excellence

St Julians, Malta – June 6th, 2011


Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa in Malta has recently been awarded the “2011 Ambassador’s Award for Environmental Excellence” by the Embassy of the United States of America in Valletta. This prestigious award recognizes firms that epitomize environmental excellence by adopting best practices protecting our environment and promoting sustainability.

Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa forms part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a Global hospitality company that continuously stresses on the importance of being a leader in terms of environmental sustainability in all of its hotels worldwide. With its Environment Sustainability Policy statement, Starwood emphasizes on various topics such as conserving natural resources, minimizing waste and pollution, enhancing indoor environment quality, establishing and reporting on key environment performance indicators, raising environment awareness amongst hotel associates, hotel guests and local communities. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has committed to a 30% reduction in energy usage and a 20% reduction in water usage by 2020. Specific deliverables are required from each hotel and this international company expects nothing less than 100% commitment from its properties in adopting key sustainability initiatives.

Earth Hour at Le Méridien: children’s pledge for Mother Earth

At 8.30pm on Saturday 26 March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for the Earth Hour. So will all Starwood Hotels worldwide. Fully supported by its mother company, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa will adopt the initiative for the 3rd consecutive year. But with an interactive and creative twist this time.

"The project has been impressively evolving on a global scale", states Mark Muscat de Celis, Director of Sales & Marketing at Le Méridien St Julians. "And we don’t want to fall behind. We want to involve our community, encourage Maltese people to take action and motivate our youth to adopt a new perspective."

With this philosophy in mind, Le Méridien St Julians is launching an interactive competition based on children’s creativity and aimed at populating what promises to be a unique art exhibition. Indeed, the management is enthusiastically inviting all children between 7 and 14years old to come up with an A4 creation on the theme of "Mother EARTH"*. The technique (water colours, pencils, collage, etc.) is left to the preference of the child, however all artworks must be laid on A4 sized paper. The drawings will all be exhibited on the 26th March at the KuDéTa Bar & Lounge. On that day, hotel guests and local customers will be able to enjoy this "Mother EARTH" art exhibition and vote for their favorite piece of art. The winner of the competition will get a free afternoon of horse riding for him/herself and his/her close family, together with a picnic basket full of delicious Le Méridien treats.

Art competition for children on the theme of "Mother EARTH"

On top of this original exhibition, Le Méridien St Julians will of course respect the electricity curfew that will put the entire hotel in the dark from 8.30pm till 9.30pm. "But switching off the lights is a simple gesture that must come across as a celebration", emphasizes Angela Saliba, Hotel Manager. "We want to go beyond a mechanical energy saving moment and we are inviting all our patrons to take a stand with us by sharing the magic of a candle-lit evening". Indeed, for an hour and decorated by the children’s creations, Le Méridien’s public areas will solely be lit with candles. To encourage both hotel guests and local customers to visit the premises for this special evening, the Management is also organizing a "Happy Hour" at the KuDéTa Bar & Lounge from 8.30pm and 9.30pm: for every drink purchased at the bar, clients will receive a second one for free.

40% drop in Le Méridien St Julians’ organic waste

First local hotel to achieve GreenPak certification in waste management

Thanks to Le Méridien St Julians Hotel & Spa’s decision to embark on Starwood’s Green Project, the hotel has been awarded GreenPak Malta’s certification in waste management, the first local hotel to achieve this certification.

Lights out

LE MERIDIEN ST JULIANS CELEBRATES EARTH HOUR
Candle Light Hour shows caring for the planet

A leading light in hospitality is about to go dark. But just for an hour – and for a good cause. For the second year in a row, Le Méridien St Julians Hotel and Spa will participate in Earth Hour, on Saturday, March 27, the global environmental awareness event created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to send a powerful global message about the importance of environmental sustainability and caring for the planet.

Le Méridien St Julians will observe Earth Hour by switching the hotel’s lights off and taking several energy-saving measures for one full hour, further underscoring Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ commitment to environmental sustainability.

From Beijing and Brussels to Baltimore and Buenos Aires, Starwood hotels flying brand flags, including St Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Westin® and the recently launched Aloft® and ElementSM , will do likewise.

“Between 8.30 and 9.30 p.m. on Saturday we are also hosting an evening ritual with live music and celebration drinks in the KuDéTa – all by candle light,” said Angela Saliba, general manager of Le Méridien St Julians. “From 9 p.m. there is also a Happy Hour during which patrons will benefit from 50 per cent off all consumption at the bar.”