Green Globe Certification has announced new membership registrations from five countries across Africa and the Indian Ocean islands.
The Maia Luxury Resort and Spa is the first hotel to register for Green Globe membership in the Seychelles, followed by the Paradise Sun Hotel. In Africa, new members include Southern Sun Dar es Salaam in Tanzania; Southern Sun Ikoyi Hotel in Nigeria; Southern Sun Ridgeway in Lusaka, Zambia; Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi, Kenya; and Southern Sun Maputo Hotel in Mozambique.
Green Globe Certification CEO, Guido Bauer, welcomed the new Green Globe members to the programme. “We will assist them with sustainable management of their businesses, and will also promote these hotels’ and resorts’ environmental and social development success stories,” he said.
Heritage Environmental Management Company CEO, Greg McManus, added: “The hotels will serve as valuable centers of best environmental practice and in this way contribute to the development of responsible tourism performance across Africa."
