A total of 14 hotels in the city have been given the 2021 Macao Green Hotel Award, in a programme that is organised by the Environmental Protection Bureau in collaboration with the Macao Government Tourism Office.

Among this year’s awardees, in the hotel category, Nüwa, Hotel Okura Macau, Sands, MGM COTAI and Morpheus won the gold award. The silver award winners were the Grand Emperor Hotel, The Countdown Hotel and the Broadway Hotel. The bronze award winners were the Riviera Hotel Macau, Waldo Hotel and Crowne Plaza Macau. In the economic hotel category, Holiday Inn Express Macao City Centre and I Fu Hotel each received a Green Guesthouse Award, while the City Inn was awarded a Basic Certificate.

The award-winning hotels achieved some remarkable results in reducing operating costs and improving its green practices by carrying out an environmental protection management. The measures included not providing disposable tableware, or using glass bottled water production line instead of disposable plastic bottles of water to reduce plastic waste. The achievements also included applying new environmentally friendly refrigerants in heat pumps for hot water supplies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and providing recycling bins in the guest room.

For more details on the “Macao Hotel Green Awards”, please visit  www.dspa.gov.mo/greenhotel.