Travelife Awards

Achieving a Travelife Award isn’t easy and requires a good result from the Travelife Audit. Audits involve a visit from an independent auditor, who will look at the range of a hotel’s management practices from the way it employs its staff, to how it manages its waste or energy consumption, interviewing the staff and inspecting the property against the requirements of the 99 Travelife criteria. If they meet these requirements, then they will achieve an award.

There are three award levels:

Bronze

In their audit, the property has shown that they met the Bronze mandatory criteria of the Travelife Sustainability System, meaning they will have policies and procedures in place to treat their employees in a fair and respectful way, paying them a living wage, as well as demonstrating their commitment to reducing their environmental impacts such as energy consumption and reducing the waste they produce.

Silver

In their audit, the property has demonstrated that they meet the Bronze and Silver mandatory criteria of the Travelife Sustainability System, seeking ways to provide extra benefit to the local community and environment. They will have demonstrated they are actively involved in minimising the use of chemicals that damage human health and the environmental, as well as ensuring that all employees have formal written contracts of employment.

Gold

During their audit, the property has shown they meet the Bronze, Silver and Gold mandatory criteria of the Travelife Sustainability System, displaying a very high level of commitment to sustainability. They will have shown they encourage others to get involved, constantly seeking out new opportunities for improvement, actively communicating their progress to others. They will have shown that they have adhered to their country’s planning procedures for new developments, as well as producing regular progress reports on the way they manage local community relations.

Not every business in the Travelife Collection has a Travelife Award. Those without an award are working with Travelife towards achieving one.

Recently stayed at a Travelife-awarded property and seen something that concerns you? Please contact Travelife at: info@travelife.org with the details.