An Eco-Friendly Resort
At Hotel Club Akumal Caribe, we are working hard to become an Eco Friendly resort .For years, we have been supporting the Akumal Ecological Association, through direct work on the Board of Directors. However, it is just in the past few years that we have made a conscious effort to improve our own initiatives and are working with our staff to create more awareness among them on the importance of conservation.
The first step was to build reconstructed wetlands for the 12 rooms in the 200 section of the bungalows. This has worked out very well; as all the water tests done have proved this method of waste management is all that is needed. However, the government has notified us that they are going to put in municipal sewage lines in the near future, so we are holding off on any further expansion of the wetlands.
We are taking part in a program called the Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative, with workshops for each department to help further our efforts towards becoming an ecologically responsible resort.
We use low wattage bulbs in many areas of the hotel, and converting more areas as we can. We are also installing water saving shower heads in most of the rooms. For years, we have asked our guests to save on water by reusing towels and by requesting sheets not be changed daily. We recently started asking guests to recycle their aluminum, plastic and glass and the maids are in charge of taking it to our collection center. We want to expand our recycling efforts throughout the property.
We are also using biodegradable products when we can find a reliable and financially viable supplier. We send a lot of our paper from our offices, already shredded, to the ecological center for recycling. A service picks up all our used cooking oil so we don’t dispose of it into our drainage system.
Our outdoor common area lighting is on sensors to turn off automatically at daylight. More importantly, we use yellow lighting on the beach side to avoid distracting the turtles during turtle nesting season. Our guest rooms have information on our efforts with Reef Protection, Bay Management and Protection Program, and Turtle monitoring and protection programs currently underway at the Ecological Center.
The community has always been a priority with us. By serving on the Board of the Akumal Development Council, we work on one of the high priorities which is to control the growth and development of the Pueblo of Akumal, on the other side of the highway. Other initiatives include public security, and beautification projects in Akumal.
We support various institutions through donations and fundraisers. The main ones include The Akumal Ecological Center, the Local Library, The Montessori School, the public schools in Akumal Pueblo and Chemuyil, the Animal Neutering and Vaccination clinics, and the construction of the new Akumal Community Adult Education center.
We welcome guest involvement in the various causes. Many long time visitors to Akumal head their own fundraising efforts, or bring down supplies and checks themselves for these important organizations that always struggle for funding.
Our property has a long way to go, but our efforts will continue as long as it takes to reach our goal: To have an operation and staff that respects and protects our fragile ecosystem.
| P.O. Box 13326, El Paso, Texas 79913 | |
| Telephone: | 1-915-584-3552 |
| In the U.S: | 1-800-351-1622 |
| In Canada: | 1-800-343-1440 |
| Fax: | 1-915-581-6709 |
| reservations@hotelakumalcaribe.com | |