Earth Guest day 2009 Report

infrastructures in order to facilitate accessibility for handicapped people in the hotels (Tourism and
Handicap program).
Ibis Plant for the planet
The brand took the opportunity of Earth Guest day 2009 to launch the Plant for the Planet project in
every ibis hotel. What is the project principle? With a new communication, guests are invited to use
their towels more than one night. Laundry savings will finance reforestation projects. Thus, the French
ibis hotels are going to finance a project carried out by the association SOS SAHEL in Senegal.
During Earth Guest day, every employee was informed or trained on the subject. The new
communication for the guests was put in bathrooms, and the hotels were also able to organise some
events to raise the guests’ awareness.
all seasons local development
After Earth Guest day 2008, the all seasons hotels pursue their engagement for local development
and especially the fight against illiteracy, in partnership with local associations.
For instance, the all seasons hotel of Bordeaux has been engaged since last year in a partnership with
the association Promo Femmes. Its objective is to favour the integration of women from the
immigration into professional life: Insertion, Literacy and Socialisation.
It is a sustainable partnership, which covers many actions:
- regular visits to the women in the establishment
- welcoming of these women in the hotel for launch meeting
- Helping women engaged in professional (re) insertion to discover a new job in the hotel
- help and monitoring in the literacy course (magazine distribution)
- help for women installation in a new social frame
For the year 2009, the hotel has set many objectives:
- employees’ visits to the association’s premises
- organizing cooking training with the hotel chief
- making the women who wish to participate in a buffet with the hotel chief
- evaluation of their work in partnership with the French National Association for Employment.
Etap Hotel biodiversity
Just like during the previous editions of Earth Guest day, Etap Hotel used the event to act for
biodiversity protection with its NGO partner, the French Bird Protection League (LPO): from April 6 to
April 20, for each breakfast sold, 0.30€ was reverted to LPO. Moreover, Etap Hotel encouraged its
guests to become a LPO member. 9 nature trips across France were also organized with the LPO for
employees and their families.
hotelF1 biodiversity
On the April 22nd, each hotelF1 planted a tree. All the hotels had received instructions on how to do
this. Just before Earth Guest day, hotelF1 raised their guests’ awareness about the action and on D-
Day, green bracelets were worn by every team and olive tree seeds, tree symbol of peace, wisdom
and eternity were distributed to every guest. After the planting, photographs were taken with
employees and/or guests around the tree. Each hotel will receive a poster gathering all these pictures.
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