Aware of the importance of maintaining sustainable tourism development, and assuming the principles specifically adopted in the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism, Alentejo Màrmoris Hotel & SPA is committed to carrying out a sustainable management of its activities, through the adoption of commitments aimed at preventing , eliminate or reduce the impact of our facilities and activities, both internal and external, as well as optimizing the sustainability of the establishment by improving its behavior towards the environment.
For this purpose, the Alentejo Marmòris Hotel & SPA has adopted the following responsible tourism policy, through which it undertakes to comply with the requirements established in the Biosphere Hotel benchmark, which includes, among other things, the legal requirements that regulate the effects generated by the tourist activity.
Thus, we are committed to motivating and training our employees with training and awareness actions on the principles of Responsible Tourism, to promoting good environmental practices and participating in external activities, and to informing both internally and externally about environmental advances and actions. from the company.
We are also committed to fighting sexual exploitation, or any other form of commercial exploitation and harassment, particularly against children, adolescents, women and minorities. We also include a commitment to adopt accessibility measures for people with disabilities (sensory, physical, intellectual and psychological).
One of our main objectives is to improve sustainable management, assuming commitments to continuous improvement in all areas of sustainability: social, economic and environmental, as well as customer satisfaction. To this end, future projects to expand facilities or activities will be subject to criteria of sustainability and efficiency in the use of resources.
This Responsible Tourism Policy will be updated whenever circumstances require, adopting and publishing new sustainability objectives in both cases.
Vila Viçosa, November 20, 2018
(General manager)