MIAMI, Fla. –Palace Resorts -- the company that set the standard in five-star, all-inclusive resort accommodations -- honors Earth Day year-round through the Palace Resorts Foundation that promotes sustainable life for local residents and the native environment and its inhabitants. The Foundation’s three committees, Ecological Sustainability Committee, Health Committee and Social Welfare Committee, were developed to assist the employees of Palace Resorts and the residents in the destinations where Palace Resorts are located. These committees help the less fortunate overcome challenging psychological, health and social issues and protect the local environment through ecological programs.
Palace Resorts promotes Earth Day’s environmental sustainability message year-round through the Foundation’s Environmental Committee that provides tools to balance the development of Palace Resorts’ business with the environmental welfare of Mexico’s natural resources and its native ecological inhabitants. Ecological sustainability starts with the Palace Resorts recycling efforts that add up to more than 124 tons of paper and plastic recycled throughout the year and is equivalent to more than 2,121 trees saved. In addition, Palace Resorts ensures all furniture removed from resort properties is reused by selling it for a small fee to those in need and passing along all profits to the Palace Foundation and its three committees.
Palace Resorts encourages employees and guests to contribute to ecological practices through bins for recyclable and organic goods, monitoring the boiler and furnace emissions into the atmosphere, installing systems for measurement and analysis in each drainage well, and providing “ecological tent cards” in all guestrooms to minimize water and energy consumption. Additionally, Vallarta Palace, Beach Palace, Cancun Palace, Sun Palace and Cozumel Palace are equipped with an energy saving light system, which requires the room key to be inserted into a special slot upon entering in order to activate in-room lighting. When the key is removed upon leaving the room, all lights are turned off, saving a substantial amount of energy while guests are out enjoying the rest of the resort. These efforts at each Palace Resort have a direct positive effect the local environment and the well-being of all residents of Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Jalisco and Nayarit.
Palace Resorts also safeguards native leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles under a program that protects turtle habitats in Cancun and Riviera Maya. Protected beach includes a nine-mile stretch in Cancun, at Beach Palace, Cancun Palace and Sun Palace, and the area in front of Xpu-Ha Palace in the Riviera Maya. Approximately 800 turtles nest in this protected area each year, and each turtle produces hundreds of eggs. Palace Turtle Conservation Camps protect all turtles that nest on the beach or make their way onto hotel grounds by moving them to a dedicated facility where a team of scientists and specialists care for the turtles until they are ready to be released. Palace Resorts guests have the opportunity to help care for and release turtles into the Caribbean Sea, helping Palace Resorts save more than 140,000 offspring of this endangered species.
The Social Welfare Committee provides Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Jalisco and Nayarit residents with psychological and legal assistance through professionals who specialize in various fields. The Foundation provides these services to employees and residents who would otherwise not receive help, giving them a fighting chance to achieve a better quality of life.
The Health Committee makes an immeasurable difference in the lives of families with life-threatening illnesses and disorders. From doctors’ care and physical rehabilitation to financial support for high-risk surgeries and hospitalization expenses, the Palace Foundation provides the resources families need to receive much needed medical care. To date, Palace Resorts has helped treat more than 2.033 people with life-threatening illnesses and psychological disorders.
For more information about the Palace Foundation, call Palace Resorts at (800) 635-1836 or visit www.palaceresorts.com.
About Palace Resorts
Palace Resorts, the company that set the standard in five-star, all-inclusive resort accommodations, offers 12 all-inclusive properties throughout Cancun, Riviera Maya, Isla Mujeres, Riviera Nayarit, Cozumel and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Named “Best Hotel Chain in Mexico” by Travel Weekly and Recommend magazines, every Palace Resort offers luxurious, yet affordable accommodations, all with a private double Jacuzzi, fine cuisine, 24-hour room service, top shelf drinks, sensational entertainment, non-motorized water sports, unlimited select tours and included wireless Internet and unlimited calls to the U.S. and Canada. Palace Resorts’ unparalleled level of service and comfort found at each property makes them a leader in providing world-class resort vacations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
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