December 11, 2009
PRESS STATEMENT
InterContinental Hong Kong Partners with Carbon Care Asia to offe
Meeting & Event Clients with Options for CarbonCare Events
InterContinental Hong Kong is the first hotel in Hong Kong and currently all of Asia to offer CarbonCare Event solutions to its meeting and event customers, in partnership with Carbon Care Asia. Upon request, Carbon Care Asia can provide the hotel’s meeting and event clients with a variety of carbon care solutions and packages — including a simple event assessment, carbon measurement, suggestions for carbon reduction, plus options of carbon off-set, along with official verification options.
Currently the only Green Globe Silver Certified hotel in Hong Kong, InterContinental Hong Kong is demonstrating its commitment to sustainability by offering these carbon neutral services, in response to the global call for action to build a new low carbon economy to mitigate climate change.
The launch of this new carbon care service is made in the wake of the UN Climate Conference with world leaders being held in Copenhagen from December 7-18, 2009. In the months to come, InterContinental Hong Kong hopes to become one of the leading venues of carbon neutral meetings and events.
As per InterContinental Hong Kong’s Managing Director Jean-Jacques Reibel, “Many of our meeting clients are industry executives from leading multinational companies who are taking a lead in environment issues and sustainable business. More and more, they are focusing on selecting business partners, including hotels, which share the same concern for responsible business and commitment to the environment. As such, many clients are now seeking low carbon and climate caring options when they travel. We are proud to be the first hotel in Hong Kong and the region to offer a comprehensive range of carbon neutral events to our customers. Through our alliance with Carbon Care Asia, we can now give our clients the option of assessing and offsetting the carbon footprint of their events with an option of buying carbon credits.”
According to Carbon Care Asia’s Executive Director, Dr. Trini Leung, “Carbon caring components are the new essentials of world class events, with low carbon fast becoming a new global norm. Our CarbonCare Events are based on international protocols and the highest carbon management standards. We provide specialist, yet user friendly services so that carbon management can be adopted easily and wisely. We are delighted that InterContinental Hong Kong has taken a visionary position to be the leading hotel to offer this new high-value service. By encouraging customers to help fund carbon offset projects with high community, bio-diversity and climate benefits, InterContinental Hong Kong is also directly assisting in sustainable development and environmental protection in developing regions of the world.
