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Successful Case Studies in the Canary Islands’ Tourism Industry

Case 14   Hotel Tigaiga: a deep rooted business culture by Jose Alerto Martínez, University of La Laguna   https://books.google.es/books?id=7MI3DwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA223&ots=d5hhfnxk1p&dq=a%20deep%20rooted%20business%20culture%20hotel%20tigaiga&hl=es&pg=PA223#v=onepage&q=a%20deep%20rooted%20business%20culture%20hotel%20tigaiga&f=false    

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Tree planting in the Orotava area

Dear Tigaiga guests! With your donations you financed the planting of local trees on the 10th of March in the Barranco del Infierno,  Orotava Valley. In doing so, you contributed not only to preservation of the biological diversity and functions of this area, but also to active climate protection. Mixed natural forests are the largest terrestrialContinue Reading “Tree planting in the Orotava area”

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The “WATIFY Launch event” Brussels 7th December

At this conference you will hear from policy makers and politicians from different EU countries about national and regional policies in digital and technological transformation and industrial modernisation. You can learn from executives at leading industry providers on opportunities/benefits and business applications of Robotics, Nanomaterials, Big data, High performance computing, 3D scanning/metrology, and 3D printing;Continue Reading “The “WATIFY Launch event” Brussels 7th December”

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International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry

ISES, AEDES and the University of the Balearic Islands are organizing the 2016 edition of EuroSun, the ISES European solar energy congress.(http://eurosun2016.org/) On Friday 14th October, 2016 Ana Palmero, FEUP (Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto) will present Poster D1-04 Energetic analysis of the implementation of renewable energies in a Canary Island hotel HOTELContinue Reading “International Conference on Solar Energy for Buildings and Industry”

Awards & travel industry Sustainability & Environment

TUI Environmental Champion 2016: Tigaiga awarded!

For more than 20 years, TUI, Germany’s leading tour operator, rewards hotels for their high environmental and social standard with the ‘TUI Umwelt Champion. For more than 20 years, Tigaiga has been awarded ! Hotels need to have a valid sustainability certification, which reflects the environmental and social performance and is recognized by the GlobalContinue Reading “TUI Environmental Champion 2016: Tigaiga awarded!”

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Tigaiga achieves Travelife Gold certification 2016

The Tigaiga has just achieved a prestigious Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations Gold Certification 2016 -2018. Travelife – the international sustainability certification scheme – assesses a property’s performance in managing their social, environmental and economic impacts. The labelling scheme helps hotels cut costs and increase sales, by improved sustainability. To gain Travelife Gold certification the hotelContinue Reading “Tigaiga achieves Travelife Gold certification 2016”

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News from MIRLO Positive Nature

We have just received good news from MIRLO: Hello, dear Hotel Tigaiga friends: Our trees are growing strong. Here is a video from November 2015 where the …, cedars and Canarian pines we planted together in 2013 can be seen. Some are also from those who participated in the 2014 campaign You will hear fromContinue Reading “News from MIRLO Positive Nature”

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Our dishes our going to feed more than ever!

From 15th September to 15th November our business is joining Action Against Hunger to fight against children malnutrition. For every identified charity dish or set meal enjoyed in our Tinguaro Restaurant we´ll donate a part to Action Against Hunger. In the last edition of this initiative – 2014 – , 125000 euros were generated withContinue Reading “Our dishes our going to feed more than ever!”

Guests & Friends Sustainability & Environment

Our rooms

In July 2013 the hotel Tigaiga closed for 5 weeks to renovate the entire ground floor and all rooms on the first floor. In cooperation with the University of La Laguna, a group of students of the Faculty of Fine Arts created our “Tenerife images”. These now decorate our public areas and rooms in fullContinue Reading “Our rooms”