Category: Society & Environment
Spain’s Canary Islands to Provide Travel Insurance for Tourists in Case of COVID-19
Spain’s local government on the Canary Islands has signed an insurance policy to ensure that travellers will have their expenses paid if they contract the Coronavirus pandemic during vacation. The Canary Islands will become the first of the 17 autonomous communities in Spain to offer this kind of insurance for travellers, with among other willContinue Reading “Spain’s Canary Islands to Provide Travel Insurance for Tourists in Case of COVID-19”
Tigaiga renews its ISO 9001, 14001 and EMAS certifications
The quality and environmental management systems at the Tigaiga have been developed since 1995 (Spanish hotel certification Q) and 2002 respectively. Currently everything is digitised and most of our employees access the systems. The environmental processes are integrated in the quality management system ISO 9001: 2015. In March 2020, the hotel was audited by theContinue Reading “Tigaiga renews its ISO 9001, 14001 and EMAS certifications”
Thank you for going green!
We thank all our guests for Turning off the tap while brushing their teeth! It flows without saying. 1 tap turned off = 12 liters of water saved per minute. Turning off the light when you go out. 30 min per day of unneeded lighting = 5 days of lighting wasted per year. Not rechargingContinue Reading “Thank you for going green!”
Tigaiga – fostering sustainable change
STRATEGY It is difficult to separate the environmental commitment of Hotel Tigaiga from the activity it has been developing for 60 years (1959-2019). Just to name one example, our hotel was the first in the Canary Islands to install solar panels in 1982. As a family run business, we have deployed a strategy based onContinue Reading “Tigaiga – fostering sustainable change”
The URBAN WASTE final conference
The Final Conference was opened by Ms. Fadila Laanan on behalf of the Brussels regional government, taking place at Balsamine theatre in Schaerbeek – a unique storytelling experience looking back at the previous 3 years of the project. URBANWASTE welcomed the project’s 11 pilot cities and regions, other 16 project partners and invitees and guestContinue Reading “The URBAN WASTE final conference”
Tigaiga involved in Beach Clean Up Playa Jardín
This Wednesday our hotel engaged our staff in sustainability efforts, helping to improve the local environment by taking part in the Beach Clean Up. The beach clean at Playa Jardín: involved 60 staff of over 15 hotels of Puerto de la Cruz collected 200 kg of solid waste, mailny cigarette stubs !! After it wasContinue Reading “Tigaiga involved in Beach Clean Up Playa Jardín”
Travelife GOLD certificate
We are delighted to inform you that, following our Travelife audit (May 2018) and the requested improvements made, our hotel Hotel Tigaiga has now achieved the Travelife Gold Certification. We take the opportunity to congratulate all our team members who have worked so hard to achieve this! MUCHAS GRACIAS
On the path to sustainability
We are working on a pilot project at the Tigaiga: one of Spain’s first self-composting system The system consists of a machine for bio-waste of food origin installed at the hotel, with the capacity to treat 17 tonnes of bio-waste a year, which will produce 2 tonnes of good quality compost to be used inContinue Reading “On the path to sustainability”
Social Accounting for Sustainability
Last Friday at the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism the lecturer of the University of the Basque Country, Leire San José, gave a seminar on social monetization. She, together with Professor José Luis Retolaza, leads the methodology of monetization of social value that Beatriz Guzmán Pérez and Javier Mendoza Jimenez (from the University ofContinue Reading “Social Accounting for Sustainability”