Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is a leading hotel chain that is committed to developing a responsible tourism model, focused on caring for both people and the environment. It has more than 100 four- and five-star located in the most popular vacation destinations in Europe, Africa and America. As part of the Iberostar hotel portfolio, guests can enjoy beachfront hotels, city hotels and heritage hotels. In addition, there is the Grand category, the highest level of luxury and excellence. Enjoy an all-inclusive holiday with your family, partner or friends at hotels in , Tenerife, on the Costa del Sol, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica or Brazil. Experience the essence of the city at one of our hotels in Madrid, Barcelona or New York. Alternatively, immerse yourself in the history and tradition of destinations like Montenegro.
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09 May 24
Partner News
Iberostar announces re-opening of 5* Iberostar Selection Creta Marine following 3 year renovationIberostar Hotels & Resorts is set to re-open the Iberostar Selection Creta Marine, now ...Read moreIberostar announces re-opening of 5* Iberostar Selection Creta Marine following 3 year renovation - News & announcements- Iberostar Hotels & Resorts is set to re-open the Iberostar Selection Creta Marine, now upgraded to 5* category, following an extensive renovation taking place over two years
- Located in the north of Crete, the resort boasts exclusive access to three picturesque beach coves on the crystal-clear Aegean Sea, with sea-view and swim-up rooms, and expansive grounds including native plant species
- The renovation has seen a completely new lobby and common area, completely refurbished rooms designed by Greek architect Marios Ninos, and an extensive upgrade to wellness facilities, including four swimming pools and huge variety of sports and activities
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12 Mar 24
Partner News
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts Achieves A 12% Reduction Against Its Baseline In Scope 1 And 2 Emissions GloballyIberostar Hotels & Resorts publishes its "2023 Year in Review" report, detailing the company's ...Read moreIberostar Hotels & Resorts Achieves A 12% Reduction Against Its Baseline In Scope 1 And 2 Emissions Globally - News & announcements- Iberostar Hotels & Resorts publishes its "2023 Year in Review" report, detailing the company's progress towards its sustainability objectives.
- The hotel group highlights its efforts and results in terms of circular economy, blue foods, nature-based solutions, climate action and destination stewardship.
- Offset remaining emissions that are not easily achievable through decarbonization through innovative carbon capture projects, with a focus on blue carbon initiatives. Projects aim to prioritize biodiversity conservation, sustainable ecosystem management and community inclusion for their economic benefit.
- Continue with the electrification of its hotels to amplify the innovation projects it is carrying out.
- Create quality partnerships throughout the value chain to continue to reduce Scope 3 emissions, including aligning with its suppliers on carbon measurement standards, building relationships that foster collaboration with key suppliers, with the aim of generating tangible leaps of progress rather than attempting to dilute smaller actions across its value chain.
- Encourage collaboration and innovation with other companies to jointly address environmental challenges in order to build strong connections that allow us to maximize our impact at the destination.
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06 Dec 23
Partner News
COP28: Iberostar Unveils Circular Economy RoadmapNew roadmap outlines Iberostar's strategic progress in achieving circularity, moving closer to the sector's ...Read moreCOP28: Iberostar Unveils Circular Economy Roadmap - News & announcements- New roadmap outlines Iberostar's strategic progress in achieving circularity, moving closer to the sector's ambitions to become net positive.
- It details progress to date, including diverting 56% of waste from landfill, and reducing Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 12.4% in line with the SBTi commitment to decarbonize by 85% by 2030.
- Future initiatives center on cultivating partnerships across public and private value chains, fostering product innovation, and transitioning towards regenerative practices in food and services.
- Evolving Operations towards Circularity - Demonstrating a commitment to complete circular thinking, redefining operations at a hotel level.
- Contributing to Regenerative Destinations - Adding value by developing infrastructure and ecosystem services that support regenerative tourism, aligning and evolving with the destination.
- Driving Partnership Through the Value Chain - Focusing on partnerships across the value chain focusing on driving accountability, and pre-competitive collaboration.
- Food waste will be reduced by 60% in all-inclusive hotels over the next five years.
- Hotels will have a minimum of 65% plant-based offer by 2030.
- Each hotel will personalize its strategic plans in-line with a data-driven approach according to materiality assessments.
- Hotels will reduce their total residuals by 30% over five years.
- Building on its work to source 100% sustainable seafood by 2025, Iberostar will expand sustainable procurement to ruminant meats, tea, coffee, cocoa and sugar.
- Hotels will work with suppliers to foster the assessment of biodiversity impacts and towards regenerative and sustainable services.
- 60% of waste currently sent to landfill could be reassessed with enhanced destination infrastructure (As a result, a Destinations Stewardship team has been created to drive greater collaboration and public-private initiatives).
- The chain achieved single-use plastic-free status in 2020.
- Eliminating 692 tons of single-use plastics since 2018, through changes including the installation of more than 1,300 water fountains in hotels.
- Over 1,000 evaluated, eliminated, altered, and redesigned items in order to achieve the target.
- Employing more than 230 full-time 3R departments staff across 60 hotels, managing around 23,000 tons of waste annually.
- Recognizing the success of the 3Rs waste teams, which has diverted 56% of waste from landfill over three years.
- Achieving a 12.4% reduction in scope 1 & 2 emissions in 2022.
- Reducing energy consumption by 5.7%, aided by internal and customer behavioral changes.
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01 Aug 23
Partner News
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts Reduces Food Waste by 28% in the First Half of 2023 with AI Implementation in its HotelsAs part of its ambitious Agenda 2030, Iberostar is working to be waste-free by ...Read moreIberostar Hotels & Resorts Reduces Food Waste by 28% in the First Half of 2023 with AI Implementation in its Hotels - News & announcementsAs part of its ambitious Agenda 2030, Iberostar is working to be waste-free by 2025 and carbon neutral by 2030.
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts and Winnow are celebrating a successful partnership in the first half of 2023 by reducing food waste and achieving significant progress in their journey towards a waste-free future by 2025. With Winnow AI technology now installed in 48 of the 100+ Iberostar hotels globally, this progress includes:- Cutting food waste by 28 percent in hotels with AI technology installed and onboarded.
- Globally hotels using AI technology are saving 1.5 million meals per year which is well on our way to reaching our target of 5.3 million meals.
- Globally and from January - June 2023: 735K total meals saved - 11 percent reduction in waste weight - 1,264 tons of CO2 saved
- From a climate perspective, this translates to 2,500 tons of CO2e reduced per year - the equivalent of 6.4m miles driven by a passenger car (source: EPA calculator)