Travelife assessed their property’s performance in managing their social, environmental and economic impacts successfully.
The Blue Lagoon Resort, Blue Lagoon Village and Oceanis Beach & Spa Resort in Kos, Greece are proud to have achieved the Travelife for Hotels & Accommodations Gold Award.
Travelife assessed their property’s performance in managing their social, environmental and economic impacts successfully.
To achieve a Travelife Gold certification, the hotel must meet 150 sustainability criteria. It includes environmental issues, such as minimising the waste and use of energy, water and chemicals, as well as taking positive action on social issues, such as employee welfare, working with the local community, child protection and human rights.
A hotel must also show, how it is helping to support local businesses and protect local traditions and wildlife. Travelife certification shows that the hotel is committed to treating people fairly and with respect. The hotel commit to provide also good working conditions for staff and to invest in its employees by providing regular training.
Travelife is an international certification system, promoting sustainability within the tourism industry. It helps tour operators, more than 1300 hotels and accommodations worldwide to manage and monitor their social and environmental impacts, as well as communicate their achievements to customers.
Record sales in dining & retail
A record number of passengers also spent a record amount of money in dining and retail during 2015. Preliminary sales for restaurants, shops and passenger services totaled more than $241 million, a 9.7 percent gain over 2014. Sales per boarded (or enplaned) passenger was $11.46. Sales for food and beverage jumped 13.5 percent, while retail sales saw an increase of 7.4 percent. The Port earned just over $36 million in revenues from dining and retails sales, which go directly back to airport improvements.
More airfield details
Airport operations (aircraft landings and departures) increased 12 percent in 2015 compared to 2014, with 381,408 operations.
This was the fifth straight year Sea-Tac has seen an increase in travelers. The last yearly decrease came in 2009 (-3.0 percent) after the national economic downturn. Since 2002, Sea-Tac’s passenger traffic has seen an annual increase in 12 of the last 13 years. Measured by percentage, 2015’s 12.9 percent increase is the largest increase at Sea-Tac since 1986, when traffic jumped 19 percent.
Sales fun facts!
Anthony’s Restaurant, in the central terminal, is believed to be the highest grossing airport restaurant in North America with a little more than $14 million in sales for 2015.
Notable 2015 product sales from Hudson retail:
- 131,969 Seahawks items sold
- 8,930 Sleepless in Seattle night shirts
- 51,191 packages of mini pretzels
- 105,663 packages of peanut M&M’s
butter London: sold 20,190 nail lacquers, performed 15,682 manicures and 8,152 pedicures.utter London: sold 20,190 nail lacquers, performed 15,682 manicures and 8,152 pedicures.
Massage Bar: served 50,000 customers and performed 87,000 massages of 15 minutes each.
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