June 13, 2018

All single-use plastic products in Company hotels will be immediately replaced with alternate materials worldwide Gabriel Escarrer, executive vice president and CEO of Meliá Hotels International, has announced that Meliá Hotels International will eliminate all single-use plastics in all it’s hotels within the year. The move will see plastic bottles, cups, bags, straws and coasters immediately replaced by reusable items, with the elimination saving more than 15 tonnes of CO2 emissions generated by waste disposal per year. Over 22 million plastic bottles were disposed of at Meliá Hotels International properties globally during 2017. The decision to eliminate these will significantly...