Jury member at the EHMA Sustainability Award 2022 (21-03-2022)

The EHMA Sustainability Award is awarded in co-operation with Diversey to an EHMA member who successfully implemented innovative sustainability projects during the previous year. This year, Markos Tzamalis, General Manager of Cretan Malia Park, Malia, Crete, Greece is the winner of the EHMA Sustainability Award 2022.

Every year, EHMA and Divesey present a sustainability award to the Hotel Manager who most successfully implemented innovative sustainability and social responsibility projects during the previous year.

A jury comprised of Verena Radlgruber-Forstinger (EHMA 1st Vice President), Daniel Daggett (Vice President Corporate Sustainability at Diversey) and Arjan van Rheede (Senior Research Fellow in Sustainability, Hotelschool The Hague) chose this year’s winner. The selected candidates were:

Stephan J.A.B. Stokkermans – Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, The Netherlands
Ezio Indiani – Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milano, Italy
Markos Tzamalis – Cretan Malia Park, Malia, Crete , Greece
Fernando Rojo – SHA Wellness Clinic, Alicante, Spain
Antonio Pellegrino – Vivosa Apulia Resort, Ugento, Lecce, Italy
Stratos Patsakis – Minos Beach art hotel / Bluegr Hotels and Resorts, Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece

“Very inspirational to be part of this jury and to learn about initiatives of hotels that go beyond the practices to decreasing negative impacts. Going the extra mile and showcasing the integration of sustainable themes and increasing resilience by making positive impacts on for instance local staff and their communities. A nice example of this is a program for resort staff who also farm their land, to do this in a more sustainable & organic matter to create more value (and income) and quality production. Those produces can be used in the resort hotel as the highest quality local produce in the kitchens”.

Arjan van Rheede