With over two decades implementing wide-ranging green initiatives, Viva Resorts by Wyndham, has shared that it has achieved Wyndham Green program certification as part of its comprehensive plan to have its hotels operating at maximum efficiency while minimizing their environmental footprints. This achievement that reaffirms the company’s core values, is the latest development highlighting the hotel brand’s foundational and continued commitment to protecting the environment and the communities it operates in.
“Sustainability and giving back to the community has always been part of Viva’s DNA,” said Viva Resorts by Wyndham Corporate Director, Marketing and Public Relations, Erika Sordo. “We strongly believe in protecting the environment and especially our oceans. This latest achievement is one more step in underscoring our decades-long commitment to green and clean energy initiatives.”
The Wyndham Green Certification encompasses the implementation of a recycling program, towel and linen reuse, interior energy-efficient lighting, environmental guest communication, property education and utility tracking. Responsible tourism remains one of its guiding pillars including a focus on protecting the environment, as well as a commitment to fostering education and sports, promoting health and supporting local communities. These core areas express the brand’s continued efforts to protect the environment, remain responsive to social issues and improve the quality of life in its nearby communities and the world.
In 2003, Viva Resorts by Wyndham’s environmental and sustainability efforts were officially recognized by achieving Blue Flag Beach status at both Viva Dominicus Beach and Viva Dominicus Palace by Wyndham. However, green initiatives have been part of Viva’s core values since its inception. The Foundation for Environmental Education provides Blue Flag certification to beaches that have met the organization’s significant environmental management standards for water quality, safety and public environmental education. The pristine, crystal clear waters and beaches and vibrant communities at Viva Dominicus Beach and Viva Dominicus Palace are testaments to that distinction.
Another example of this longstanding commitment is the Travelife Sustainability in Tourism certification achieved by six of its hotels, including Viva Maya and Azteca by Wyndham in Playacar, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Achieved by independent audit, this status is attained by demonstrating actions minimizing environmental impacts; improving the economic and social impacts for people in their community; respecting and protecting human rights and fair labor practices; and for safeguarding animal welfare and biodiversity.