5th Green Globe certification, 500kg of dates at Movenpick Hotel Kuwait

While its existing green initiatives recently resulted in a fifth consecutive Green Globe certification for Movenpick Hotel Kuwait, the upscale hotel is especially proud of one particular green project. As part of a sustainable product supply program to become partially self-sufficient, the 100-room hotel in the Kuwait Free Trade Zone recently reaped the fruit of its first date harvest. It partnered with a specialist agricultural company to design strategic solutions for successfully harvesting and using the dates in its own hotel restaurants and operations.

The dates have been used in the hotel’s breakfast buffet, in healthy, nutritional juices, as gifts to long-stay guests and during the Movenpick Chocolate Hour, a signature culinary service where complimentary chocolate is featured for guests to enjoy.

“This new project is part of Movenpick Hotels and Resorts’ worldwide program of green initiatives and it’s been a thoroughly enriching experience to see our latest plan come to fruition,” said Hassan Hassanien, General Manager of Movenpick Hotel Kuwait.

“A key element of the plan is to involve our employees at a grassroots level to imbed our commitment to the company’s sustainability approach. The first date harvest was entirely done by our own hotel employees and it has been wonderful to see their enthusiasm and dedication to this cause.”

At 7,000 sqm and covering 60 percent of the premises, the hotel’s surrounding green landscape is presently almost double its original size and contains a variety of local flora and plants indigenous to the region. A variety of eco-friendly products and environmentally-sound methods are employed to maintain and irrigate the area, including sprinkler and dripping systems.

The 40 date palms that delivered the first harvest were planted around 12 years ago and provided a total of more than 500 kilograms of dates. To efficiently manage its energy and water use, the elegant low-rise hotel already features LED lighting, dual flushing toilets and low-flow, highpressure rain showerheads.

Movenpick Hotel Kuwait is close to Kuwait Bay and the international airport. It features five restaurants, including a garden cafÈ close to the free-form lagoon pool with waterfalls. Other facilities include a boardroom, events venue, gymnasium and kids club.