Hotel 101 Group honors Stay Green champions
HOTEL 101 Group held its simultaneous Christmas tree-lighting at Hotel 101 Manila, together with its properties at Jinjiang Inn Ortigas, Jinjiang Inn Makati, Jinjiang Inn Boracay Station 1, and Injap Tower Hotel in Iloilo last Nov. 11, 2022.
“We are happy to see our partners who were with us also at our very first Christmas tree-lighting same time last year, as we have continued and strengthened these partnerships, as well as made new ones as we bounced back better from the pandemic,” Hotel 101 Group General Manager Gel Gomez said as welcome guests at the Manila property.
The event was also highlighted by an awarding of 101 Stay Green champions, hotel partners in its sustainability program, including Pasay City Mayor Imelda Calixto Rubiano, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Artemio Manalo Abu, Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Ma. Esperanza Christina Garcia Frasco, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko, Tourism Promotions Board COO Maria Margarita Montemayor Nograles, Cebu Pacific Air Chief Strategy Officer Alex Reyes, Carousel Productions EVP Lorraine Schuck, TV5 news anchor and host Gretchen Ho, and DeWaste Solutions founder Juvien Galano.
Tourism Secretary Garcia Frasco, represented by DoT NCR Regional Director Sharlene Zabala-Batin, stressed the importance of establishing a resilient tourism sector to survive as the country rebuilds from the pandemic, and further explained the President’s vision of “transforming the tourism industry as a pillar for economic recovery.”