The award-winning travel publication Condé Nast Traveler in the U.S.A. has named Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts a winner at the prestigious 2010 World Savers Awards. Honouring airlines, cruise lines, resorts, hotels and tour operators that are dedicated to saving their communities and the world, Condé Nast Traveler selected Banyan Tree as the overall winner among large hotel chains in the 'Doing It All' category. The Group was also "Runner-Up" in the Health Initiatives category.
Additionally, Banyan Tree also received honourable mention in the following categories: 'Preservation, Environmental and/or Cultural', 'Wildlife Conservation' and 'Education Programs.' Among large hotel chains, Banyan Tree was recognised as a winner, runner up and had more honourable mentions than any other hotel brand, an achievement indeed for an Asia-based brand.
Accepting the award at the World Savers Congress 2010 held at Suntec City Convention Centre on 20th Oct, Mr Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings, said "We are incredibly honoured and humbled to receive this recognition from Condé Nast Traveler. For the Banyan Tree brand, it is pride in our heritage and a larger concern for the environment that spurs us to focus so intently on corporate social responsibility. Business no longer means realising transactions; businesses must be an agency in transforming society and bringing about meaningful change. With this award, we hope to inspire other companies around the world to take initiative to support and rebuild the environments and communities in which they live."
Wrapping up his address, Mr Ho also shared that Banyan Tree is one of the first listed companies that publishes a standalone Sustainability Report that is distributed together with the annual report to its shareholders, and encourages more companies to do so, thereby placing emphasis and action behind their CSR programmes.
