NH Hoteles turns off during Earth Hour for the fourth year in a row

• The “Earth Hour”, a WWF initiative, is considered the biggest global mobilization campaign against climate change

• NH Hoteles quantifies the power savings at its hotels from this gesture at over 1,374,491 watts

On 31 March, NH Hoteles will participate in the Earth Hour initiative organised by the Word Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) by switching out the lights on the facades of 312 hotels around the world. During one hour, and for the fourth year in a row, the hotel chain will collaborate with in this global blackout, a gesture expected to save 1,374,491 watts of power output at its hotels.

Flagship hotels such as the NH Eurobuilding in Madrid, the NH Constanza in Barcelona, the Nhow Berlin in Germany’s capital, the NH Convento on the luxurious Amalfi coast, the recently opened NH Gate One in Slovakia, the NH Tango in Buenos Aires and the Hesperia Isla Margarita in Venezuela will be ‘invisible’ between 8:30pm and 9:30pm next Saturday evening.
In line with this initiative, NH Hoteles is launching an awareness campaign through its social networks to encourage internet users to join in this effort to save energy and fight climate change. The Company is also informing guests and staff at each of its establishments of the actions taken to support WWF’s EarthHour.

“I Will If You Will”

Considered the greatest call to action worldwide in the fight against climate change, this initiative has managed to persuade governments, businesses and citizens to switch off their lights as a gesture of their commitment to the environment.
As in prior years, truly emblematic buildings around the world, including the Eiffel Tower (France), the Sydney Opera House (Australia) and Times Square (EEUU), will join the blackout. In Spain, WWF has already confirmed that the Segovia aqueduct, the Santa Bárbara Castle in Alicante and the Wall of Ávila will switch their lights off between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on next 31 March.

At the same time, and under the slogan I Will if You Will, the Earth Hour has set up an online platform with the help of YouTube to encourage citizens everywhere to share their sustainability initiatives by uploading their videos onto the portal answering the following question: What are you willing to do to save the planet?

Most sustainable hotel chain

Environmental responsibility is embedded into NH Hoteles’ corporate culture. The Company’s almost 400 establishments around the world are equipped with multiple eco-friendly solutions that have made the hotel chain a benchmark in the tourism sector in terms of corporate responsibility.
As a result of such leadership, the four key targets set at the start of the NH Hoteles’ 2008-2012 Environmental Plan have been reached one year ahead of schedule. NH Hoteles’ Environmental Plan aimed to cut its water consumption, waste generation, emissions and power usage by 20% eight years ahead of the EU target schedule. More specifically, NH Hoteles has cut power consumption per guest and night by 22.7%, while slashing carbon emissions by 40%, water usage by 27.5% and waste generation by 34.1%.

About NH HOTELES

NH Hoteles (www.nh-hotels.com) ranks third in the European urban business hotel segment. It operates close to 400 hotels with almost 60,000 rooms in 26 countries across Europe, America and Africa. NH Hoteles currently has 19 new hotels under construction which will add over 2,000 new rooms to its portfolio.

NH Hoteles is traded on the Madrid stock exchange.

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