Green Pearl @ Indigo Pearl
Added: (Thu Jul 15 2010)
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The green initiatives ... at Indigo Pearl Resort are building. Indigo Pearl Resort has established a "Green Pearl" environmentally - friendly committee to execute their green mission to improve the environmental measures at their resort and help protect the environment at Nai Yang Beach and surrounding community. Future plans for a healthy and clean community are being pushed seriously by the “Green Pearl Team”.
Their plans for a green community and resort are underway as they have teamed with CEO and President of Sustainable Smiles, Inc., Kelly Franklin.
Sustainable Smiles has joined Indigo Pearl to assist them with promoting both local and global environmental awareness and environmental sustainability. Kelly founded Sustainable Smiles, a nonprofit organization based out of the United States, in 2009, to promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability and appreciation for nature in communities around the world. Sustainable Smiles first projects have been providing environmental education at 4 different schools to students age 6-12 while involving them in their Thai Muang Beach Cleanup Project in Phang-Nga Province.
Why Indigo Pearl?
Partnerships are important. Kelly feels that Indigo Pearl has a strong team of passionate and dedicated employees who really care about the environment and want to make a difference in their local community and environment. We share many of the same goals and right now we are already working together to provide environmental education to over 150 students at two schools in the local community, Wat Mongkol and Technical Thalang College. Right now our focus is providing quality environmental awareness to students and staff members at Indigo Pearl. Our next step will be working with the students and staff members, as well as local community members, and stakeholders, in designing programs to help improve the environment here at Nai Yang Beach. Creating good environmental awareness for children at a young age is important as they are the future generation. If we can teach them to pay attention to how their actions impact the environment and provide them with the tools and knowledge they need to solve environmental problems then they can lead the way to a greener more sustainable future.
The Green Pearl team took action earlier this month on 11 June, as they started to maintain good environment on Nai Yang Beach. Nai Yang is one of the most beautiful beaches in Phuket, were tourists and locals can enjoy the quietness of the surrounding Sirinat National Park. Nai Yang beach also brings in a lot of revenues to local business and it is an important part of Phuket Island so it is important to protect the environment and life here at Nai Yang Beach.
About Indigo Pearl:
Indigo Pearl resort is a fusion of modern architecture and Thai tin-mining heritage next to Nai Yang Beach, just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport.
It was voted one of the best new hotels in the world by Condé Nast Traveler (US) in its ‘2007 Hot List’ of top new resorts, spas, restaurants and nightclubs, “Most Stylish Hotel” by ELLE magazine, Singapore, and among the world's “TOP 50 Dream Resorts” by Honeymoon and Travel magazine.
Indigo Pearl was also recently voted ‘’Best Design Concept Hotel/Resort in South East Asia’’ at the HAPA (Hospitality Asia) Awards 2008–2010, and ranked among Asia’s Top 25 Best Leisure Hotels and Resorts in the Smart Travel Asia ‘Best in Travel Poll 2008’.
In “Tablet 10 Top Ten New Hotels: Asia & Africa” highlighting Asia and Africa’s ten most unique and exciting new hotels, Indigo Pearl was the only Thailand hotel featured, and one of only two beach resorts in the entire book.
A member of HIP Hotels, the distinctive 5-star resort was furthered selected to join the Kiwi Collection’s exclusive list of the top 1,500 hotels in the world, and partner the world’s leading private members’ club and concierge, Quintessentially.
It has been voted under “Blue award” for its excellent performance generating the most satisfied customers in the category “Best Staff Service” and “Best 5 star resort” among hotels in Thailand.