Eco-friendly Products choose the European Ecolabel

Valletta

20 May 2011, Malta

Programme & presentations

Report

The Flower of Ecology - How to let it grow for your tourist accommodation service

Ing. Francis E. Farrugia (Chairman, Malta Standards Authority – EU Eco-label Competent Authority Malta): EU Eco-label – Tourist Accommodation (ppt)

Dr. Andreas Scherlofsky: EU Eco-label trends, basics and marketing (ppt)

Mr. George Micallef (President MHRA): MHRA view on Eco-labels and certification (ppt)

Ing. Raymond Vassallo (Chief Engineer, Radisson Blu): Radisson Blu Golden Sands - minimising the negative impact on the environment (ppt)

Mag. Ernst Leitner (G&L, Ecolabelling and marketing expert): Tourist accommodation services: Technical aspects, benchmarks and best practice examples (ppt; fact sheet; criteria)

Mr. Mario Morana (Assistant Chief Engineer): EU Eco-label Experience – Malta Hilton Story (ppt)

Ing. Francis E. Farrugia: The Malta Communication and Consumer Affairs Authority – Its role in the leisure industry

CB contact: Francis E. Farrugia

Time: 9:30 – 14:00

Location: Hotel Hilton, St. Juliens

Schedule: (en)

Focus: tourist accomodation services

Participants: 60 (mostly hotels, MHRA, MSA, media)

Media work: press release launched by the Maltese Standardisation Organisation, 1 journalist participated

Material disseminated: Ecolabel folders with invitatio, program and product group brochure, Ecolabel sample bags with cleaners from DG Environment, pen and paper from Hilton

Room equipment: green banner, campaign roll-up, welcome roll-up

Language: English

Distribution of content: presentations will be available for download on the website of MSA

Result of feeback inquiry: ...

Findings and results: Several hotels very intere