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AWARDS ANDRECOGNITIONS
SOCIETY
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XIVWorldwideHospitalityAward
s,Paris.Finalistsinthe“BestCorporateResponsibility
Initiative” category for the SPRINT * Social Action Programme.
*
The first edition of this programme was launched in 2012 out of the need to cover base
and qualified job positions in the BU Central Europe of NH Hotel Group. The Company
provided one-year work contracts to 5 young people chosen and trained in hotel
management by the
Tomillo Foundation
,
with financing from the
Barclays Foundation
.
NHHotel Group employee volunteers participated as mentors in the destination hotels.
•
FORGEFoundationAcknowledgement
for NHColumbia for its training programmes for
young people from the foundation’s institution.
•
UN University Associations
UC-MUN International acknowledgement, to the Hesperia
World Trade Center hotel for its collaboration in international exchange events.
GASTRONOMY
Vermeer Restaurant (NHBarbizon Palace, Amterdam), awarded one Michelin star, chosen as the 25
th
best restaurant in the country by
Lekker magazine;
in addition, it was granted 17 points (out of 20) by
the prestigious
Gault&Millau
restaurant guide.
•
Journalists Association of Navarra Award for
Enrique Martínez García
,
executive chef of NH
Hotel Group.
•
AwardfortheBestMaîtreduringtheIIGourmetClubAwardsto
AbelValverde
(
RestauranteSantceloni).
•
Award for the Best Sommelier during the Business Awards for theWine Industry and Distribution to
María José Huertas
(
La Terraza del Casino Restaurant).
•
Third prize for best tapa at the
Zamora Tapa Fair
for NH Palacio del Duero.
ENVIRONMENT
•
Gold Medal in the Icarus Project granted by GBTA
(
Global Business Travel Association).
NHHotel Group is the first hotel chain to obtain this acknowledgement on a global scale thanks to the
Group’s constant investment in sustainable innovationand its environmental social andeconomic focus.
•
Green Supplier Award
for environmental excellence and innovation in sustainability granted
by IMEX and GMIC (Green Meeting Industry Council) acknowledging sustainable policies
implemented by large companies in the MICE sector (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and
Exhibitions). NHHotel Group received the Gold standard, the most prestigious standard awarded.
•
Capital 2013 Awards:
Most Environmentally Responsible Company.
•
II International Awards “A real commitment to sustainability”
granted by ISTur (Institute of
Tourism Sustainability) for social and environmental commitment.
•
ECO Services Acknowledgement Dominicana granted by Asociación Ecoturismo
Responsable
,
for promoting responsible tourism.
EMPLOYEES
• 2014
Top Employer Germany
granted by the Top Employers Institute for excellence
in Human Resources strategy and commitment to the professional development of its
employees with its own programmes like JUMP, PDI and Commercial School.
•
High ratings in the categories “Open Company” and “Top Company” of the
Kunuku,
employment evaluation platform in Germany.
•
Estatuto der Vielfalt
,
initiative that acknowledges the promotion of diversity with support
from the German government, where Chancellor Angela Merkel is the sponsor.
•
Second place in the
Ranking Top Companies Centroamérica
2012,
in the category “the
place where everyone wants to work”, for the Punta Cana hotels.
