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portfolio of hotels fits in very well with the strategy and is moving the Group’s plans forward on that continent.
As well as the 19 additions from Hoteles Royal, another 6 hotels in Madrid, Oporto, Brussels, Milan, Trento and Taormina opened in 2015.
Meanwhile, in 2015 NH Hotel Group signed 16 hotels with 2,660 bedrooms. All the signings were rental and management contracts, many of them
in the top brand segment and in primary cities (London, Amsterdam, Rome, and Marseilles). 2015 also saw a Joint Venture with the HNA Group in
China with management contracts.
Finally, the optimisation of management and organisation, especially technological systems, is making satisfactory progress.
In January 2015 the NH Bogotá Parque 93 hotel was sold as part of capital restructuring in the region after the acquisition of Hoteles Royal.
During 2015, the NH Hotel Group received the following awards at the global level:
FEDECOM Award: best company of the year
FECECA Award (Federation of Official Spanish Chambers of Commerce in America): award for its commitment to the development of Latin
America.
Business Traveller Awards Germany 2015: Third in the category of best hotel chain for business stays in Germany.
European Hospitality Awards 2015: The NH Collection Eurobuilding hotel in Madrid won an award as one of Europe’s most influential and iconic
hotels in the use of technology.
European Hotel Design Awards 2015: The NH Collection Eurobuilding hotel in Madrid won the award for the best interior design for holding events.
Madrid Excellent Award: NH Collection Eurobuilding for the best hotel in the Community of Madrid.
100 Best Ideas of Actualidad Económica: An award for the NH Collection Eurobuilding in Madrid for one of the best Living Lab concepts.
Zoover Awards: best hotel chain in the Netherlands.
Esprix Awards: The NH Rotterdam won the award for best product launch
Accent Award: best recruitment campaign of 2015 in Benelux.
THE ENVIRONMENT
For the NH Hotel Group, sustainability drives innovation, to surprise our guests while improving water and energy efficiency.
In 2015 we continued to implement the sustainability initiative that forms part of the group’s five-year strategic plan (5YPlan). This initiative gives
continuity to the efficiency achievements of recent years. Thus, compared to 2008, energy consumption has been reduced by 27%, water consumption
by 31% and our carbon footprint by 70%. 89% of our hotels consume environmentally friendly energy, and 47% have external certification of sustainable
management.
NH Hotel Group is certified by leading international standards such as ISO 50001, which certifies the efficiency of the hotel network’s energy
management on an international scale, and ISO 14001, which certifies environmental management. NH Hotel Group was the first global hotel chain to
obtain the prestigious ISO 50001 certification, which allows the Group to go even further in its bid for energy efficiency improvements.
NH Hotel Group reports its climate change commitment and strategy to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP’s A99-rating places NH Hotels
Group among the leading Companies in the hotel industry for its strategy to combat climate change. NH Hotels Group forms part of FTSE4 Good, an
index on the London Stock Exchange which recognises the socially responsible behaviour of companies worldwide.
NH Hotel Group was awarded the Gold Medal for Sustainability by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), and is the first international hotel
chain to receive this prize. NH Hotels Group’s environmental actions have received numerous awards, including the European Business Award for the
Environment, granted by the European Commission in 2014.
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