Sheraton Miramar Resort earns Mena Travel Platinum Award 2009 as Best Environmental Hotel

This is the 5th time Sheraton Miramar Resort has garnered this prestigious Award in the past 6 years.

This accomplishment is a reflection of the hotel's continuous efforts and achievements in implementing environmental practices and focus on sustainable tourism through the realization of environmental management standards.

Sheraton Miramar Resort is committed to benchmarking its operation in the fields of energy and water conservation, total waste management and a strong commitment towards the local community.

The Resort has a long standing record of environmental achievements since the year 2000, when it had actively participated as a pilot hotel in carrying out environmental audits of large sections of the Red Sea, an effort that earned Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Africa and The Middle East, the elite Environmental Company Award.

The Mena travel awards have been formed to annually recognize and reward real virtuosities and superior services in the region. Encouraging even higher standards and applaud the exceptional efforts made by so many of the industry members.

Furthermore to stimulate the competitive spirit to reach higher levels of brilliance, within the region and to motivate cooperation and team work amongst the industry's various segments, develop value packages and better provide the end users with regional value added services.