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DREAMS PUERTO VALLARTARESORT & SPAConcrete Actions for the EnvironmentDreams Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa recognizesthat the region’s natural resources playa key role in strengthening its business. Thehotel has set aside an area for the conservationof olive ridley sea turtles, an endangeredmarine species that returns every yearto lay eggs on the hotel’s beach. The hotelstaff works to protect the eggs during theirincubation period, monitoring as many as900 nests in a season. Guests, communitymembers and employees receive trainingin how to correctly handle turtle hatchlingsand help with the eventual release of thetiny creatures. In 2012, this program aidedin the release of some 63,000 hatchlings—anincrease of five percent from the previousyear.In addition to the sea turtle program, DreamsPuerto Vallarta educates its staff on a varietyof sociocultural and environmental topics.More than 1,700 employees have takencourses on waste management, biodiversity,human trafficking and other important issues.DREAMS TULUMRESORT & SPAProtecting Our WaterDreams Tulum Resort & Spa has developeda comprehensive program for the extraction,use, treatment and discharge of water. Inaddition to being verified by the <strong>Rainforest</strong><strong>Alliance</strong>, the hotel holds a certificationfor “Tourism Environmental Quality” fromMexico’s Federal Environmental ProtectionProsecutor’s Office.In addition to its water program, DreamsTulum works to support neighboring communities.The hotel made cash donations andstructural improvements to a local school of150 students and provides scholarships for80 students at nearby universities. DreamsTulum also created the Tulum Foundation,which provides full university scholarshipsto youth from low-income families.6
DREAMS VILLAMAGNANUEVO VALLARTARespecting Our Ancestral CulturesLocated in an area of extensive cultural richness,Dreams Villamagna Nuevo Vallartamakes a point of sharing with its guestsand employees the customs of the Coraand Huichol indigenous peoples, who haveretained their distinctive language, cultureand religion.The hotel promotes Huichol crafts and ritualsin its facilities, makes in-kind donations tothe community and supports the “New Life”children’s shelter, where about 16 childrenreceive an education and improved quality oflife. At the shelter, hotel staff organize recreationalactivities and cleanup campaigns,remodel rooms, and make donations.NOW JADE RIVIERA CANCUNAND NOW SAPPHIRERIVIERA CANCUNKnowledge is an Ally to PerformanceNow Jade Riviera Cancun and Now SapphireRiviera Cancun are committed to reducing,treating and safely disposing of hazardousand non-hazardous wastes. Their first step indeveloping an integrated waste managementprogram included an analysis of the existingconditions and educating their personnel.The hotels worked closely with professionalstrained in identifying, handling and sortinghazardous, chemical and solid wastes. Theyalso held a series of training events for hotelpersonnel who routinely handle waste.Thanks to the training events, the hotels havemade great strides in their comprehensivewaste management plans, recovering andrecycling more than 32 tons of materials thatwould otherwise have ended up in the municipallandfill. In addition, the courses raisedawareness about the hazardous nature ofsome waste materials and the health concernsthat could arise from improper handling.7
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