Over the past 3 years (2006-2008) each year over a thousand team members in Europe started their summer season on a new Mountain Bike.
Bikes were the prizes in an annual competition recognizing the hotel team that has achieved the most visible reductions in energy and water consumption, and also shown high level of environmental awareness and team involvement in the environmental programme.

2008 was no exception, and in the months of March through to April 2009 team members at:
  • Hilton Basel,
  • Hilton Brussels,
  • Hilton Paris Arc de Triomphe,
  • Hilton Vienna Danube
    each received a brand new bike!

    This year we have also decided to award bikes to Hilton Cyprus, Hilton Munich City and Hilton Tel Aviv as runners-up in recognition of their efforts over the past three years of this programme.

    Over the three year period of the we care! programme we have delivered the promised energy savings of over 15% across the hotels in Europe - a staggering achievement and an impressive 8% reduction in the water consumption!

    These results highlight the success of our commitment to reducing the impact of our hotels on the environment in which they operate. This has only been made possible through the tremendous efforts and commitment of the Hilton team members all over Europe to helping to make a difference
    The Sustainability Support Team would like to join Simon Vincent, the Area President Hilton Europe in thanking all the team members for their extraordinary efforts.









    • The challenge and competition continues in 2009 with goals:

    to reduce energy and water by 2% on the continent and according to specified targets on the British Islands (compared to 2008 levels)
    to continue with the we care! spirit
    to identify, quantify and reduce the
    chemical products used within our hotels

    To show that the we care! programme is fun, and at the same time to find new talents among the Team Members we have organised various challenges with prizes.


    In May 2009 we have asked our team members to  design a Global Sustainability Initiative Poster for a chance to win a solar/wind-up radio and a solar charger. There were over 40 high quality and creative posters submitted.

    The winner of the competition is:

    • the team from Hilton Milan: Fabiana, Monica & Renato  

    The runners-up prize goes to:

    • the team from Hilton Edinburgh Caledonian: Katia & Janina

    We would also like to mention the entry of:
    • Hilton Budapest WestEnd for the greening of the Hilton marketing slogan
    • Hilton Valencia for the team effort
    • Hilton Dresden for the Hilton Earth concept

         

    Thanks to all who participated for your support and we hope you had as much fun meeting the challenge as we enjoyed seeing the results of your hard labour!