Save costs and relieve staff in the hotel
How the Best Western Parkhotel Weingarten benefits from greater sustainability
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Jan Sambach
- 31/08/2024
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600 room cleanings saved per month: more sustainability in hotels is that easy
The Best Western Parkhotel Weingarten works with Click A Tree and offers its guests trees instead of housekeeping.
Enormously successful!
- Every hotel guest has the option to forgo their room cleaning - in return, a tree is planted with Click A Tree for every day without cleaning
- More than 600 lead clearances are saved every month!
- This results in massive cost savings - and the team is relieved enormously.
- Guests consistently give positive feedback and entire travel groups forego room cleaning
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Simple implementation for quick success
Since mid-August 2023, the Best Western Parkhotel Weingarten has been planting trees together with Click A Tree.
And with enormous success: 561 room cleanings were already saved in the first 6 weeks!
More than 600 guests a month now regularly forgo their stay.
A prime example of how quickly and easily sustainability can be implemented profitably.
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The economic added value: saving costs, relieving staff and promoting sustainable commitment at the same time
Guests of the Best Western Parkhotel Weingarten have the option of dispensing with the daily cleaning service.
As a result, one tree is planted in Ghana for every one that is given up.
In addition to positive media attention, there are also economic benefits:
- Saving on cleaning agents
- Saving water and energy
- Savings in personnel costs
The decreasing number of room cleanings solves the often existing staff shortage.
The existing workforce will be additionally relieved.
The implementation
The Parkhotel in Weingarten is the destination for many coach tours.
The coach tour guides sometimes ask on the coach who would like to do without daily room cleaning – and usually get the entire tour group excited about this option at the same time.
All guests are also informed of this option for their stay by the reception staff at check-in.
Individual guests – whether business or leisure – are also enthusiastic about this project.
Guests are informed about the collaboration with Click A Tree:
- Information at check-in
- Information board in the lobby
- Display stands in the rooms
- Digital guest folder
Click A Tree is happy to support its hotel partners in all these areas on request.
Even more impact.
But that’s not all.
To achieve maximum impact, the Best Western Group goes a few steps further.
In the meantime, trees are also being planted for:
- Incoming applications – a very effective incentive for young people in particular to apply
- As an upsell for direct bookings.
Trees are integrated into the booking process as an upsell option.
Guests are free to choose how many additional trees they would like to plant. - As an upsell for events.
Large corporations in particular attach great importance to sustainable events and conferences.
Trees as an upsell option are extremely popular. - As a gift for the team.
At Christmas, Easter or at the big directors’ meetings.
Always one tree planted per person. - As part of the Loyalty Program.
Loyal guests can exchange their Rewards points for tree plantings.
The initiatives and successes are communicated transparently on Best Western’s sustainability page.
Save even more cleaning.
To motivate even more hotels to participate in the trees instead of housekeeping concept, Click A Tree was a keynote speaker at the Best Western Commercial Huddle.
This enabled him to talk directly to the hotel managers and answer all open questions.
If your hotel group is planning an event, please let us know.
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by Matthias Schenk, Hotel Director Best Western Parkhotel Weingarten, who once again emphasizes the added value of the cooperation:
“Our housekeeper is pleased that her workload has decreased due to the reduction in room cleaning. As a result, she can now manage her tasks in a much more relaxed manner and is less stressed.”
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