September 2010, Hong Kong - Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is awarded winner of Best Educational Presentation under the Communicating Sustainable Practices Competition by EarthCheck.

The EarthCheck Program is used by more travel and tourism organisations than any other around the world. It validates the carbon claims of the largest accommodation providers on the planet and guides them in their sustainability initiatives.

The winning entries and a selection of highly commended items have been loaded to the EarthCheck website (http://www.earthcheck.org/news/Default.aspx?NewsID=71) so that others can learn from examples of best practice.

"It's great to see that Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is integrating sustainability into staff training during induction and reinforcing it as a daily practice," commented Stewart Moore, CEO of EarthCheck. "All too often sustainability is overlooked and the opportunity to imbed it into corporate culture, policies and practices is lost; as are the sizeable benefits that can be gained. Congratulations to the Green Team at Eaton for getting the mix right!"

The recent award recognises Eaton Hotel Hong Kong's commitment to showcase how organisations can leverage EarthCheck's quantifiable science based technology on its daily operations to increase operational efficiencies, maximise guest experience, minimise environmental impacts and improve bottom line performance.

"The award is recognition of the Hotel's commitment in educating our community, our staff and guests about the benefits of sustainability. It is certainly my pleasure to be part of the team who has made this possible and I look forward to further enhancing our ongoing initiatives to ensure continual improvement." said John Dick, Managing Director of Eaton Hotel Hong Kong / Vice President of Eaton Hotels.

About EarthCheck EarthCheck is the world's largest certifier of sustainable travel and tourism operators. With more than 1000 clients in over 70 countries, The company's EarthCheck Program responds directly to the major environmental problems facing the planet, including climate change, waste reduction and non-renewable resource management. It provides benchmarking, certification and performance improvement systems that result in average savings of 30 per cent for energy and waste stream, and 20 per cent savings for water consumption. Go to www.earthcheck.org

About Eaton Hotel Hong Kong Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is located at 380 Nathan Road in the heart of Jordon, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is managed by Langham Hotels International an environmental conscious and committed management company based in Hong Kong. The Eaton has actively introduced environmental and social performance initiatives to reduce overall resource consumption whilst promoting efficiency and behavioural change amongst colleagues, suppliers, guests and clients.

For information on Eaton Hotel, please visit www.eatonhotels.com.

For media enquiry, please contact: Agnes Ma Assistant Communications Manager Eaton Hotel Hong Kong T (852) 2710 1046 F (852) 2710 1834 agnes.ma@eatonhotels.com