Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2014

5 Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC is pleased to present its second Sustainability Report that features quantitative and qualitative data for the calendar years 2013 and 2014, with additional data from previous years for comparison reasons, related to material issues or notable information. Scope and boundary The reporting scope is global, unless otherwise noted for situations or circumstances where reporting data are collected and available only for a certain geography, business or issue. The report covers all Rotana hotels, all four brands, 50 operating hotels in the Middle East and Northern Africa region and their material, economic, environmental and social impacts. We report the progress of all Rotana hotels that have operated for at least one year: • Two hotels that opened within 2013 were not included in 2013 report data, as they had not completed a full year of operations during this reporting period: Majestic Arjaan by Rotana - Bahrain and Karbala Rayhaan by Rotana - Iraq. However they were added in the 2014 report. • In 2014, four hotels were removed from the company’s portfolio, hence are not included in the report: Coral Beach Rotana Resort - Hurghada, Coral Beach Rotana Resort - Tiran, Coral Beach Rotana Resort - Montazah and Afamia Rotana. • Hili Rayhaan by Rotana - Al Ain, Sedra Residences by Rotana - Qatar and Salalah Rotana Resort - Oman were opened in 2014, hence were excluded from the 2014 data report as they had not completed a full year of operation. Guidelines used Rotana declares that this report follows the G4 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines at Core level. The GRI G4 Content Index can be found at the end of the report, in Appendix A. Defining report content The content of this document was defined using the Sustainability Materiality Map that was based on three elements to list and prioritise our material issues. The map relies mainly on: • Sustainability Maturity Assessment results and scores • The company’s sustainability focus areas • Stakeholders’ expectations as defined by the company The process was guided by the Group’s Corporate Sustainability Committee and through a process involving internal stakeholders. Details of Rotana Sustainability Materiality Map can be found in the Materiality Assessment section. Rotana reports on the G4 indicators that were relevant to our business operation and where data is available for previous years and more indicators that were measured in 2013. While the report development was overseen by the company’s Corporate Sustainability Committee and with the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group advisory, this second report was not subject to an external assurance audit. 01