Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2017

Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2017 74 ROTANA CELEBRATES EARTH DAY Earth Day was first celebrated on the 22nd of April 1970. The event was created to make people aware of the importance of protecting our environment. Rotana hotels celebrated Earth Day this year by organising the following activities including: clean up campaigns to support, protect, and nurture the environment, workshops highlighting the significance of Earth Day and to increase awareness about environmental protection, selected Rotana hotels offered green Earth Day menus, drinks and cookies by using as well special organic products, planting activities, and Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan by Rotana in Abu Dhabi hosted again “The Battle of the Bottles”. DUBAI AUTISM CENTRE DAY Villa Rotana joined hands by organising and hosting a fun day for the children of the Dubai Autism Centre. A total of around 30 children were treated to an exciting and fun-filled day at Villa Rotana. The event featured fun games for the students with prizes, face painting, a magic show and other games, and was followed by a special lunch buffet. HELPING NEPAL Villa Rotana took a step forward and initiated an internal fund raising campaign that benefited all 17 Nepalese colleagues from the 3 hotels and also conducted a clothes donation campaign in partnership with Emirates Red Crescent. The campaign had participation from all colleagues at the 3 hotels which generated an amount of AED 5,000 and 21 boxes of new, used clothes and linens from the hotels. AUTISM SPEAKS AT PARK ROTANA ABU DHABI In efforts to shed the light on autism and spread more awareness on this disorder that develops in the children’s early years, Park Rotana Abu Dhabi hosted students from the ‘Special Care Centre’ for a fun morning of games and magic. The children participated in a host of special activities such as face painting, balloon bending and a puzzle fixing session where they put together the alphabets forming the word, ‘Park Rotana’ with the assistance of the team at the hotel and their teachers. The significance of the puzzle in the world of autism has become multi-faceted as it represents the mystery and complexity of this disorder. Following these activities, the kids enjoyed a live magic show where they were enthralled by the magician who had many tricks up his sleeve. MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi in collaboration with EWS-WWF created an ‘edutaining’ journey through time for kids. The event was designed as a time travel adventure through Abu Dhabi’s past, present and future, and the little explorers were entertained in 3 different areas with several activities; all connected to the history, culture and future of our home, Abu Dhabi. With the AED 100,000 collected, the Beach Rotana supported EWS – WWF’s “Gulf Green Turtle Conservation Initiative” and adopt a turtle to further ensure the protection of marine species and critical habitats in the UAE.