Presentation of the venue sponsor at the 2nd Meetings Go Green Workshop, on Reducing Food Waste & Organic Waste Sorting "Saying Goodbye to Food Waste: Is It Possible?".
2. CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE
Heritage
• Constructed in 1908
• Art Nouveau
• First ‘Palace’ hotel in Europe
• First hotel with individual
bathrooms
• Appreciated by the jet set
• Grace Kelly
• Brigitte Bardot
• Georges Simenon
• Gina Lollobrigida
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3. CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE
Our hotel
• 354 spacious Art Nouveau guest rooms
• Brussels city center
• Close to
• Brussels North Station (5 minute
walk)
• Metro Rogier (2 minute walk)
• Bus and Tram stops
• Up to 2,000 secured parking places in
the area
• Free Wi-Fi up to 3 devices
• Free access to fitness and sauna
• Crowne Plaza running station
4. CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE
Meeting rooms
• 18 meeting rooms, with daylight
• Up to 700 delegates
• Renovated Ballroom in 2015
• Complimentary Wi-Fi for all
delegates
• Meeting specialist dedicated to
your event
• 2 hours response time
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5. IHG GREEN ENGAGE™ SYSTEM
Online sustainability
programme
• Global standard, enrolled in
5,000 hotels
• Track, measure and report on
carbon footprint
• 200 ‘Green Solutions’
• Special attention on waste
management and reduction of
food waste
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6. How do we make a
difference?
• Hotel Green Team
• We generate our own electricity
• We separate 10 different wastes
• We offer our guests rewards
when renouncing from
housekeeping
Our energy saving in
2015 : 10%
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7. CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE
TOGETHER AGAINST FOOD WASTE
How do we do it?
• Local suppliers
• Daily deliveries
• Close follow-up on events
• Monitoring buffets
• Not serving all at once!
• We minimize the use of
disposable materials and if
necessary, bio-degradable
materials
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8. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
• Get to know the Crowne Plaza Brussels – Le Palace
http://www.crowneplaza.com/brusselsbel
• Check out the IHG Green Engage website
http://www.ihgplc.com/greenengage
• Take a look at the IHG Youtube-channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/ihgplc
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