MACAO :  Conrad Macao, Cotai Central celebrated Earth Hour 2019 from 8:30–9:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 30. The hotel is taking action to halve its environmental footprint, incorporating water stewardship, energy conservation, waste reduction and community projects and Earth Hour is just one of many initiatives undertaken by the hotel.

“Conrad Macao believes that there is nothing more important than supporting environmental awareness and is again proud to join this meaningful worldwide endeavor, now for the seventh year,” said Mao Miyazawa, General Manager of Conrad Macao. “Earth Hour is just one of the ways we show our commitment to energy conservation while delivering great guest experiences.”

“We have launched various green initiatives since opening back in April 2012 and in 2013 took the initiative to make Earth Houra biweekly exercise and not just an annual event when we posed a friendly challenge for other hotels in Macao to join our monthly lights-out as part of Earth Hour’s global ‘I Will If You Will’ campaign. Our green resolution to observe ‘Earth Hour, Every Month’ sees Conrad Macao switch off all non-essential lighting on the first and third Tuesday of each month.”

In support of action on global climate change the hotel turned off its external façade lights and dimmed all non-essential lighting in its restaurants and lounges, including its crystal chandelier lobby centerpiece. In its place was a spectacular display made up of 216 tea light candles with recycled materials that formed the shape of a lightbulb, illuminating the lobby and spelling out ‘Earth Hour 2019!’ to demonstrate the hotel’s commitment to Earth Hour, Every Month.

In addition Conrad Macao actively practices green initiatives on a daily basis, resulting in a reduction of 497,059 kWh energy in 2018 vs 2017. This is equivalent to a 3% reduction and can supply 1,242 Macao households for one month. Other energy initiatives include reduced plastic consumption by switching from small bottles of water to larger ones and discontinuing the use of plastic straws at owned restaurants and outlets.

Hilton is on a mission to redefine sustainable travel and tourism through its corporate responsibility strategy, Travel with Purpose and is committed to cutting its environmental footprint in half and doubling social impact by 2030.

Hilton’s commitment to the environment is embedded across the business and supported by LightStay, an award-winning, global corporate responsibility performance measurement platform. LightStay was developed and implemented by Hilton to provide a one-stop solution for reporting environmental, operational and social impacts.