Our Sustainable Policy
We started our sustainability studies as of 2023. The development we have made in this direction; We aim to share it with our management, employees, guests, suppliers and all our other partners and thus increase the awareness we will create at this point and turn it into common goals and successes.
This prepared sustainability article includes data for the year 2023.
SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
In order to ensure the effective use of natural resources with environmental responsibility awareness; minimizing all kinds of wastes arising from resource consumption, separating them at the source and eliminating hazardous substances without harming the environment, complying with the relevant laws and regulations and constantly improving them, our employees, our guests, tour operators, suppliers and Our goals are to contribute to instilling environmental awareness in society, to make our policy a lifestyle, to ensure the continuity of our practices so that they spread to all areas of our lives, and to keep them open to public scrutiny.
It aims to provide regular training to our employees, to constantly improve their conditions, to detect the dangers and risks they may be exposed to in advance, and to prevent possible work accidents and occupational diseases.
In order to protect human health and human rights in a team spirit, by complying with legal conditions and our own conditions, to ensure a safe and healthy working environment, to raise the awareness of all our employees with the help of trainings and to adopt it as a basic duty not to endanger the health and safety of themselves, other employees and our guests, and to carry out our risk analysis. It is our occupational health & safety policy to constantly improve the prevention culture by reviewing it.
It aims to work to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable groups, without allowing discrimination on issues such as race, gender, disability, and to increase the number and quality of local employment created by tourism, including increasing wages and service quality.
Our hotel is committed to providing accessible tourism services for everyone within its means and informs its customers and stakeholders clearly and accurately about the level of accessibility through its website.
To benefit cultural heritage and minimize the damage to cultural heritage.
Our purchasing policy is focused on local, environmentally friendly, fair trade and efficient purchasing. We control the sustainability-related processes of our suppliers.
To ensure maximum satisfaction by determining the expectations and needs of our guests in advance.
To provide social and economic benefits to the people of the region and to minimize the negative effects on the public.
Our hotel provides accurate information to all segments of society in its promotion. Always uses real visual material in promotion. Our hotel has a transparent and realistic structure in terms of its products and services on its website, social media accounts and other printed and written promotional channels and marketing communications.
Where we are located, we take all necessary measures to increase local employment, protect and enrich natural life, and share with the public all the activities we do to protect our environment.
Reducing Environmental Impacts
Researching local suppliers and increasing the local purchasing rate by 10% compared to the previous year.
Ensuring the replacement of currently used products with environmentally friendly alternatives.
Activities to raise awareness among guests to ensure minimum use of amenities (cleaning materials, straws, slippers, etc.).
Ensuring that towels and sheets are changed upon guest request.
Replacement of faulty lighting with LED energy-saving products.
Adding sustainability questions to customer evaluation surveys.
Providing sustainability training to all employees who start working within a year.
Reducing the amount of chemicals we use and replacing them with products that are less environmentally friendly.
Construction of 1 disabled room in our facility.
Personnel and Working Life
Number of Employees: 4 Number of Kitchen Staff: 1
Number of Female Employees: 0 Number of Restaurant Staff: 1
Number of Disabled Employees: 0 Number of Housekeeping Personnel: 1
Number of Foreign Employees: 0 Technical, Administrative and Environmental Management: 1
Our Trainings
Occupational Health and Safety - 3 times a year
Environment and Waste Management - Once a year
Sustainable Tourism Once a year
Guest Relations - Once a year
Promotion of Cultural Heritage - Once a year
Energy and Water Efficiency - Twice a year
Chemical Use - 3 times a year
Hygiene Training - Once a year
Social and Cultural Studies Conducted
We organize bazaars in our facility to support our local people and local entrepreneurs. Local dishes, handmade designs, souvenirs and paintings are exhibited at these bazaars. We are honored to contribute to the promotion of Bodrum through cultural interaction, aiming to contribute to our economy.
Environment and Waste Management Studies
“Zero Waste” in our facility; A resource and waste management approach based on circularity is implemented. Within the scope of sustainable tourism, we encourage changes in consumption habits and support the efficient use of resources. With our zero waste system, we advocate avoiding waste and preventing, reducing, reusing and recycling waste. This way we can help achieve positive socio-economic outcomes, including improving social solidarity.
Destination Promotion
History
• The first settlement on the peninsula was established by the 'Dors', and then the Carians and Lelegs settled in the region.
• In 650 BC, the Megerans came and expanded the city and changed its name to Halicarnassus.
• Bodrum B.C. It came under Persian rule in 386. Halicarnassus had its heyday in B.C. He lived in 353 when it became the capital of the Caria region. Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the world, was built in this period in memory of King Mausolos by his sister and wife, Artemisia.
• Bodrum B.C. It was captured by the Romans in 192, but did not show any significant development during this period.
• M.S. Byzantines in 395 A.D. XI. It was taken over by the Turks in the century. In the First Crusade wars, the Byzantines, XIV. It fell into the hands of the Turks again in the century. It was taken over by the Knights of Rhodes in 1415, and in 1522 (during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent) it joined the Ottoman Empire again.
• After the proclamation of the Republic, its name was changed to Bodrum.
Bodrum castle
In 1402 St. The castle, built by the Knights of St. John under the name of St. Peter Castle, has also been used as the "Underwater Archeology Museum" since 1960. The distance from the hotel is 10 km.
Bodrum Underwater Archeology Museum
14 BC. century to 16th century AD. Due to its rich underwater collection dating back to the 11th century, the name of the Museum was renamed as Bodrum Underwater Archeology Museum in 1981. It is our country's only and the world's most important underwater archeology museum. Bodrum Underwater Archeology Museum has the 1995 European Special Commendation Award. The distance from the hotel is 10 km.
Halicarnassus Mausoleum
It was a large tomb built in 350 BC for Mausolos, the ruler of Caria. Its marble structure is so magnificent
and its ornamental sculptures were so striking that they were included in the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The "mausoleum" in the name became the name given to any later large mausoleum. The distance from the hotel is 9 km.
Bodrum Ancient Theater
It is the only building from the classical age that has survived to the present day. This theater on the southern foothills of Göktepe Mountain in the middle of Bodrum is one of the oldest theaters in Anatolia. This theater, which was restored by a group of Turks in the 1960s (most recently restored in cooperation with Bodrum Municipality, Ericsson and Turkcell), is still the scene of many festivals in Bodrum. The distance from the hotel is 8 km.
Popular Destinations
Torba
Located approximately 6 kilometers from Bodrum centre, Torba is one of the most preferred bays in the region with its calm and clean waters. Being a closed bay, Torba has a waveless and calm appearance even when the wind is strong.
Akyarlar
Akyarlar, located opposite Greece's Kos Island, is one of the paradise corners of Bodrum. Akyarlar, which is a very suitable place for surfing with its wind that makes you feel all day long, fascinates with its sparkling waters.
Yalıkavak
Known as one of the most important addresses for fishing in the Aegean Region, Yalıkavak today makes a name for itself with its restaurants that offer the opportunity to taste delicious seafood, as well as its deep blue waters.
Gümüşlük
Gümüşlük is one of the most colorful and cutest places in Bodrum with its cute restaurants along the beach, souvenir shops with colorful jewelry and the famous rabbit island.
Things to Consider When Visiting Museums and Areas Containing Historical, Religious and Cultural Buildings
Museums are places that contain objects and stories belonging to the fields of culture, art, nature, science and technology. Learning becomes more relevant and exciting when faced with real objects in museums, and effective learning takes place. One of the most important duties of museums is to educate and inform people.
• Take into account the warnings made in the museum.
• To comply with the warnings of the officials and the visiting rules posted in the museum,
• At the entrance, if necessary, you must present your ID-museum card and enter with a ticket.
• One of the most important rules to be followed in the museum is to be quiet and not make noise.
• Not to touch the works exhibited in the museum and their cases (bases), not to write on them (this warning should be made especially when going to open-air museums and historical sites), not to damage the items.
• According to the warning in the museum visited, you can/do not take photographs,
• According to the warning in the museum visited, do not take / you can take flash photos, (these warnings should be made according to the rules of the museum to be visited).
• Listen carefully to what is being said, and ask your guide and museum education experts (if any) any questions you have.
• To thank the officer whose information we asked about the works.
• Not entering museums with food and drink,
• Not throwing garbage on the ground,
• During group trips, do not leave the group. If you leave the group and think you are lost, ask for help from the staff and go to the information desk.
• Avoiding behavior that disturbs others during the trip.
In visits to places of public worship (mosques, churches, synagogues, etc.), which are known as Faith Tourism; The religious aspects of the place of worship to be visited should be observed and visited with tolerance.
• Paying attention to the warnings given by the officers at the entrances,
• If necessary, wearing appropriate clothing available in the entrance areas.
• Not to disturb worshipers in visiting areas, to be quiet and not to make noise,
• It is necessary to pay attention to issues such as not entering with food and drink and not throwing garbage on the ground.
Rules to follow when entering natural areas
• Paying attention to the warnings given by the officers at the entrances,
• Avoid lighting fires in wooded areas,
• Not throwing garbage, especially glass and cigarette butts, on the ground,
• Never enter prohibited areas marked "No Entry" and "Swimming Prohibited",
• Not to harm the habitats of all living things in nature, such as plants and animals.