Iniciativas Eco-responsables y RSE

📊 En 2024, Meliá Hotels International, a través de Meliá PRO, neutralizó más de 4,000 eventos en 40 hoteles, compensando 5,387 toneladas de CO₂. La iniciativa "Road to Net Zero Events" busca reducir 71.4% de emisiones de CO₂ para 2035. La plataforma ofrece medición y compensación de carbono, utilizando energía 100% renovable para evitar más de 1,300 toneladas de emisiones. Meliá es reconocida en el Top 3 del Sustainability Yearbook 2025.

🌳 En 2024-2025, en la Comunidad Valenciana, el proyecto GreenHost, liderado por HOSBEC, logró plantar 756 árboles y compensar 104 créditos de CO₂, valorados en 12.100 euros. Más de 70 alojamientos participan, con un coste de 1-3 euros por estancia. Fuerte Group Hotels planea usar 30% de energía renovable en 2026. Magic World Resort obtuvo la certificación Bioscore. Palladium Hotel Group en Ibiza ofrece formación laboral a vulnerables. El Palacio de Congresos Olympic es el primer centro en España con certificación Bioscore.

🌎 Helsinki leads as the most sustainable destination in 2025 with 93.52%, followed by Gothenburg (91.51%) and Copenhagen (88.76%). Since 2016, average sustainability performance increased by 31%, with the top 10 improving by 46%. Adelaida made notable progress, rising 23 places. 77% of destinations engage in climate actions, up from 54% last year. Helsinki's tourism grew by 19% in seven months. 81% of top hotels have sustainability certification, up from 66% in 2016.

📈 Benidorm, a pioneering sustainable city since 1956, is competing for the European Green City title in 2027. With a 95% water efficiency, the city boasts a 9% reduction in water consumption over 20 years despite population growth. Managing waste for 74,500 residents and 2.5 million tourists yearly, Benidorm produces 216.6 kg of waste per person annually, significantly lower than Spain's 482 kg average. The city's strategic vertical growth enhances sustainability and quality of life.

📱 Tourism Innovation Summit: Toni Mascaró, Jimmy Pons, and David discussed AI's impact on tourism and marketing. AI transforms tourism by enabling zero-click searches through ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. SEO evolves for AI. Local LLMs (2-40 GB) will enhance privacy and data sovereignty. Toni's project, Rizoma, based in Barcelona, aims for regenerative innovation. The focus shifts to building real communities, as they will endure the zero-click era.

📈 In Canarias, Jéssica de León announced the Smart Data Canarias initiative for energy and waste management in hotels. A plan to support 1,239 businesses with AI for tourism activities is also in place. In Comunidad Valenciana, Marian Cano highlighted 120 destinations joining the Smart Destinations Network. Baleares, led by Jaume Bauzá, uses technology to manage tourism flows. Andalucía, under Arturo Bernal, aims for year-round tourism, achieving a 2-point decrease in summer flow concentration annually in 2023 and 2024.

🏠 Kora Living inaugurará Kora Kiliki, su primer complejo flex living en Pamplona, el 31 de octubre. Ubicado en Soto Lezkairu, cuenta con 167 estudios y apartamentos, y una piscina en la azotea. Este espacio busca redefinir la forma de alojarse y vivir en la ciudad, integrándose al tejido urbano. En 2026, lanzará una agenda cultural. Con 80 paneles solares, reducirá en un 50% su demanda energética. Kora Living planea gestionar más de 1,400 unidades para 2027.

🛫 En la primera jornada del TIS-Tourism Innovation Summit 2025 en Sevilla, expertos debatieron sobre la innovación en el turismo. Se estima que para 2040 los viajes alcanzarán 2.400 millones. Zuriñe Eguizábal de Google destacó la IA agéntica, transformando la planificación de viajes en más de 5 horas. Andrea D’amico de WeRoad y Alessandro Petazzi de lastminute.com discutieron sobre experiencias personalizadas. Guy Bigwood enfatizó el turismo regenerativo para abordar el cambio climático.

📈 Tono Franco and Marco Táboas participated in the 4th "Encuentro de Sostenibilidad Turística Hosteltur" panel discussion on sustainable tourism projects in Valencia and Mallorca, moderated by Leire Bilbao. The focus was on strategies for managing tourist flows using research and technology to enhance visitor experiences and resident comfort.

🛫 Mallorca's airport now boasts ecological certification, a big change from twenty years ago when such measures were absent. Previously, tourists were transported by large coaches, accommodating 40-60 people each. Now, the increase in tourist numbers has led to a shift towards rented cars, with thirty cars used for every sixty tourists. Though certified sustainable, this new mode of transport brings a heavy flow of vehicles to the airport, raising questions about true ecological impact.