Hotel Grand Chancellor properties in New Zealand and Australia now offer guests the option to opt out of having their room serviced daily, by hanging a ‘green’ door hanger outside their room.

Not only does this assist the environment by saving water used to clean and launder the room, but it also reduces chemicals and electricity consumption by offering our guests the choice of whether they require this service.

The James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor Wellington and Hotel Grand Chancellor Christchurch hotels have been working towards many environmental and sustainability endeavours for quite some time, having introduced this green initiative late last year. Both properties have just been awarded Enviro-Silver by Qualmark and the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor has also completed the initial Green Globe criteria, expecting to be awarded silver status mid year.

Frank Delli Cicchi, Group General Manager comments ‘We understand that our operations have an impact on the environment and that it is our responsibility to take steps to achieve sound environmental practices. We believe that this can be achieved more holistically by involving our guests while they are staying with us. Already there have been many positive comments from our regulars guests, with the number of rooms opting out of servicing increasing daily.’