| Next time you're visiting Malta, be sure to | | | | *donating substantial amounts to Heritage |
| stay at the Hilton Malta. The hotel was | | | | Malta |
| opened in 2000 and offers the highest quality | | | | |
| accommodation you'd expect from a Hilton. | | | | *investing in a programme to minimize air |
| | | | pollution |
| Hilton Hotels began a programme in January | | | | |
| 2006 called "We Care!" This program was one | | | | *treating waste water for irrigation |
| of the first of it's kind. It began with | | | | |
| Wolfgang Neumann taking the initiative and | | | | *implementing gas burners |
| sending a letter to 80 Hilton general | | | | |
| managers in Europe and Africa. His intentions | | | | *promoting clean air by not using diesel |
| were to get others to 'think green' and | | | | |
| reduce the energy requirements of the Hilton | | | | *installing a reverse osmosis plant |
| Hotel chain. His plan was to decrease energy | | | | |
| consumption by five per cent in the first | | | | *restoring a 400-year-old bastion wall |
| year then fifteen per cent over three years. | | | | |
| | | | Malta is a densely populated archipelago in |
| The program was a huge success. The results | | | | the Mediterranean Sea. The primary spoken |
| at the end of the first year were astounding! | | | | languages are Maltese and English but due to |
| Mr. Neumann's plan to cut energy consumption | | | | the location of the small island nation, you |
| by five percent actually yielded a | | | | may also hear French, Spanish and Italian - |
| six-and-one-half per cent cut across the | | | | with English spoken fluently at all the |
| board after the first year. Hilton Malta | | | | hotels in Malta |
| alone saw just over fifteen per cent cut in | | | | |
| energy per guest night. | | | | Rich in history, Malta was captured by |
| | | | Napoleon while he was en route to Egypt |
| Mr. Neumann's plan, in less than 3 years, | | | | during the French Revolutionary Wars in 1798. |
| earned the Hilton Malta praise from many | | | | Then in 1814, Malta became part of the |
| environmental leaders. Environment Minister | | | | British Empire as part of the Treaty of |
| George Pullicino has praised the Hilton Malta | | | | Paris. King George VI awarded the George |
| for paving the way for other industry leaders | | | | Cross to Malta in 1942. A replica of the |
| to provide the same level of environmental | | | | George Cross appears in the upper corner of |
| preservation. | | | | the Flag of Malta. |
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| The "We Care!" program has been an | | | | Malta is also home to the oldest freestanding |
| educational experience for hotel employees | | | | structures in the world. Their name, Ggantija |
| and guests alike. As an added benefit for | | | | or Ggantia, means 'belonging to the giants.' |
| hotel employees, each of the 360 employees | | | | Ggantija is a megalithic temple complex on |
| received an eco-friendly mountain bike. | | | | the island of Gozo. The two Ggantija temples |
| | | | are notable for their gigantic Neolithic |
| Tourism Minister Francis Zammit Dimech | | | | structures which were erected during the |
| congratulated Hilton Malta's management and | | | | Neolithic Age, more than 5500 years ago. |
| their employees for taking the initiative to | | | | |
| promote and do their part to 'think green.' | | | | Whether you visit Malta for its historical |
| | | | setting or simply on holiday, you're sure to |
| Over the years, management and employees of | | | | find something to spark your interest. |
| Hilton Malta have engaged in environmental | | | | |
| awareness activities. Some of these | | | | The Hilton Malta is one of the leading 5-star |
| activities include: | | | | hotels on the island. Why not pamper yourself |
| | | | while enjoying the history of the islands and |
| *planting trees in Mellieha | | | | helping preserve the environment? |
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