Pousada Vila Tamarindo Eco Lodge – Inn’s Philosophy
Vila Tamarindo Inn has as a basis the sustainability concept for it’s activities development, its guests total satisfaciton and respect for the environment which is inserted.
On this concept, the inn offers charm and comfort as in a house at the beach. Ample and ventilated ambients, simple and rustic, cheerful and colorful form a beach setting and very comfortable atmosphere at the same time. Every detail at the inn has been, and still is, elaborated considering the needs of it’s guests, who are here only to enjoy, without any worries, during their stay.
From the environment’s point of view, the inn searches for ways to contribute in a cultural, economic and social way with local community, and also to preserve natural spaces. In accordance to our philosophy on sustainability, today the Pousada neutralizes all its carbon emissions, through the CARBON FREE project.
On this context, we allow those who stay here to have the opportunity to live by this concept, stimulating, in a racional way, their contact with nature, allowing to create the joy of life.
With a family proposal, we are very worried about every detail that moves this inn, like services, instalations, cleaning, improvement, maintenance and environment conservation. The team is carefully selected, trained and capacitated on our concepts. People from the community are an integral part of our team, where more than half of them have been with us since we first started working.
Attending to our guest’s diverse needs, with care and dedication, are a constant part of our day-by-day routine. Nature was wonderful and has given back to us in an unmatchable way. The green and blue from the seas are a remarkable sight. Nothing is fairer than retributing this favor to mother nature, our loyal companion.
We have a total understanding of that, and have respected it since our inn’s construction until the operational way of our day by day work. All these efforts come to make our coexistence as harmonious as possible on the environment.
Sustainability Politics
- Having the commitment to attend the legislation and other requirements that are aplicable to sustainability’s impacts and aspects;
- Managing in a correct way the solid residues, liquid effluents and atmospheric emssions to guarantee the suitable management of natural appeals, specially water and energy;
- Encourage the formation and participation of it’s clients, with the objective of improving the service’s quality and stimulating it’s commitment with ambiental and social-cultural questions, as well as having the financial results which allow the economic sustainability in a medium and long term;
- Improving the development and participation of the community, suppliers and services render, in a way to promote the economic and social development of the region;
- Publicize the politics to clients, employers, local community, suppliers and services renders, local association, other interested parts and the whole public, in a way that the politics can be understood and implanted.
Architectural, Economic, Social and Ambiental Project
The sustainability concept was basis of the whole Pousada Vila Tamarindo Eco Lodge’s project development.
The inn’s architectural Project has priorized to get maximum thermic efficiency. The habitational units were all projected with crossed ventilation, directed on north-south way, where the occurence of these winds correspond to 98% from the Campeche’s beach winds, where we are. The opening of the units were also positioned faced to the north, maximizing the illumination of the accommodations’; intern area. The upstairs units were projected with double “right foot”, providing more natural thermic comfort. Also on the architectural project, we have built and divided the building into 5 distinct blocks, this construction distributes in a harmonic way on the land, minimizing the visual impact and integrating the project with the envinronment.
The illumination of extern areas, common areas and gardens are eqquiped with electronic lamps with photocells and moving sensors. Inside the units, the electronic lamps are also part from most of the surrounding area, not being used only where esthetic is damaged.
Focusing on environment preservation, we have developed an irrigation system on the gardens:
Subsoil captation → reservatory → irrigation → return to water table
This same water is used in thepool and then returns to the environment.
We have inserted the central minibar concept. The units have a minibar, but they are turned off, with the possibility of being turned on by the guests if they wish so. All drinks are aivalable in a refrigerator at the reception.
The awareness work from the employers, clients, suppliers and the community is constant.
As we are talking about an ECO LODGE, our clients already know that the sustainability side will be enlighted during their stays. Panels comunicating the sustentability policy, the actions, etc are widely spread throughout the inn. The towels are change every two days, and the sheets every four days, controling the flow emission.
The selective waste collected is used by the co-workers as well as by the guests, who have a common area for waste selection, they also have in their rooms the possibility of this selection. An area for recyclable waste deposit was created, providing easy access to collect by the interested community.
The home made breakfast, made with regional products, and made with traditional familiar recipes and local recipes, which valorize the region´s customs. The products are all acquired from local suppliers, developed by the inn and whose choice, among other factors, was given because they were engaged in sustainability concepts.
The trainee program and co-workers awareness are constant. Courses, lectures and meetings are part of the job which is focused on capacitating them to understand, divulgate and practice the sustainability concept. The effects from this learning is taken outside the work space, providing dissemination from this concept to their homes, and consequently to the community.
On the social concept, we give support to beneficent entities like APAE and SEOVE. We develop two social programs to support the community: ARTE SUAVE (”SOFT ART”) and CASA CANEBA (”CANEBA HOUSE”).
We develop, train and certificate programs against children sexual exploration or any other kind of sexual exploration on tourism. Our inn, as any other hospitality establishment is very weakened with this fact, once we can’t select it’s frequency, what would characterize a discriminatory practice, considered a crime in our country. This situation requires preparation from all our co-workers and guests´ awareness.
We always try to integrate our guests to local culture, encouraging them to know better the region’s customs, the folklore and the craft.
We seek for constant improvement. We are certified in the international commerce area on sustainable tourism, and now we are going after the certification on SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, with the support from the Hospitality Institute (HI) and Bem Receber Program.
Through these actions we try to reach our sustainability goals, making our guests and co-workers conscious about life value, and our planet’s preservation, as well as supporting the community so we can together go ahead, searching for a better planet.
We strive to give our guests the best hospitality and meet all their needs, so they can think of our inn as their own “beach house”.
Serving you is our pleasure!
From the environment’s point of view, the inn searches for ways to contribute in a cultural, economic and social way with local community, and also to preserve natural spaces. In accordance to our philosophy on sustainability, today the Pousada neutralizes all its carbon emissions, through the CARBON FREE project.
On this context, we allow those who stay here to have the opportunity to live by this concept, stimulating, in a racional way, their contact with nature, allowing to create the joy of life.
With a family proposal, we are very worried about every detail that moves this inn, like services, instalations, cleaning, improvement, maintenance and environment conservation. The team is carefully selected, trained and capacitated on our concepts. People from the community are an integral part of our team, where more than half of them have been with us since we first started working. Attending to our guest’s diverse needs, with care and dedication, are a constant part of our day-by-day routine. Nature was wonderful and has given back to us in an unmatchable way. The green and blue from the seas are a remarkable sight. Nothing is fairer than retributing this favor to mother nature, our loyal companion.
We have a total understanding of that, and have respected it since our inn’s construction until the operational way of our day by day work. All these efforts come to make our coexistence as harmonious as possible on the environment.
