Sandals tops environment category in Canadian awards

Kingston, Jamaica:

Canadian travel agents say Sandals/Beaches is the number-one environmentally friendly company in the hospitality, travel and leisure business.

Sandals/Beaches topped the environmental category in the June 2008 Awards ahead of GAP Adventures, Trek Holidays, Flight Centre, and Air Canada. All the reporting regions - Ontario, Quebec and the West - had Sandals/Beaches at the top of their list for the award.

The voting showed Sandals/Beaches at 1,694 points, 794 points ahead of the second-place winner. Indeed, Sandals was the only one of the 10 resorts or facilities to score over 1,000 points.

The latest recognition from the international travel industry is one of several environmental accolades to the Sandals Group. All Sandals and Beaches resorts have been awarded the coveted Green Globe.