CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACEGoodbye Food Waste, is that possible?

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CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE

Heritage

• Constructed in 1908• Art Nouveau • First ‘Palace’ hotel in Europe• First hotel with individual

bathrooms• Appreciated by the jet set

• Grace Kelly• Brigitte Bardot• Georges Simenon• Gina Lollobrigida

CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE

Our hotel• 354 spacious Art Nouveau guest

rooms• Brussels city center• Close to

• Brussels North Station (5 minute walk)

• Metro Rogier (2 minute walk)• Bus and Tram stops

• Up to 2,000 secured parking places in the area

• Free Wi-Fi up to 3 devices• Free access to fitness and sauna• Crowne Plaza running station

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CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACE

Meeting rooms

• 18 meeting rooms, with daylight• Up to 700 delegates• Renovated Ballroom in 2015• Complimentary Wi-Fi for all

delegates• Meeting specialist dedicated to

your event• 2 hours response time

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IHG GREEN ENGAGE™ SYSTEM

Online sustainability programme

• Global standard, enrolled in 5,000 hotels

• Track, measure and report on carbon footprint

• 200 ‘Green Solutions’• Special attention on waste

management and reduction of food waste

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How do we make a difference?

• Hotel Green Team• We generate our own electricity• We separate 10 different wastes• We offer our guests rewards

when renouncing from housekeeping

Our energy saving in 2015 : 10%

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CROWNE PLAZA BRUSSELS – LE PALACETOGETHER AGAINST FOOD WASTE

How do we do it?

• Local suppliers• Daily deliveries• Close follow-up on events• Monitoring buffets

• Not serving all at once!• We minimize the use of

disposable materials and if necessary, bio-degradable materials

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

• Get to know the Crowne Plaza Brussels – Le Palacehttp://www.crowneplaza.com/brusselsbel

• Check out the IHG Green Engage websitehttp://www.ihgplc.com/greenengage

• Take a look at the IHG Youtube-channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/ihgplc