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Jungle Bay Resort and Spa
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Jungle Bay Resort and Spa offers a variety of green attributes as detailed below. In order to appear on our site, a hotel must possess at least 10 green attributes, so this puts Jungle Bay Resort and Spa in good company. The more green features a hotel has, the higher the green leaf rating up to a maximum of seven green leaves. To get more information on Jungle Bay Resort and Spa and to book a room at the best Internet prices, just click on the orange Website button above! Why book direct?
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- Allergies
- Fresh Air
- Environmental Cleaning
- Non-Smoking Rooms
- Education
- Educate Guests to "green"
- Educate Staff to "green"
- Participate in Green Program(s)
- Promote "greenness" in PR
- Donating to Charity
- Energy
- Alternative Energy
- Maintenance for Conservation
- Energy Conservation
- Food
- Organic Food Served
- Eco-friendly Food Served
- Solid Waste
- Bulk Soap & Amenities
- Compostable Disposables
- Composting
- Durable Service Items
- Guestroom Recycling Bins
- Hotel Recycling Bins
- Newspaper Program
- Recyclable Disposables
- Supplemental
- Additional Green Features
- Towels and Sheets
- Cotton Towels/Sheets
- Sheet Program
- Towel Program
- Water
- Water Conservation
- Xeric Garden
- Gray-Water Recycling
- Extras
- Conference Center/Rooms
- Transportation
- Fitness Center
- Internet
Comments
Visit Moren Trois Pitons National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Whale watch. Spelunk underwater.
Dominica is where the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel was filmed.
This hotel is educating the children of the area by paying tuition for 200 kids. It further supports the local economy by hiring locals to work at the resort and by loaning money to local entrepreneurs.
Part of the composting project includes giving left over food to local farmers to feed their pigs. The rest is used to make compost for use in the resort's gardens.
Wind energy is anticipated to be developed at this hotel by 2008. Solar energy would require too much disturbance of the native vegetation to be practical.
A sustainable approach was taken with this hotel in its development so as to not harm the environment or the local population. It's constructed from reclaimed volcanic stone and wood.
Reviews
The place is set in stunning surroundings. But unfotunately the place is doing nothing to protect those surroundings. The locals all say they are being exploited, and the gardens were all being sprayed with chemicals, despite claiming not to use them. There really was nothing eco about the place at all.
The food was average, but the prices were 5 star. The rooms were ok, and the staff are generally friendly enough, although when we complained that the room was not cleaned properly, we were told by the ownwer that there was nothing he could do because the cleaner had gone home.
Speaking of staff: they were not treated fairly. From being paid only minimum wage, unlike employees at other hotels, to having to give their tips to the charity of the owner's and manager's choice, they were given a bad situation. And no locals are in top management positions, only foreigners. To us, an eco hotel also means taking care of the local population, and this hotel fell down on that point as much as it did environmental issues.
We asked to move rooms because the plumbing was making loud noises in the night, and the owner said we would have top pay extra to move. What happened to the peace and tranquility we were promised?
GJ, Jan 2007
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