Green hotel
Dear Guests!
The Lillafüred Palace Hotel is one of Hungary's most iconic architectural heritage sites, built in the late 1920s. The neo-Renaissance palace building and the fabulous natural environment surrounding it are an incredible asset, an exceptional gift and a responsibility. Today, Lillafüred and the Palace Hotel form a single entity, and it is impossible to imagine one without the other.
Our hotel has been working for many years to meet environmental, social and economic sustainability requirements.
Our goal is clear: to the best of our ability, we strive to
- To develop, maintain and sustainably operate a heritage hotel property listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments in a way that is as modern as possible, while preserving its value,
- To develop and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships based on local values,
- a change of approach and the transfer of knowledge by credible professionals to both colleagues and guests.
Since 2023, we have continued our efforts in cooperation with the Hungarian representation of Green Destinations, the certification body of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), which has helped us to make progress with suggestions and good practices.This year we started the Good Travel Seal certification process developed by Green Destinations, a certification system based on the standards of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. We are very proud to have achieved a Gold rating in this competition.
The achievement of this certification shows that international sustainability certification is not only available for new build hotels, as the GSTC standards do not focus solely on energy/green solutions, but address economic-social-environmental sustainability in a complex way.
In addition to the international certification, our hotel has been awarded the title of "Green Hotel" several times since 2011 in the competition of the Hungarian Association of Hotels and Restaurants.
Preparing for the certification is an excellent opportunity to rethink our hotel's daily operations and the programmes we offer in the spirit of sustainability. But this is just the beginning, a commitment to continuous learning, development, collaboration with great partners and responsible care for our environment.
We invite our guests to join us on this "journey" of development and ask for their support for our activities to reduce our environmental impact and promote local values, some of which are just a few examples.
"We don't have to change the world. The world is changing at an incredible speed, and we have only one thing to do: to decide which side of that change we are on." András Lányi
local ingredients,
responsible supply
Climate-friendly
measures
Waste management
value preservation and
sustainability
