Blanca Zayas, responsible for the communications about the programme Eco-leaders on TripAdvisor Spain.

Blanca Zayas, responsible for the communications about the programme Eco-leaders on TripAdvisor Spain.

The Eco-leaders programme, powered by TripAdvisor, is an environmental awareness tool that provides information for tourists intending to stay in a hotel or a sustainable hostel in many countries, including Spain. Currently, 66 countries around the world are already involved in this initiative, which thus allows them to obtain the Eco-leaders recognition at their hotels.

The certification procedure is performed through a survey that hotels must take, which should get at least thirty percent of the requirements needed to qualify. Among the requirements, at least 75% of the total building lighting must be done with low consumption bulbs, there must be environmental awareness programmes for customers and workers and at least two types of waste must be recycled.