Eco-friendly Glasson has the right label

Glasson Country House Hotel & Golf Club has been awarded an Eco Label from greenhospitality.ie. The four-star kakeview hotel achieved the eco-label by introducing an Environmental Action Plan focusing on energy, waste and water management. The project was run in conjunction with Westmeath Community Development and sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Tom Reid, the proprietor, participated in the project, along with other tourism entrepreneurs in the region, in an effort to facilitate a network of ecotourism businesses to develop and market themselves and Westmeath as an ecotourism destination. "The main emphasis is on ecological, social and economic sustainability," says Tom Reid. "Glasson is committed to sustainable tourism in particular reducing our carbon footprint by cutting down on the use of paper, increasing our recycling rates, conserving water and putting in place procedures to ensure that energy is used as efficiently as possible at the hotel". Tom reserved a special word of praise to Westmeath Community Development who ran the Eco Tourism Training Project which was funded by under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013". Tom also thanked all the staff of the hotel who worked very hard in order to achieve this prestigious award.