IHalf Moon – indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide etofo-tofo eMontego Bay, eJamaica – inenjongo yokuba yeyona hotele ingenabungozi kokusingqongileyo. Ukuzinikela kwehotele ekukhuseleni okusingqongileyo kuquka izifudumezi zamanzi elanga, igadi yezityalo eziphilayo, igadi yemifuno, intlaninge yemithi yeziqhamo kunye nommandla wolondolozo lwendalo oziihektare ezingama-21. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iholide ikwanendawo yobugcisa yokucoca amanzi amdaka esebenzisa ukukhanya kwe-ultraviolet ukunyanga amanzi amdaka athi ke asetyenziswe ukunkcenkceshela ibala legalufa, iigadi kunye neengca.
Ukongeza, indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iqhelisela umgaqo-nkqubo wokwanela nokuphinda isetyenziswe ngendlela ehlaselayo, okufana nokuzenzela ifenitshala yayo nokusebenzisa izinto ezilahliweyo zokulala amahashe kwiZiko lamahashe. Izinto ezishiyiweyo kwivenkile ethengisa izinto ezisemgangathweni zisetyenziselwa ukwenza oonodoli bendawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iAnancy Children's Village.
Ihotele ifaka amaqhekeza okutya okusuka ekhitshini kunye nenkunkuma evela kwiziko lamahashe. Lo mgquba usetyenziselwa ukugalela izityalo, uninzi lwazo zikhuliswa kwisiza, ukuze zisetyenziswe kwihotele yonke nakwindawo yezityalo negadi yemifuno.
I-Half Moon nayo idibene nesikolo sasekuhlaleni esibandakanya ukubonelela ngobuchule bokulungiswa kwesikolo, ukuncedisa ngoqeqesho kunye nabasebenzi basehotele bade bancedisa ukucoca indawo ejikeleze isikolo.
I-Half Moon kungoku nje isebenzela ukufumana isiqinisekiso seGreen Globe. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide iphumelele imilinganiselo emininzi phambi kokuba ifumane iwonga leBenchmarked. Iinqobo zokugweba zibandakanya: ukurisayiklishwa kwamanzi asetyenzisiweyo, ukurisayikilishwa kwamaphepha kunye nokubandakanyeka koluntu kunye nokuba nomgaqo-nkqubo obanzi nozinzileyo wokusingqongileyo apho indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ibonelelwe phezulu kakhulu. Ukulinganisa kukwaqaphele ukusetyenziswa kweendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide nezibane zokonga umbane, izindlu zangasese ezonga amanzi kunye neentloko zeeshawara, inkqubo yokusetyenziswa kwakhona kwetawuli kunye neziko lezobugcisa lokucoca amanzi amdaka.
IHalf Moon yaba yihotele yokuqala ukufakwa kwiHoli yodumo yeCaribbean Hotel Association's Green Hotel Hall of Fame. Kangangeminyaka emithathu ilandelelana, iHalf Moon iphumelele iwonga lemo engqongileyo ephezulu yokwamkela iindwendwe, “iHotele eGreen yoNyaka” enikwe yiCaribbean Hotel Association. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ifumene ibhaso loKhenketho lweBritish Airways for Tomorrow, kunye nokukhankanywa okubekekileyo kumawonga abalaseleyo eInternational Hotel Association. . IHalf Moon ikwaphumelele iMbasa ye-Ecotourism evela kuConde Nast Traveller (US) kunye neJamaica Conservation Development Trust's Green Turtle Award ngeyona nkonzo nezenzo ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo.
Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya: www.halfmoon.com
