ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BUSINESS WITH"HOLIDAY INN"AND HALM
Melissa (HALM):
Dear Christoph, as a hotel manager, you bear a great deal of responsibility for employees and guests. What made you think about sustainable change?
Christopher (HI Berlin City Eastside):
I didn't need a major event to realize that the issue of sustainability is important. If you deal with it for just 10 minutes, you quickly realize that we have to change something!
straight in particular have an enormous consumption of straws. This is exactly why hotels should act as role models and set a good example as pioneers. Therefore, our franchisor IHG is always committed to new campaigns to make the hotel industry even more environmentally friendly.
Even before that, I worked in a hotel where sustainability played a major role. Back then I was working with companies like TooGoodToGo to reduce food waste.n.
Melissa (HALM):
Were there other straw alternatives that you considered and if so what were they and why did you decide against themn?
Christopher (HI Berlin City Eastside):
In addition to HALM , we tested paper drinking straws. One advantage was the color variety. Of course it's nice to have a blue or red striped straw in your drink.
The product is certainly also okay, but the point of taste did not convince us here. Unfortunately, if you leave a paper straw in your drink for a few minutes, you always get that paper taste on your tongue. Also, you still have to throw it away after use. For these reasons we have stopped using paper straws.
Melissa (HALM):
What was the feedback when testing HALM?
Christopher (HI Berlin City Eastside):
HALM looks high quality and is easy to use. The decisive factor for us, however, was above all the regional aspect. For us there is nothing better than getting a sustainable drinking straw from a Berlin startup!
Melissa (HALM):
There were also points of criticism?
Christopher (HI Berlin City Eastside):
There were concerns about stability. But we put HALM and dropped a few on the floor. Since there was next to no breakage, the concerns were allayed. Another point was hygiene. Employees were concerned that HALM would not get properly clean when flushed. But here, too, this fear turned out to be unjustified after a dishwasher wash. And if necessary, there is always the cleaning brush.
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Melissa (HALM):
So you are happy with your decision?
Christopher (HI Berlin City Eastside):
When I got to know HALM at the beginning of this year, I was already positively impressed: A great drinking experience, produced with high quality, easy to clean and it hardly ever breaks. We made the right decision!
Melissa (HALM):
Thank you for your time and have fun slurping sustainably!
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