Mrs. Isabel Mª García Bardón, President of Fuerte Hoteles, has this morning received the ‘TUI Umwelt Champion’ award from Mrs. Emilia de la Fuente, Director of TUI on the Costa de la Luz and from Mr. Julio García, Director of TUI Spain, Southern Spain, awarded to Hotel Fuerte Conil in Cadiz.

This is the sixth consecutive edition in which this establishment on the Costa de la Luz obtains the award from the German clients of the first European tour operator ‘World of TUI’ for the hotel environmental management work, for the neat personnel service and for the good upkeep of the facilities of this four stars hotel during the holiday season 2004/2005.

This award also gives Hotel Fuerte Conil the ninth position in the world ranking re. ecological hotels and the first one in Spain out of a total of 12,000 holiday establishments worldwide, thanks to the use of the ISO 14001 tool, referred to the environmental management systems.

Together with Hotel Fuerte Conil, two other establishments of the hotel chain have obtained a position within the one hundred best ecological hotels in the world, that is, Hotel Fuerte Marbella and Hotel Fuerte Grazalema.

10 minutes away from Conil and right on the beach, Hotel Fuerte Conil has a very strong ecological character and its Andalusian style and design match the surroundings perfectly. The hotel is set within almost 13,000 square metres of reforested autochthonous plants and integrates in one of the few virgin areas of the coast of Cadiz, offering over 250 rooms for you to spend a luxury holiday.