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Fühlen Sie das Glück durch die Nähe zu den zeitlosen Elementen, die von Apollo berührt wurden: Der antike griechische Gott der Harmonie, der Musik und der Sonne selbst ist überall spürbar.

Apollo Hotels bieten reichlich Geist an. Er ist in der Luft, die Sie atmen. Er ist in der umgebenden Natur, im endlosen Ägäis-Blau, in der Raffiniertheit der Architektur und des Designs und in der herzlichen Gastfreundlichkeit. Da können Sie versichert sein: Die Apollo Hotels sind dafür bestimmt, Ihr persönliches Urlaubsparadies zu werden.
Unsere Strandhotels auf Rhodos befinden sich an einem bezaubernden Sandstrand mit kristallklarem Wasser und liegen in grünen Landschaften verborgen, mit atemberaubender Meeresansicht, aber auch mit einem breiten Angebot an Anlagen, Dienstleistungen und hervorragender Küche.

Die Hotels sind an der östlichen Küste der Insel günstig gelegen, und werden somit zum idealen Ausgangspunkt, um Rhodos zu erkunden. Sie liegen nur 14 km vom Stadtzentrum und von der mittelterlichen Altstadt, einem UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe, sowie 35 km vom malerischen Dorf von Lindos entfernt.

Apollo Hotels haben viele internationale Auszeichnungen von Gästen, Tourismusorganisationen und Reiseveranstaltern für die Qualität ihrer Dienstleistungen und für ihr Umweltschutz-Engagement erhalten.

Apollo Hotels Nachhaltigkeitspolitik

Die APOLLO Hotels haben sich verpflichtet, alle effizienten Maßnahmen zu ergreifen, die den Schutz sowie das nachhaltige Management der Naturumgebung unseres jeweiligen Betriebsorts zum Ziel haben.

In voller Kenntnis von der Auswirkung der mit dem Betrieb unserer Hotels verbundenen Folgen, hat sich das Management zum vorrangigen Ziel gemacht, die Umweltbelastung der Hotels sowie die Umweltauswirkung der verschiedenen Mitarbeiter, Lieferanten und Auftragnehmer zu minimieren, die in direktem Zusammenhang mit unseren Aktivitäten stehen.

Durch ein gemeinsames Vorgehen, können wir alle zusammen dazu beitragen, eine saubere und geschützte Umwelt zu sichern, aber auch dafür zu sorgen, dass die Umweltangelegenheiten weiterhin eine Priorität auf der Agenda sind. Die dies fördernde Umweltverträglichkeit und die damit verbundenen Praktiken werden als Teil des Bewertungsprozesses jeder einzelnen Entscheidung und jeder neuen Aktion sorgfältig berücksichtigt.

Unser Ziel ist es:

•  Die Anforderungen der nationalen und europäischen Rechtsvorschriften in vollem Umfang zu erfüllen
• Sicherzustellen, dass alle unsere Mitarbeiter, sowie unsere Führungskräfte mit bestimmten Aufgaben betraut werden, die zum Umweltschutz und zur Sicherung der Biodiversität beitragen.
• Unser Personal dazu zu ermutigen, stets auf nicht umweltbelastende Weise zu agieren.
• Kontinuierlich danach zu streben und konkret dazu beizutragen, die Wasser- und andere natürliche Ressourcen zu erhalten, indem wir sie auf eine umweltverträgliche Weise nutzen und zugleich hochwertige, die Erwartungen unserer Gäste erfüllende Dienstleistungen anbieten.
• Die Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Erzeugern und Lieferanten zu unserer Priorität zu machen.
• Unsere Leistung zu beurteilen und herausfordernde Aufgaben für unsere Umweltleistung zu übernehmen und somit kontinuierlichen Fortschritt zu erreichen.
• Eine Versorgung von Waren und Dienstleistungen zu haben, die dafür bekannt sind, die möglichst geringen Umweltauswirkungen zu haben, indem wir möglichst diejenigen bevorzugen, die mit einer Ecolabel-Zertifizierung versehen sind.
• Unermüdlich danach zu streben, die Unterstützung unserer Gäste sicherzustellen, aber auch immer dafür zu sorgen, dass sie sich unserer Umweltpolitik völlig bewusst sind und aktiv zu deren Ausführung beitragen.
• Dafür zu sorgen, dass unsere Mitarbeiter und Lieferanten mit unserer Umweltpolitik vertraut sind, und sie zu ermutigen, ähnliche Strategien zur Verminderung der Umweltauswirkungen ihrer Aktivitäten einzuführen.
• Regelmäßige Kontrollen und Bewertungen unserer Aktivitäten durchzuführen und Korrekturmaßnahmen zu ergreifen, wann immer Abweichungen von den ursprünglichen Umweltzielen unseres Unternehmens festgestellt werden.
• Jede Art von Unterstützung, sowie die erforderliche Ausbildung unserem Personal zu gewährleisten, damit sie imstande sind, die Ziele zu erreichen und der Umweltpolitik unseres Unternehmens gerecht zu werden.

Für ihr Bemühen haben unsere Hotels zahlreiche Umweltschutz-Auszeichnungen und Zertifizierungen erhalten, wie zum Beispiel:

• ISO 22000 Zertifizierung
• ISO 9001 Zertifizierung
• ISO 14001 Zertifizierung

2012 — Where it started

• We installed an automatic composter and began composting all the organic waste from our kitchens and gardens. What grew here goes back into here.
• We extended recycling to every material we handle: paper, plastic, metal, glass, cooking oils, batteries, lamps, electrical and electronic equipment, ink cartridges. Bins went into both the back-of-house and guest areas, and we signed with a licensed recycling company.
• We changed the way we clean. Strict cleaning schedules for every station, so that the quantity of chemicals actually came down. All detergents concentrated, diluted by automatic dosing units instead of by eye.
• We moved to Ecolabel-certified floor detergents and Ecolabel-certified paper products — copy paper, toilet paper, hand towels.
• We withdrew single-use cups and replaced them with reusable ones.
• We began replacing every light fitting with LED.
• We decommissioned the oil boiler. From that point on, the hot water in both hotels has been produced entirely by solar collectors and heat pumps.

2013 — The EU Ecolabel

• Apollo Beach was awarded the EU Ecolabel — at the time, one of only a handful of hotels in the whole of Greece to hold it. We applied in September 2013, our premises were inspected in October, and the national Ecolabel Awarding Council granted the award in December.
• To get there we carried out our first complete mapping of our environmental impact: where the energy goes, where the water goes, what we throw away and why. That map is still the foundation of everything that followed.
• We fitted flow restrictors to taps and showers, set every cistern to its lowest level, and installed push-button taps on the beach and pool showers so that no water runs unattended.
• We insulated the pipework, moved to Energy Star appliances, and installed timers and motion sensors wherever they made sense — gardens, public toilets, saunas, refrigeration.
• We withdrew single-use amenities from the rooms at Apollo Beach: shower caps, sewing kits, individually packaged toiletries.
• We began informing our guests through signage and leaflets, and changing linen on request rather than automatically every day.

2014 — Certification, and the first serious look at our water

• We were certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 22000, and Apollo Blue received its Travelife award.
• Apollo Blue was chosen as a model hotel for a water footprint study run with Thomas Cook and a professor from a German university. Consumption was measured separately at every point of use — cistern, shower, basin, pool, irrigation, kitchen — and an action plan was drawn up for each one. For the first time, we stopped guessing.
• We installed new solar collectors on every available stretch of roof.
• We replaced all the window frames in the older building with modern double glazing.
• We converted our chillers to an environmentally friendly refrigerant.
• We decided that from then on, every bulb that fails is replaced with an LED. No exceptions.

2015 — Linen changed when you ask for it

• We rolled out towel reuse and linen change on request across both hotels. A towel that does not need washing saves water, energy and detergent all at once.
• The findings of the water study were put to work: teams were formed for each area of the hotel, each responsible for reducing consumption at its own points.
• We reduced how often we backwash the pool filters — one of the largest and least visible water consumers in any hotel.
• We continued automating the garden irrigation and replacing lamps with LEDs.

2016 — Waste management

• We joined the Futuris waste management programme.
• Apollo Blue was selected as a model hotel again, this time for a food sustainability study: what actually gets eaten, what is left over, and what need not be cooked at all.
• The monthly water metering we had started three years earlier picked up a sudden jump in consumption. It was a leak in the main pool. It could not be repaired mid-season, but it went straight into the winter works programme.
• We gave priority to native species in our gardens — plants already suited to the climate of Rhodes, which ask for very little water.

2017 — ISO 14001 and a major energy upgrade

• We were certified to ISO 14001, the international standard for environmental management.
• We completed our participation in the Futuris waste management programme.
• We installed two new high-efficiency heat pumps with heat recovery: while they chill the water for the air conditioning, they capture the heat that would otherwise be wasted and use it to heat the domestic hot water. At the same time we replaced the ageing chillers with new units.
• Because of that, we were able to remove the old steam boilers from the plant room for good.
• We repaired the leak in the main pool and water consumption returned to its normal level.

2018 — The irrigation system pays off

• Apollo Beach received its Travelife award.
• We completed the replacement of every light fitting with LED.
• We installed automatic irrigation in the gardens. The effect was immediate and large: irrigation water fell by between 10% and 67% month on month against 2017 — and that while we had added roughly 2,000 m² of new lawn at Apollo Beach that had not been watered at all the year before.
• The year closed with 8% less energy and 18% less water overall.
• The new heat pumps allowed us to raise the water above 70°C for thermal shock treatment of the network — a cleaner system without additional chemicals.
• We began the process for the Greek Breakfast mark, reworking our breakfast around products from Rhodes and the rest of Greece. The audit by the accredited inspection body took place in September 2018.

2019 — The end of single-use plastic

• We replaced all single-use plastic items — straws, teaspoons, stirrers — with paper, wooden or biodegradable alternatives.
• We installed a fully automated dosing and electronic monitoring system on the laundry machines, cutting chemical use further.
• We installed a reverse osmosis plant. It uses energy to run and it rejects water — it is not free. We chose it because it lets us treat hard, non-potable groundwater instead of drawing on the island’s drinking water reserves. And because the water no longer leaves scale behind, our use of descaling agents — among the most toxic chemicals any hotel handles — dropped sharply, while towels, taps and machinery last considerably longer.
• We chemically cleaned the solar collectors and replaced 15 that were blocked. Their output rose so much that they now produce water at up to 85°C.
• We replaced all the interior and exterior lighting in the Apollo Blue rooms with LEDs.
• We completed the automatic irrigation system at both hotels.
• We renovated 55 bathrooms with low-flush cisterns and double-insulated hot water pipes.
• We cut the number of wash cycles: by stocking the linen rooms properly, the machines now always run full loads instead of half empty.
• We reduced the depth of the main pool at Apollo Beach — less water, fewer chemicals, less energy to heat it.

2020 — The year we went backwards

• The pandemic health protocols required individual portions, single-use gloves and masks, and far more intensive disinfection. The single-use plastics we had eliminated in 2019 came back, and chemical consumption rose. We recorded it, we did not hide it, and we began reversing it immediately.
• We replaced the entire hot and cold water network along with its insulation. The old pipes were leaking where nobody could see it — and we were losing water every single day.
• We installed a new heat pump for the private pools at Apollo Blue, replacing conventional heating.
• The first full season of reverse osmosis operation, with a visible improvement in water quality and in our microbiological results.
• Apollo Beach was certified with the Greek Breakfast mark of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.
• We moved all ordering and stock control onto an electronic system. Less paper, but above all: we now order exactly what we need and throw away far less.
• On our menu, over 80% of the fish is now fresh and from local fishing grounds. We reduced meat — beef in particular — replaced tinned goods with fresh ingredients prepared in our own kitchens, and swapped imported pulses for Greek varieties.

2021 — Back on course

• We began recovering the ground lost on single-use plastic: wherever the protocols allowed it, disposable serving items went back to being real ones.
• We installed the first electric vehicle charging stations for our guests.
• We removed the old sewage treatment unit, which had become a mosquito breeding site requiring constant chemical treatment. In its place we built a car park with a new automatic irrigation system.
• We joined WWF’s Hotel Kitchen programme for the reduction of food waste.
• We installed automatic chlorine dosing on the pools, with electronic monitoring and recording. Stable water quality with the smallest possible quantity of chemicals.
• We replaced the windows in the main restaurant at Apollo Beach with openable frames and fitted insect screens, so the room can cool naturally instead of by air conditioning.
• We insulated the roof above the Apollo Beach reception.

2022 — The Rhodian sun goes on the grid

• In September 2022 our photovoltaic system came online. Since then, part of the electricity the hotels consume is generated right here, by the sun of Rhodes.
• We fitted external thermal insulation to Building A, so it needs less energy for warmth in winter and cooling in summer.
• We replaced the ovens in the main kitchens with far more efficient units.
• The first full season of automatic pool chlorination with electronic recording.
• Fresh, locally caught fish reached 85% of all the fish we buy.

2023 — The first full solar year

• The first complete year of photovoltaic generation: approximately 146,000 kWh of clean electricity produced on site.
• We added two more electric vehicle charging stations.
• We took delivery of our first electric three-wheeler for the maintenance department, replacing a petrol vehicle.
• We installed new automatic-recording scales, so we know exactly how much waste we produce and where we can reduce it.
• We replaced old refrigeration and dishwashing equipment with lower-consumption units.
• We extended our cooperation with the environmental organisation „Gia ti Fysi“ to both hotels.
• Both hotels now hold the Greek Breakfast mark. We have held it without interruption since, with the current certification running to 2027.
• We adopted 2023 as the new baseline year for all our environmental indicators — it was the first year of normal, unrestricted operation after the pandemic.

2024 — One chapter closes, a new threat appears

• We closed our Travelife certification cycle in September 2024, after a decade of continuous participation. Our environmental management continues under our ISO 14001 certified system: the same indicators, the same measurements, the same annual review.
• Our photovoltaic system generated approximately 144,000 kWh.
• A second electric three-wheeler, this time for the pools department.
• We changed how we water: no longer fixed programmes, but irrigation matched to what each planting actually needs, under the supervision of an agronomist.
• On 30 November 2024 we were hit by a flood. We formally added extreme weather to our environmental risk assessment and designed a programme of protective works, so that chemicals or fuel can never escape from the basement areas.

2025 — Rebuilding, and being straight about the numbers

• We recorded our lowest figures in years: 24.3 kWh of energy and 0.68 m³ of water per overnight stay, 6.4% and 21% below 2024. But we want to be honest about why. After the flood of November 2024 our laundry was out of action and a large part of our linen was washed off site. A hotel laundry is one of the biggest consumers of water and energy there is, so a significant part of that reduction is not a saving we made — it simply moved somewhere else. We say so because a number is only worth anything when you know what sits behind it.
• It was the first full season with demand-based irrigation in our gardens, replacing fixed schedules: we water when and as much as each plant actually needs, not by the clock.
• We removed the fountain at the entrance of Apollo Blue. It was beautiful, but it evaporated water every day of the summer and offered nothing else in return.
• We completely renovated the bathrooms in the B wing of Apollo Beach: new vertical pipework and drainage, and bathtubs replaced with showers — a shower uses a fraction of the water a bath does.
• We insulated the roof above the Apollo Blue reception, ending years of water leaks.
• We replaced 80 air conditioning units in the Apollo Beach rooms with new, lower-consumption ones.
• We installed new laundry machines that wash the same load with less water, less energy and less detergent. 2026, with the laundry back at full capacity, will be the first year that shows clearly what we have gained.
• We isolated the buffet preparation areas at both hotels so the correct temperatures are held without over-cooling.
• We replaced the lighting along the garden walkways with new, more economical circuits and fittings.
• We completed the flood protection works: ramps and watertight doors at the entrances, a protective wall and new drainage in the basement areas.
• We joined the „Green Productive Investment for SMEs“ programme under the ESPA 2021–2027 Competitiveness framework, to fund the next generation of energy and water saving investments.
• Our photovoltaic system generated approximately 116,000 kWh.

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