Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort, Aruba, Recertifies as Travelife Gold, continuing as the Caribbean’s Most Eco-certified Hotel

Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort, Aruba, is once again bringing home the Gold, Travelife Gold, that is. The Caribbean’s eco-leader proudly excelled at all 163 requirements to once again earn Travelife Gold, a key component assuring guests that choosing to stay at Bucuti & Tara is a vacation that is as healthy for them as it is the staff, community and the planet. As a Travelife Certified accommodation, Bucuti & Tara is committed to creating better places to live, work and visit. Travelife is a global accommodation sustainability certification body.

Respected for being impartial and robust, Travelife has a comprehensive set of GSTC recognized requirements covering emissions, biodiversity, human rights, fair labor, child safeguarding and animal welfare. Bucuti & Tara first earned Travelife certification in 2011. The resort’s approach is to create its sustainability framework based on researching and selecting the strictest, most beneficial eco-certifications to include Green Globe Platinum, LEED Gold (v4.1) and CarbonNeutral(R).

As the Caribbean’s first and only carbon-neutral hotel, the property consistently improves, implementing new initiatives. Over the past year, Bucuti & Tara added new interior and exterior coating keeping heat out and coolness in and a new high-efficiency air-conditioning system, while almost reaching its goal of being 100% paperless. To the delight of staff, guests, and its island home, the resort dedicated and is tending to its new Bucuti & Tara – GMC Nature Preserve, a 30-acre carbon sink that draws down emissions from the atmosphere while protecting the local flora and fauna.