The Preferred Hotel Group's Beyond Green brings together 'forward-thinking properties around the world that are committed to contributing to the social and economic wellbeing of local communities'.
When travellers book and stay with Beyond Green's members they are directly helping to give back to local people in positive and impactful ways.
Beyond Green's sustainable hotels, lodges and resorts have partnered with conservation and wildlife programmes and community development initiatives.
These include working with local schools and helping to combat illegal poaching.
Five Beyond Green Members with Community Partnership Programmes
The Brando,Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
To help protect the coral reefs, archaeological sites, and the abundant flora and fauna of the atoll, the resort co-founded The Tetiaroa Society with local community representatives, global sustainability leaders, scientists, and researchers.
The resort has installed an innovative Sea Water Air Conditioning system, which harnesses deep-sea water to air-condition the resort without harmful chemicals.
It recently built an eco-station for the society to host researchers from all over the world.
www.staybeyondgreen.com/hotels/french-polynesia/brando
Three Camel Lodge, South Gobi, Mongolia
This remote luxury retreat supports local students studying traditional Mongolian music and dance at the Gobi's Hanhongor School.
It regularly shares their talent with guests through private lodge performances.
In addition to donating supplies and musical instruments to the school, the lodge has funded international trips for students to perform at festivals and launched a university scholarship programme.
www.staybeyondgreen.com/hotels/mongolia/three-camel-lodge
Xigera Safari Lodge, Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
This lodge has a partnership with Wild Entrust Africa, a local organisation.
It has introduced three community-focused projects covering conservation, education, and women's empowerment, for the region's local Habu Community.
The sustainable social enterprise and community development projects have been facilitated by the not-for-profit TreadRight Foundation, which supports over 60 projects worldwide alongside The Travel Corporation.
www.staybeyondgreen.com/hotels/botswana/xigera-safari-lodge
Islas Secas, Chiriquí, Panama
Through its privately funded Islas Secas Foundation, the resort supports and donates to several land, water, and wildlife conservation organisations in the region.
These include Panacetacea (which studies and protects Panamanian marine species), and Audubon Panama (which supports the protection of local birds and their habitats).
The resort is also very involved in the local San Lorenzo community and cultivates job-training, recycling initiatives, mobile medical services to nearby villages, and schools.
www.staybeyondgreen.com/hotels/panama/islas-secas
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat, Clanwilliam, South Africa
Located on a private nature reserve in the Cederberg Mountains, this ecological oasis is a haven for wildlife and home to the rare Cape Leopard.
The lodge partners with several conservation organisations to provide community members with Anatolian Shepherd dogs to act as livestock guardian dogs, helping to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, and dramatically decreasing illegal poaching of the leopards.
www.staybeyondgreen.com/hotels/south-africa/bushmans-kloof