Bucuti’s Green Team earns ISO 9001 & 14001 re-certification for 6th consecutive year

July 31st, 2009
Bucuti's Green Team proudly displays ISO 9001 and 14001 certificates

Bucuti's Green Team proudly displays ISO 9001 and 14001 certificates

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Management and Staff of the Bucuti Beach Resort celebrate the news that they have been re-certified for the ISO 14001 Environmental Standards of operation.  Bucuti was the first resort hotel in the America’s and the Caribbean to obtain the ISO 14001 certification in 2003 and are awarded recertification for the 6th year, this year.   Environmental Law Specialist Mr. Ray Kirton of AJA Registrars conducted the certification Audit.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from more than 140 countries.
Perhaps better recognized is the ISO 9000 series certification which as been earned by tens of thousands of businesses in their initiative for quality management and quality assurance. The ISO 14000 series provides a similar framework for environmental management.

This 14001 standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:  implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system; assure itself of its conformance with its own stated environmental policy; demonstrate conformance and make a self-determination of conformance; ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulation; seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization

The Bucuti ‘Green Team’ is composed of the hotel’s department heads who maintain certification standards by setting and implementing environmental policy with extensive training programs for the members of their departments, year round. They also meet with each other in monthly ‘Green Team’ meetings to coordinate on a property level.

Environmental preservation is a strong aspect of the Bucuti Beach Resort’s company culture and every associate takes part in the company’s initiative.    Further, Bucuti regularly gives tours to students, colleagues, service groups and others from Aruba as well as countries who have heard of the success of the environmental program and wish to learn how to implement environmental initiatives themselves..  Tours of the property assist visitors about how they can achieve their own success and certifications. 

Bucuti is the recipient of numerous environmental awards and accolades over the past decade the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IHRA) based in Paris, France, Green Globe, American Express, the Caribbean Hotel Association, the Aruba Hotel Association, Island’s Magazine, National Geographic Magazine and others.  

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Ewald Biemans honored as Visionary

July 26th, 2009
Ewald Biemans honored by Minister of Tourism Edison Briesen and Director of Tourism, Myrna Jansen

Ewald Biemans honored by Minister of Tourism Edison Briesen and Director of Tourism, Myrna Jansen

All of us at Bucuti are very proud of our Ewald Biemans who was recognized during a gala event last week, produced by the Aruba Tourism Authority and the Radisson Resort Aruba where leaders of our community honored a handful of visionaries responsible for building Aruba as a tourism destination over the past 40 years.

Inaugurated by the island’s interim governor Mrs. Ella Yarzagaray, the exposition began with hundreds of historical photographs and finally a theatre type presentation detailing the history of dedication, hard work and achievements of those whose believed in the force of the island’s hospitality and the richness of its history, culture and perfect beaches.  At the heart of the evening were sixteen recognitions given to key personalities, individuals whose vision and creativity quantum-leaped Aruba from a sleepy island mid 50s, to a well-defined international vacation brand.

Born in Brixen, Austria, Ewald Biemans moved to Aruba from Venezuela, where he had been working with Intercontinental and Hilton hotels, to continue his career in hospitality management in the early 1970’s.  

His early career in Aruba brought renown success to the Talk of the Town Restaurant & Hotel, Calloway Corporation Airline Catering, and Manchebo Beach Resort before he developed and managed his own resort, Aruba Bucuti Beach Resort in 1987.   Even with the addition our Tara Beach Suites in 2005, the resort has always maintained average year round occupancies above 90% since opening.   Awards and accolades for Ewald’s resorts include the Trip Advisor’s ‘Traveler’s Choice Award” for one of the most romantic resorts in the World, National Geographic Traveler’s “Stay List”, Fodor’s “choice’, Frommer’s “find”, Island’s magazine ‘Blue List”, Bride’s hot 100 honeymoon resorts, and Expedia’s Select list..among others.

In addition to the unprecedented, consistent success in the businesses he managed as well as his own resorts, Ewald earned community respect and leadership with his passion for protecting the environment.   After creating the Environmental Committee within the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association he went on to develop programs such as ’sponsor a mile’ whereby members maintain their mile of clean roadside or beach.  One of the earliest adopters of environmental protection in the region, he was the first to research certification programs, get certified and facilitate his colleagues in becoming certified.  Bucuti was the first resort in the America’s to achieve ISO 14001 certification and in the first group of resorts to become Green Globe 21.  Since then Ewald has brought a variety of experts on the environment to Aruba to educate tourism and other sectors on sustainable best practices.   His dedication to protecting the earth in creative and practical ways have earned awards and recognition by Green Globe, American Express, the Aruba Hotel Association, the Caribbean Hotel Association, Aruba’s Ministry and the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (based in Paris) for his successful environmental program and stewardship.  He is often asked to speak about his acheivements by tourism entities world wide.   In 2002 the Caribbean Hotel Association named Ewald their Hotelier of the Year, with more than 1000 hoteliers to choose from.

 We are very proud and honored to be part of Ewald Biemans’ winning Bucuti team and elated for his well deserved recognition.

 Thank you to Rona Coster of Island Temptations Magazine for her contribution of the photograph and information about the awards event for this blog.


Extreme makeover for logo too?

July 14th, 2009

Nothing is certain except change…

..and loyal guests of our resort have been watching our extreme makeover for the past few years as we invested and evolved into a sophisticated boutique resort exclusively for couples.

On occasion we have been asked if we will promote our new upscale product with an updated logo which would better reflect what Bucuti has become. In consideration of this feedback we have experimented with some new designs and the perception of a new branding for the resort.

We post a draft of a potential new logos next to our current logo for your comments and feedback and hope you will help us decide if a new brand/logo is a good move, in your opinion.

Do you think Bucuti should change/upgrade its logo? If so, do you like the designs shown here? Does it achieve our goal of reflecting a more sophisticated and upscale look to match our upgrades?
A logo change is a serious undertaking for any business, especially in our present economic condition and we appreciate your open and candid feedback to assist us to know how you perceive our logo and a possible update. You may respond here, or send me an email: susan@bucuti.com THANK YOU!

Current Logo

Current Logo

 

Logo Option A

Logo Option A

 

Updated Bucuti logo in Blue

Updated Bucuti logo in Blue