[ { "post_id": "325", "post_category_id": "20", "post_title": "SLH Invited sale - 30% off at over 160 hotels worldwide - bbok by Jan 3 and complete your stays before 1 Jan 2024", "post_content_short": "Small Luxury hotels of the World (SLH) is holding a fantastic sale for its SLH Invited members -save 30% on stays at over 160 luxurious\nproperties, including locations such as: 
\nBahamas
\nGreece
\nUnited Kingdom
\nMarrakech, 
\nSouth Africa.
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\nPictured is a seafront villa of Elounda Gulf  Villas, one of the properties in Greece that is participating in the sale.
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\nStays must be completed by 31 December 2023<\/strong>.  Other T&C's also apply..
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\nBest be quick.  The sale closes 4 January 2023 !<\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pointsnplaces.com\/media\/website_posts\/325\/Private_use_of_Villa_27s_guests.jpg", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/slh.com\/the-slh-sale", "post_date": "2022-12-26 02:00:00" }, { "post_id": "318", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "SLH's Considerate Collection Celebrates its First Birthday", "post_content_short": "How time flies...
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\nJust over a year ago, SLH launched the Considerate Collection<\/a> with 25 founding members of pioneering properties,\nproving that luxury is compatible with longevity.
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\nEnvironmentally-minded travel agents (like Rewarding Travel<\/a>) can browse and book from a biodiversity-promoting\nportfolio of boutique stays around the world, which have been hand-picked to help you find your perfect eco-escape.  
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\nThese properties still need to pass the SLH Quality Assurance standards required by all SLH properties, so you can be assured that the\nsustainability does not sacrifice luxe.  You can read more about how these standards are measured and maintained in our Complete\nGuide To SLH Invited<\/em><\/a>.\n
\nAs of this month, the collection celebrates 43 hotels<\/strong> (almost doubling in size) along with almost 40,000 trees\nplanted<\/strong>\nin collaboration with TreeSisters.
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\nThe SLH Considerate Collection has also introduced a first-of-its-kind partnership with new sustainability platform Weeva<\/a>,\nand a collaboration with luxury amenities brand VANITY\nGROUP<\/a>.
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\nSLH is one of our preferred groups and with the Considerate Collection, your stay will leave the softest of footprints on our\nplanet.
\nThe properties within the Considerate Collection are stunning, so contact Rewarding Travel<\/strong> to learn\nmore for your next sustainable, luxe stay - with free perks !<\/a><\/em>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pointsnplaces.com\/media\/website_posts\/318\/SLH-logo-dark.png", "post_content_type": "none", "post_content_url": null, "post_date": "2022-11-08 06:45:00" }, { "post_id": "279", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Jade Mountain Joins Regenerative Travel", "post_content_short": "Jade Mountain<\/a> in Saint Lucia has received Member Hotel Status from the Eco-Luxury\ncommunity Regenerative Travel<\/em> as it becomes the latest addition to its portfolio of sustainable hotels.
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\nJade Mountain is an entirely hand-built hotel in St Lucia where the rooms have no outer walls and are completely open to the ocean and piton\nviews, each with its own private infinity pool or jacuzzi. Some readers may recall Jade Mountain was the hotel featured in the BBC 2 series Amazing\nHotels – Life Beyond the Lobby<\/em>\n(season 3, episode 4).
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\nRegenerative Travel is a community of independent, luxury hotels that aim to shift the travel industry towards a more regenerative future.
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\nJade Mountain will receive a bespoke educational curriculum to further its commitment to regeneration. It will also be required to\nundertake a regular self-assessment and report monthly on 29 indicators aligned with Regenerative Travel’s standards. This assessment holds\nhotels accountable to its eco-credentials and is a showcase of activism towards a regenerative future.
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\nJade Mountain has practiced sustainability since its opening in 2006 and has placed emphasis on retaining as much economic benefits in the\nregion as possible. The property takes sustainable steps while educating guests about the culture, history and ecology of the region. For\ninstance, the resort has made its water supply independent from Soufriere so as not to impact the local community. All of the drinking water\nat Jade Mountain is sourced from the river at Anse Mamin valley, which is then filtered and conditioned at the resort in a special treatment\nfacility. The resort also has its own rainwater-fed water purification plant system and recycles treated sewage water, which irrigates a\nnursery which, in turn, propagates thousands of tropical plants for landscaping.
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\nJade Mountain was inspired by the philosophy of building in alignment with Caribbean nature. No machinery was used in its construction; it\nalso has either used all furniture and furnishings made locally or purchased them from local businesses. The property features rugged\nstone-faced columns, individual bridges and infinity pool suites that overlook the Caribbean Sea.
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\nAll members of Jade Mountain’s construction team were from St Lucia and the hotel currently employs a 99 percent local workforce, making\nthem one of the most important employers in the region.
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\nThis stunning eco-luxury hotel is also a member of the Small Luxury Hotels program and guests can receive special\nperks by booking through our affiliated travel agency<\/a> or as members of SLH Invited<\/a>.<\/em> ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pointsnplaces.com\/media\/website_posts\/279\/Jade-Mountain-in-St-Lucia.jpg", "post_content_type": "none", "post_content_url": null, "post_date": "2022-07-04 03:00:00" }, { "post_id": "244", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "SLH adds 5 new properties to its Considerate Collection", "post_content_short": "Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has added 5 new properties to its Considerate Collection<\/em>. 
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\n\tLaunched in October 2021, in collaboration with respected sustainable travel and luxury hospitality players, each hotel within the Considerate\n\tCollection<\/em> has been either certified by a GSTC Accredited Certification Body, certified to a GSTC Recognized Standard, or has passed an assessment by\n\tthe SLH Sustainability Advisory Panel with review by the GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council - the international, independent,\n\tnot-for-profit body established by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO);\nThe new properties are:
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\nCastello di Reschio (Lisciano Niccone, Italy):<\/strong> Adopting an “as nature intended” approach towards the nine farmhouses\ndotted across a 1,500-hectare country estate, the Bolza family introduced a rewilding program in the Umbrian wilderness which is now filled\nwith roe deer, wild boar and porcupines. While much of what is served is home-grown or foraged, Reschio also relies on a network of\nhyperlocal suppliers.
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\nDar Ahlam (Ouarzazate, Morocco):<\/strong> This traditional Moroccan kasbah has been constructed using local materials such as\nadobe, bamboo and wood from lemon and olive trees, minimizing its energy use by installing solar panels and a water treatment system which\nmakes tap water drinkable in the desert. Guests are immersed in Berber culture, from sleeping beneath the stars in a traditional tent, to\nsunrise tea ceremonies in the Sahara.
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\nParadise Cove (Anse La Raie, Mauritius):<\/strong> Overlooking a natural lagoon, this boutique hotel actively contributes\ntowards the marine discovery center. It has also eliminated single-use plastic in the guest experience (swapping slippers made from plastic\nto coconut straw), and employs “green” staff tracking the resort’s progress in its detailed sustainability report. The property runs a\ndedicated space within the hotel for guests to discover locally and sustainably made products, from rattan baskets to swimwear made with\nrecycled boat sails.
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\nAmilla Maldives (Baa Atoll, Maldives):<\/strong> Even without its EarthCheck Silver certified status, this Maldivian-owned\nresort runs a range of eco-activities and initiatives, including a coral propagation project, white-tailed tropicbird breeding program,\ncomplimentary bicycles and electric golf buggies.
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\nAristide Hotel (Syros, Greece): <\/strong>Housed within the former tax residency of the Cyclades, this plastic-free neoclassical\nmansion uses solar panels to heat its water and offers ceramic amenities. To offset the carbon footprint of their guests, the art-centric\nhotel runs a re-greening and tree-planting project in partnership with the Cyclades Preservation Fund.
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\nFor more details on SLH and its Considerate Collection... ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.pointsnplaces.com\/media\/website_posts\/244\/SLH-logo-dark.png", "post_content_type": "url", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/slh.com\/considerate", "post_date": "2022-05-22 06:00:00" }, { "post_id": "157", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "SLH Invited sale EXTENDED | 40% off at selected destinations", "post_content_short": "SLH has a limited time sale for members of its Invited<\/em> loyalty program.
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\r\n\tBook before 5 January<\/strong> for at least 2 nights<\/strong> at any of 100 destinations for a stay completed by (previously 31 December 2021, but now) 9 January 2022<\/strong>  and receive 40% off<\/strong>.  A whole\r\n\tyear to complete your stay provides great flexibility.<\/em>
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\r\nSLH has a collection of independently-owned, luxury boutique hotels & resorts. They offer exceptional stays with high standards that are\r\nassured through regular (undisclosed) reviewers.
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