Despite of  the dificult country situation two small hotels from Honduras decided to become certified in order to show their engagement not only with the sustainable field but also with the social responsibility towards their local communities. These hotels have been certified in August 2011 by ICADE, with Smart Voyager seal, and have just been recognized by the Sustainabletrip.org website. This international website awards and promotes  Latin America’s hotels that perform actions for the conservation of natural resources, is managed by the Rainforest Alliance and BID FOMIN. If you want to know more about these hotels and in order to book, click on the link below :

 http://www.sustainabletrip.org/search/index.cfm?cid=28&tod =

The group Casa del Arbol Hotels in San Pedro Sula and the Hotel Guancascos in Gracias, Lempira, became the first hotels in Honduras to obtain an International Certificate in Sustainable Tourism. To qualify for this seal both hotels have been through  an arduous process of implementation of various best practices in their operations, and were audited by a team of professionals  from ICADE, Honduras and the Conservation and Development Corporation of Ecuador, using the Smart Voyager Standard, the result of this process scored a value higher than 90% compliance for them.