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Tens of thousands to benefit from scheme incentivising people to opt out of hotel housekeeping

Hotels
Gary Noakes
29 May 2025

Travel’s Just a Drop charity has hailed the success of an innovative pilot scheme incentivising Park Plaza Hotel Group guests to help raise money for its clean water and sanitation projects around the world.

The scheme will contribute towards Just a Drop's work in six countries, including Cambodia (Credit: Just a Drop)

Guests in 17 hotels were offered loyalty points, bottles of wine and restaurant vouchers in return for opting out of housekeeping – reducing their hotel’s water and energy consumption – and a £1 or €1 per night donation to the charity.

The ecological programme will allow Just a Drop to support 17 projects across six countries this year, providing 42,000 people with access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. Projects include rainwater harvesting tanks and latrines in Zambia, menstrual hygiene training in Cambodia and piped water systems in Nicaragua.