Green Hotel

We are fully aware of the impact President Hotel Palermo has about pollution, that is why we have already taken more action to counter this situation.
The ‘sustainable tourism’ is our main commitment and it is also the basis of corporate accountability.
For this reason, we encourage our customers to adopt sustainable behaviours linked to the reduction of water and energy consumption and to the conscious use of local resources.
We are strongly committed to remove plastics by December 2022 and to reducing our emissions by 2050.

President Hotel Palermo combines tourist business with social commitment for the benefit of the local community.

• In 2026, we chose to support “La Mela di AISM”, an initiative promoted by AISM (the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association) to raise funds for scientific research. A small gesture to help raise awareness and improve the quality of life for many people.
• We have been distributing our food surpluses to local associations, such as ‘Angels of the Night Onlus’ which helps those who has lost roof, hope and smile for various vicissitudes of life.
• As part of the ‘Accor Solidarity week’, we have hosted children of the Diaconal Center “La Noce”, Waldensian Institute of Palermo, that works for disadvantaged kids from the most degraded neighborhoods of the city.
• We have joined the ‘Training Pathways for work and integration of young migrants’ Project of the Ministry of the Interior and the National Agency for Active Labour Policies, in order to promote social and work inclusion paths of applicants and holders of international protection.
• We are partner of E.G.E. – PALERMO, an accredited body at the Regional Department of Education and Vocational Training, for the activity of orientation and employment into tourism sector, by contributing to the evolution of the labour market.
• Since 2014 our parking lot, decorated with street art, it is a kind of open-air museum, with works by artists invited to express themselves about legality concept, so that they offered an interesting point of reflection and a contribution to the aesthetic and social enhancement of the old village of Palermo.

We attach great importance to values ​​such as quality of services, care for our guests and social commitment.

Here are some of the awards obtained and partnerships started over the years:

– For  2023 – 2024, President Hotel Palermo has received the Italian Hospitality Certification, awarded to us by the Chamber of Commerce thanks to the collaboration with ISNART, National Institute for Tourism Research. A prestigious national recognition awarded to accommodation facilities that guarantee compliance with high quality standards in four evaluation areas: quality of service, identity, promotion of the territory, notoriety.

– We have activated agreements with the provincial committee Arcigay Palermo and with Sicindustria.

– On the occasion of the TTG 2021 tourist fair in Rimini, we were cited by Too Good To Go as a ‘case study’ at a national level for being the hotel that more than others in Italy has distinguished itself in the fight against food waste, saving (up to October 2021) 513 meals and 1.28 tons of CO2 saved.
The collaboration with Too Good To Go continued until February 2024, concluding with the overall saving of 1,230 unsold meals and a saving of 3.08 tons of CO2.

– To manage our restaurant menus, in 2021 we chose to experiment with the Smart Touch Menu app that we have used for a few years. One of the easy-to-consult digital services that, by reducing the use of paper, contributes to safeguarding the environment.

– President Hotel Palermo has joined ‘Planet21’, a program promoted by Accor in favor of environmental sustainability, which ended in 2021.