In 2017, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is forecast to open Dubai’s first 100% solar powered hotel, according to dmg events.

 

IHG chief operating officer EMEA Pascal Gauvin said: “Hotel Indigo Dubai, The Sustainable City, is a unique project designed to be integrated into an entirely sustainable community, and to meet the highest environmental, social and commercial sustainability standards.”

 

As a brand, Hotel Indigo is a direct reflection of its surroundings and in this case, the hotel’s first commitment to its neighbourhood was a net zero energy building where solar power will meet 100% of the hotel’s energy needs.

 

Gauvin added: “We see this project as a potential future trend, perhaps encouraging more hotels of its kind and more usage of solar energy.” (HotelierMiddleEast.com)