On Saturday 26th of May, 70 volunteers - employees of Maris Hotels, along with volunteers-guests of the Group's hotels, proceeded to clean the beaches located in front of the three hotels, thus implementing the Group's vision for the provision of authentic hospitality and high environmental consciousness.

(TRAVPR.COM) GREECE - June 7th, 2018 - In particular, the volunteer-employees and volunteers-guests of Creta Maris Beach Resort cleaned the Kastri / Creta Maris beach up to the archaeological site "Kastri". The volunteer-employees of Santo Maris Oia Luxury Suites & SPA proceeded with the cleaning of “Baxedes” beach, while the volunteer-employees and volunteers-guests of Tui Magic Life Candia Maris cleaned the coastline of Ammoudara in collaboration with the Municipality of Malevizi and other hotels of the area, collecting thereby a total of 50 bags of liter!

This environmental action is part of the multi-level Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Program of the Group, which aims to encourage employees and guests to participate in actions, in order to maintain the purity and beauty of the Mediterranean coastal and marine wealth.

About Metaxas Group of Companies and the Maris Hotels:

Metaxas Group of Companies that belongs to the family of the memorable Nikolaos Metaxas, has been active in Crete since 1975, the year in which its first hotel, Creta Maris Beach Resort in Crete, began its operation. The group, with its today Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Andreas Metaxas, owns and operates three hotels: Creta Maris, Candia Maris and Santo Maris, as well as the Creta Convention Center, while at the same time it is actively involved in real estate sector.

About “Clean Up the Med” campaign:

Since 1995 Legambiente has been coordinating organizations, schools, tourist hotels, local people and local institutions from all over the countries of the Mediterranean basin, in activities of cleaning up beaches and natural sites from litter of any sort generated by wrong human activities. Each year the awareness campaign Clean Up the Med involves more than 1,500 locations in 21 Mediterranean countries aiming to draw attention on the pollution of the Mediterranean Sea and motivate communities to work together to change the situation. The actions of “Clean Up the Med” are recognized as environmental and educational activities and are considered as a major award criterion for the Blue Flag program.

Please find pictures on high resolution on the below link:

https://we.tl/wZghpdOTLf

Please find pictures of Maris Hotels on high resolution on the below link:

http://www.maris.gr/

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