Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa Plastic Bottle Festive Tree

As a CSR initiative, a Christmas tree made using 2,800 individual plastic bottles highlight the resort’s commitment to eco-awareness will take pride of place as the centre-piece in Al Bandar’s lobby. The installation is an effort to draw attention to the volume of plastic water bottles consumed in the Sultanate of Oman and marks Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa’s commitment to sustainability.

Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa is one of only five turtle nesting sites in all of Oman, the beaches of Shangri-La in Muscat welcome an average of 100 turtle nests each year. Protecting the natural habits of these critically endangered sea creatures and other marine life is a priority for the team at the resort and the inspiration behind the plastic bottle tree.

Additional measures are planned for 2019 as the resort aims cease use of plastic water bottles in the outdoor areas with the installation of water fountains where guests can refill reusable water bottles.

General Manager Juergen Doerr added: “At Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, we are doing our part to make a change and end use of plastic which is destroying the marine life. We have all seen upsetting videos of the earth’s oceans polluted with plastic which not only harm the turtles that we here at Shangri-La Muscat promise to protect, but which will eventually impact the food chain and our own health”.