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This year marks RIU Hotels & Resorts fifth year of active commitment and support to the ECPAT Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children and Adolescents Against Sexual Exploitation in Tourism and Travel.
ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) is a non-governmental organization based in Thailand and a global network of civil society organizations in 88 countries exclusively dedicated to ending the commercial sexual exploitation of children, according to their website
Since 2012, the chain has been holding training workshops for its headquarter corporate staff in Spain and for employees at its hotels around the world, having reached a total of 8,000 workers worldwide last year. By the end of 2017, the chain hopes to bring the total to 15,000 participants, which represents twice the average annual figure in recent years, and specialisation in ECPAT content for over half of its staff.
In July of this year, the awareness-raising workshops were also extended to Portugal and Cape Verde through PREVERISK, a consultancy specialised in training and a partner of RIU Hotels for training in sustainability. This training will be repeated with them in coming months in other RIU destinations like Aruba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, the Bahamas, Saint Martin, the USA, Mexico, and Germany. For Sri Lanka and Mauritius, the training will be provided this fall through local organisations..
The World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) invited the RIU Corporate Social Responsibility department to participate in a meeting of experts to discuss measures for combating sexual exploitation of children in the hotel industry. Likewise, RIU Hotels is one of the leading members of “The Code”, the first initiative created by the tourism industry aimed at defining the obligations of companies in the sector in relation to the problem of child sex tourism.
Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Tourism is a growing problem that requires the participation of all stakeholders. Every year, two million minors are forced to enter the commercial sexual exploitation market. Tourism, as a major global industry, has economic, cultural, environmental and socio-political effects in the contexts in which it operates, impacting the lives of children and adolescents in these communities.
Hotel Riu Palace Costa Rica also caters to business travelers with five conference rooms for meetings or events.
The hotel offers a variety of activities on the beautiful beaches such as diving or fishing in the Pacific waters, ecotourism in the volcanic areas, and during the day several programs of entertainment for all ages, whether in family or friends. The hotel has a gym, table tennis, volleyball, tennis court, windsurf, sailing, snorkeling equipment, kayaks and other water activities. If your favorite sport is golf, the nearby Four Seasons Golf Club has fantastic views over the sea, according to the RIU Guanacaste website.
Guanacaste is less tropical, humid and lush than the rest of the country. Its plains and dry forests mimic African savanna landscapes.
The international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family’s third generation. The company specialises in holiday resorts and over 70 percent of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has 95 hotels in 19 countries which welcome over 4 million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 26,867 employees. RIU is currently the world’s 29th ranked chain, one of the Caribbean’s most popular, the second largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the third largest in number of rooms.
