As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy, Mangalis Hotel Group joined The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism (The Code). The Code, based in Bangkok, Thailand, is an industry-driven corporate responsible tourism initiative that provides awareness, tools and support to tourism companies in order to prevent the sexual exploitation of children.
“By joining The Code, the Mangalis Hotel Group is showing its support to help eradicate the problem of child sexual exploitation within the travel industry. They are setting a great example to other travel and tourism professionals,” said Matthias Leisinger, Chairman of the Board at The Code.
Mangalis Hotel Group will inaugurate the first upscale flagship Noom Hotel Conakry in Guinea, set to open in Q1 2015. This will be followed in Q2 by the first highly innovative Yaas Hotel in Les Almadies in Dakar in the economy segment. Additional hotels in Pointe Noire, Cotonou and Abidjan will be opened in the second semester of 2015, under both the Noom and Seen brands.
Since joining The Code in, Mangalis has agreed to fulfill six specific criteria that address the issues of child protection and turn them into concrete actions that help keep children safe within the travel and tourism industry.
Olivier Jacquin, Chief Operating Officer of Mangalis Hotel Group commented: “We are determined to embed our corporate social responsibility policies coupled with actual programs throughout our hotel network, and across all segments. We are proud to be one of the few African hospitality groups to join The Code. We strongly believe that child sexual exploitation constitutes a real challenge, therefore by implementing The Code’s six criteria we opt to participate in preventing such actions from ever taking place in the communities we operate in”
About The Code
The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism (The Code) is an industry-driven corporate responsible tourism initiative that provides awareness, tools and support to tourism companies in order to prevent the sexual exploitation of children. Tourism companies that join The Code agree to take six steps that turn child protection principles into concrete actions that can help keep children safe. Visit www.thecode.org
About Mangalis
Mangalis Hotel Group was established in 2011 with the objective of developing and managing new and exciting African hospitality brands and service standards: Noom (Upscale), Seen (Midscale) and Yaas Hotels (Economy).
As part of the African Holding Teyliom, its objective is to be among the largest African hospitality groups active in the continent, while being the industry undisputed benchmark in terms of products, innovation, quality of service and healthy growth. Currently, the Group´s pipeline includes 16 hotels in 13 African countries summing up to 2.400 rooms in different market segments. Mangalis Hotel Group was ranked in 2014 among the 5 most dynamic developing hotel groups in Africa – by W Hospitality Group
Media Contact:
Olivia Waters
Communications Officer
Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 637 9939
Email: olivia@thecode.org
