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Proud to be Travelife Certified

Time Out Hotel is proud to be Travelife Certified, reflecting our commitment to responsible and sustainable tourism.

Travelife is an internationally recognised sustainability certification programme for accommodation providers. Certification looks at environmental management, labour and human rights, community engagement and other areas of responsible hotel operation.

For us, Travelife is more than a certification. It provides a framework that helps us continually evaluate how we operate and where we can do better — for our guests, our employees, our community and our environment.

Reducing Our Environmental Impact

Small changes can make a meaningful difference. Across Time Out Hotel, we continue to look for ways to use resources more efficiently and reduce the environmental impact of our operations.

Our initiatives include monitoring energy and water consumption and waste production, using low-energy lighting, installing flow restrictors on taps, sourcing more sustainable products and incorporating solar power. We also review the cleaning products we use with the aim of choosing more environmentally friendly alternatives wherever possible.

In 2024, we set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy, water, waste and high-emission food by 30% before the end of 2030. By 31 December 2025, compared with our 2024 baseline, we had already recorded:

37% reduction in energy per guest night
57% reduction in water per guest night
85% reduction in waste per guest night
28% reduction in high-emission food per guest night

These results represent important progress, but our work continues as we introduce further initiatives towards our 2030 goal.

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Supporting Barbados & Our Community

Being part of Barbados means taking an active role in supporting the people and communities around us. We aim to contribute to the local economy, preserve and promote Barbadian culture and heritage, and encourage our guests to discover the history, traditions, businesses and experiences that make our island special.

Where possible, we give preference to local and regional products and services, support local employment and apprenticeship opportunities, donate useful items such as linen, towels, furniture and electrical equipment to charitable organisations, and make contributions to local charities.

Our community involvement has taken many forms over the years. Time Out Hotel has supported coastal clean-up efforts in Barbados, contributed to hurricane relief in the region and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, worked with the Government of Barbados and Ministry of Health by providing accommodation for people who needed to quarantine following contact tracing.

More recently, in 2025 our team donated more than 150 pounds of items to the Variety Club of Barbados and 20 pounds of items to Ocean Acres Animal Shelter. Our 2026 community initiatives include supporting local social and cultural programmes, quarterly staff training and community clean-up campaigns.

Our Journey Continues

Sustainability is not a box we tick. It is an ongoing commitment to learning, measuring our progress and finding better ways to operate.

As we work towards our 2030 goals, we will continue bringing together environmental responsibility, community support, responsible purchasing, human rights and thoughtful hospitality. Our aim is simple: to ensure that the experiences we create for visitors also have a positive impact on our team, our community and the wider Barbados destination.

We invite you to be part of that journey and to help us keep Barbados beautiful for generations to come.

Time Out Hotel welcomes feedback from our guests, community and staff regarding our efforts to improve our environmental and social impacts, including suggestions on how we can enhance these initiatives. Please email your comments or ideas to alicia.farmer@timeoutbarbados.com  

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