We are proud to announce the beginning of the collaboration between Dream&Charme and The Leading Hotels of the World. Now a preferred vendor of the Leading Strategic Sourcing (LSS) program, spearheaded by LHW and DayBlink GPO, LHW properties have the opportunity to access Dream&Charme’s international best practices and benefit from preferential rates to obtain GSTC Certification: a key recognition for hotels that wish to stand out for their commitment.

The first Rocco Forte Group hotels achiving DCA ESG certifications include Hotel de la Ville Rome, Hotel Savoy Florence and Hotel De Russie Rome. 

Thanks to this important recognition, the hotels can now also distinguish itself for its strong commitment to sustainability.

Speaking about the DCA ESG Certification awarded on 09/09/2024, Francesco Roccato, Managing Director of the Rocco Forte Hotel de la Ville, said: ‘We are proud to have taken a first decisive step towards sustainability and we hope for a growing awareness of this issue. It is crucial for us to preserve and ensure the best management of resources, both human and environmental. Hotel de la Ville pays the utmost attention to this issue, supporting the growth of its professionals in terms of training and promoting healthy and safe relationships.’

The choice of Rocco Forte Hotels confirms the importance of the Certifications issued by Accredia-accredited Certification Bodies such as Dream&Charme for DCA ESG and GSTC and complying with recent European directives.

On July 23, 2024 Dream&Charme obtained GSTC accreditation from Accredia according to ISO/IEC 17065 as a Certification Body for GSTC certification of Hotels globally (excluding China), the Dream&Charme accreditation is recognized IAF in 95 countries around the world. 

This is a truly important milestone for both Dream&Charme and Italy, which is among the leading countries in hotel sustainability certification with ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation for GSTC. 

We would like to thank ACCREDIA and GSTC for their support and excellent work over the past years to achieve this important result. 

Hotels internationally now have the GSTC Certification with ISO/IEC 17065 accreditation available, which is particularly important in relation to the European anti-greenwashing directive 825/24  and compliant with the requests by the most important affiliation companies as The Leading Hotel of the World.

See the GSTC press release on the international GSTC website: https://www.gstcouncil.org/dreamcharme-is-now-gstc-accredited/

The DCA ESG Certification is the first ISO/IEC 17065 accredited Certification by Accredia and is recognized by IAF in 95 countries, it is issued by Dream&Charme under International accreditation ISO/IEC 17065 by Accredia since 22/6/2020. It guarantees the characteristics of the accommodation to end customers, agencies and intermediaries in an independent and super partes way its sustainability and reliability in an objective manner and through objective evidence gathered during audits.

The certification perimeter relates to the accommodation as a whole, the setting up of the rooms, the type of accessories, the subdivision of the spaces, the availability of accessories and furnishings, the layout of the accommodation, entertainment elements, accessory elements, outdoor, garden, swimming pool etc. in addition to the technical part relating to the correct maintenance of the systems, etc. The evaluation requirements contained in the checklists are over 1.200.

DREAM&CHARME with its Accredia accreditation n. PRD 0297 and the DCA (Dream&Charme Assurance) Certification Mark (trademark registered), is the first Certification Body accredited according to the ISO/IEC 17065 standard for the "Assessment and certification of SUSTAINABILITY and RELIABILITY of accommodations" both for DCA ESG and GSTC. Dream&Charme is officially authorized (accreditation) to issue DCA certifications (Dream&Charme Assurance) to accommodation regardless of their classification (hotel, resorts, private villas, castles, cruise ships, etc.) both in Italy and abroad, DCA and GSTC Certification are recognized in 95 countries.

Sustainability is one of the most significant elements for us, in fact in our checklists there are numerous requirements dedicated to sustainability also with reference to International Standards relating to sustainable tourism. Dream&Charme is also a member of the GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council), a global non-profit also founded by the United Nations (UNWTO, UN Foundation, UNEP), is a member of ISO Working Groups 228/13 (global standards on sustainable tourism) and UNI GL-40 Working Group for the definition of standards on tourism at the international level and Project Leader in UNI for the UNI PdR 131 (accessible tourism) with the Ministry of Tourism and Accredia.  Since 2023, it has also been rated Third Party Entity by Booking.com, Expedia and Google with the inclusion of “Sustainability Certification” status on their global booking sites guaranteed by the DCA Sustainable ESG Certification for Dream&Charme-certified accommodation.