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SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
Fairmont Mumbai, as part of Accor’s global segregation, composting, and reduction of
commitment to sustainability, integrates single-use plastics, aligned with Accor’s GAIA
eco-conscious practices across its systems initiatives. By embedding sustainability into
and processes to create a balance between its operational framework, Fairmont Mumbai
luxury hospitality and environmental reduces its carbon footprint and enhances
responsibility. The hotel emphasizes energy guest experience, complies with evolving
efficiency through advanced building green standards, and contributes to the city’s
management systems, optimised chiller plant broader vision of sustainable urban
operations, while water stewardship is development.
achieved via low-flow fixtures, STP-treated This highlights Fairmont Mumbai’s approach
water for landscaping and smart monitoring. to sustainable systems and processes as a
Waste management processes focus on model for modern luxury hotels in India.

and have business meetings. The washroom has a shower colour palette is monochrome with touches of metallic
area making it easy to freshen up. These facilities are in accents keeping the look sparkling and crisp. The walls are
keeping with Fairmont’s concept of ‘a hotel within a hotel’. graced with artwork, digitally created, featuring women in
Thus, if Fairmont Gold members are in between flights they local attire and settings, both imprinted with Art Deco
do not need to check into the hotel – they can simply check motifs. The rooms and suites extend this design idiom in
into the Gold Lounge and freshen-up, rest, have a meal and the upholstery, linen, artwork, storage and fittings. They
beverages, and attend/host meetings. In other words, they are well-equipped with amenities including a steam iron.
have access to all the facilities of a hotel without having to Interestingly, the powder room (with a compact sink and
check into a room/suite. water closet) is separate from the bath.
The floors above have rooms and suites, 446 in all, While the dining, spa, recreation areas, rooms and suites,
flanking long carpeted corridors with subtle Art Deco and public spaces are located on the lobby level and above it,
elements such as moulding and fluting. Once again the the banqueting and events spaces are away from the public

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