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• Thanks to the agreement between both entities, accommodation establishments will be able to sell their surplus furniture and purchase pieces from other hotels, promoting the circular economy in the sector.
• With this signature, ECO-ONE and the Galician Tourism Cluster encourage local purchases, reinforcing the commitment to more sustainable tourism.

Reducing the environmental impact and promoting the circular economy are the main objectives of the agreement signed between the Galician Tourism Cluster and the start up ECO-ONE, which makes its second-hand furniture buying and selling platform available to Galician hotels. In this way, accommodation establishments that need to renew their furniture are offered a practical and ecological solution, facilitating the purchase and sale of surplus pieces.

The signing of this agreement is part of the Cluster’s commitment to sustainability in the Galician tourism sector. The ECO-ONE platform will allow interested hotels to reduce waste, preventing excess material from ending up in landfills or warehouses. Furthermore, this option not only generates additional revenue for hotels, but also offers other establishments the opportunity to purchase high-quality furniture at competitive prices, thus contributing to environmental sustainability.

The ECO-ONE platform is present in other communities and, since its launch, has successfully managed the sale of more than 1,000 pieces of furniture. The platform has attracted hotels of all categories, from nationally recognized hotels to small boutique hotels and agritourisms in northern Spain.

In Galicia, with nearly 1,000 registered hotel establishments with 58,417 beds, the ECO-ONE formula can be a very interesting alternative for the sector, which is very aware of measures that favor sustainability.

The president of the Galician Tourism Cluster, Cesáreo Pardal, recalls that “the commitment to sustainability has been a transversal element of tourism strategies in Galicia for a long time and that solutions like this contribute to consolidating an increasingly aware sector, not not only by reducing the environmental impact, but also by promoting the circular economy, which directly benefits local communities.”

Carlos Fluixá, CEO of ECO-ONE, comments: “We are excited to bring our platform to Galicia. With tourism characterized by its strong relationship with nature, we believe that this initiative will allow Galician hotels to adopt more sustainable practices and move towards a more responsible model. At ECO-ONE we are committed to supporting you on this path with our tool”.

About the Galician Tourism Cluster (CTG)

The Cluster is made up of 60 entities, including federations, consortia and provincial and Galician associations that represent 95% of the Galician tourism sector, bringing together more than 7,000 companies. Established in 2013, the CTG has established itself as the voice of tourism in the Community and focuses its efforts on promoting initiatives to strengthen the sector and the Galicia destination as a reference and differentiated destination.

About ECO-ONE

ECO-ONE is the external sustainability department of zero-cost hotels. Through products – with the only 100% sustainable Purchasing Center – and specialized services, its team of engineers and experts offer diagnosis, analysis and management of solutions in terms of energy efficiency, circular economy, training and sustainable interior design. A total of 2,000 hotels in Spain and France are already registered on the ECO-ONE platform to implement sustainability actions.

It was born in 2021 by the entrepreneur Carlos Fluixá and the interior designer Zdenka Lara, committed to sustainability and with great knowledge of the hotel sector, with the sole objective of helping hotels to be more sustainable in the most profitable way possible, under a single interlocutor and 360º.