Comfort Hotel Holding a hands-on event for elementary school students, “Let’s make earth-friendly art with SDGs x banana paper!” Inviting members’ parents and children to an event where they can have fun learning about SDGs and the environment.

[Comfort Hotel] Holding a hands-on event for elementary school students “Let’s make earth-friendly art with SDGs x banana paper!” Inviting members’ parents and children to an event where they can have fun learning about SDGs and the environment ​
Choice Hotels Japan Co., Ltd. Press release: November 19, 2024 [Comfort Hotel] Holding a hands-on event for elementary school students, “Let’s make earth-friendly art with SDGs x banana paper!” Inviting members’ parents and children to an event where they can have fun learning about SDGs and the environment. Providing sustainable experiences through the membership system “Choice Guest Club(TM)” on the official website with the concept of “energizing the world and cities through travel” Choice Hotels Japan Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Takahiko Ito, Choice Hotels Japan) will hold an event for elementary school students on Saturday, January 18, 2025, “SDGs x “Let’s make
earth-friendly art with banana paper!” will be held for the first time. This experiential event was created by Choice Hotels Japan with the aim of “Invigorating the world and cities through travel.” The children (20 elementary school students) of members of the membership system “Choice Guest Club (TM)” on the official website of Comfort Hotel, which is operated with the concept of “”, are invited to experience making “banana paper” made from the fibers of banana stems. It provides an opportunity to have fun learning about SDGs, fair trade, and the environment. Three companies: “One Planet Cafe Zambia,” which conducts activities that contribute to sustainability based on environmental circulation, and “Musashino University Faculty of Engineering, Department of Sustainability, Takahashi Laboratory,” which is also engaged in environmental education and product development using banana paper. This jointly held program allows students to create original goods using banana paper and deepen their understanding of the value banana paper brings to society.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37991/193/37991-193-00aaa39e4098fddd796d1dbac0729546-1201×675.png [Background of implementation] From the idea that “we want our customers to feel that they are participating in support activities through their stay” As of November 2024, the membership system “Choice Guest Club(TM)” on the official Comfort Hotel website operated by Choice Hotels Japan has approximately 900,000 members. Based on the concept of “invigorating the world and cities through travel,” we offer convenient benefits such as accommodation discounts and long stays, as well as a donation support program. In our donation support program, we donate 0.5% of the accommodation fee each year to three organizations working to solve social issues. In addition, we want our customers to feel that they are involved in support, so we offer experiential benefits through donation support. “One Planet Cafe Zambia” supported by “Choice Guest Club(TM)” is one of the three organizations supported. “One Planet Cafe Zambia” is an organization in Africa that creates fair trade “banana paper” made from organic bananas and creates new jobs locally. This banana paper uses the manufacturing method of Echizen Washi, a traditional Japanese craft.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37991/193/37991-193-a774b6f6fe7489b31318873dfe691d24-1201×799.jpg We wanted to create an opportunity to deepen understanding of organizations working to solve social issues by experiencing banana paper making, which is also done in Zambia.We created banana paper made from banana fibers collected in Zambia. We have decided to hold an experiential event in Tokyo using ・Comfort Hotel official website membership system Choice Guest Club(TM) URL:
https://www.choice-hotels.jp/guest/ ・Introduction of support organizations URL: https://www.choice-hotels.jp/guest/csv.php Banana paper paper making experience event overview ・Name: SDGs x Let’s make earth-friendly art with banana paper! ・Venue: TKP Akihabara Conference Center (Toshiba Manseibashi Building, 1-1-8 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021) ・Date: January 18, 2025 (Sat) 10:00-12:30 ・Eligibility for application: E-mail newsletter member of Comfort Hotel’s official website membership system “Choice Guest Club(TM)” ・Participants: Approximately 20 members of Comfort Hotel’s official website membership system “Choice Guest Club(TM)” ・Participation fee: Free ・Cooperating organization: One Planet Cafe Zambia Takahashi
Laboratory, Department of Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Musashino University Banana paper paper making experience Participant recruitment overview We will send an email to those who have registered for the membership system “Choice Guest Club (TM)” on Comfort Hotel’s official website by December 2, 2024 (Monday) and have set up to receive email newsletters. *This also applies to those who have already registered as members and are receiving e-mail
newsletters. Recruitment start: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Reception period: December 3, 2024 (Tuesday) to December 11, 2024 (Wednesday) Recruitment method: An application form will be sent via email to those who have registered as members by December 2, 2024 (Monday) and set up to receive email newsletters. ・Event details URL:
https://www.choice-hotels.jp/news/detail.php?id=1501 ・Comfort Hotel official website membership system Choice Guest Club(TM) URL: https://www.choice-hotels.jp/guest/ Banana paper paper making experience Event details ・Banana paper making Paper is made by hand by mixing banana stem fibers (pulp) and water using a papermaking frame.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37991/193/37991-193-ef97317a38b611e9fe07ddd2091e7b86-1920×1280.jpg ・Coloring work on paper made by papermaking The paper made by papermaking is dried and then colored.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37991/193/37991-193-65278c2e434f38ad80efce5746589f61-1200×800.jpg ・Make a keychain using colored paper Put colored paper into a key case to make an original key chain.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/37991/193/37991-193-0533ebc9df51020972c816bf8f141a75-1200×800.jpg “Choice Guest Club(TM)” is a membership system on Comfort Hotel’s official website, which has over 900,000 members. Based on the concept of “Revitalize the world and cities through travel,” we offer convenient benefits such as accommodation discounts and long stays, as well as experiential benefits that allow you to learn about the SDGs. The biggest feature of Choice Guest Club(TM) is that it is a program that gradually energizes society with each guest staying at the hotel. Every time you stay, you accumulate “choices”, and every year since 2016, we have donated an amount based on the number of “choices” you have earned to the areas of “environment,” “education,” and
“employment,” as well as to “Japanese cities” and “cities around the world.” We are donating the money to three organizations that we support. Address: 2nd floor, Yoshino Daiichi Building, 1-6-3 Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0002 Representative Director and President: Takahiko Ito Established: September 2000 Capital: 20 million yen URL: https://www.choice-hotels.jp Business details: Recruitment, guidance, management, and operation of hotel franchise affiliates. American hotel chain with over 7,400 hotels in over 45 countries around the world As the master partner of “Choice Hotels International” in Japan, we operate Comfort Hotels, Comfort Hotel ERA, Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, and Ascend Hotel Collection(TM) throughout Japan