Visit wales gives five stars to Preseli Venture (From Western Telegraph)

Visit wales gives five stars to Preseli Venture

3:40pm Wednesday 25th February 2009 in

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Preseli Venture Eco Lodge has become the first activity centre in west Wales to gain five stars.

The Mathry-based lodge received the coveted Visit Wales five star accreditation after two years of hard work by staff and local craftsmen.

Extensive low-carbon technology was used to cut emissions and help protect the balance of the national park environment.

“Investing in the future was a key priority for the eco lodge’s new build and upgrade,” said Nick Hurst, Preseli Venture’s owner. “All the hot water and heating in the lodge comes via our new ground source heat pump, and we source our electricity from a company committed to renewable energy.”

Claire Carlile, Preseli Venture’s marketing manager, said: ‘We don’t believe in taking a preachy stance with our guests, but we do embrace the opportunities that exist for sharing more environmentally responsible practises with our customers.

“We transport them to their adventures in buses that run on local bio diesel made from used chip oil, we put on a free bus and train transfer to the lodge to encourage people to use public transport and we source our food as locally as possible.”

She added: “We’ve found that we have a growing client group that consider eco credentials as part of their decision making process, so we’re as much responding to demand as following our own hearts and environmental beliefs”.

A five star grading shows accommodation is ‘exceptional with a degree of luxury’.

Preseli Venture is also accredited with the Green Dragon environmental standard, and living and working practices are monitored with a view to continuing to improve the organisation’s pro-environmental practices.

For more information visit www.preseliventure.co.uk, or call 01348 837709.