ACE Magazine: Issue 2 / 2016 ACE Magazine: Issue 2 / 2016 | Page 67

o d i N El ts, Resor ts wan, a l a P rn Northe ines P hilipp The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards 2015 which celebrates businesses and organisations making outstanding contribution towards the industry was held in Banglore, India last September. The award drew 269 entries from 83 travel and tourism businesses and organisations from all around the world. Among the top winners was El-Nido Resorts which won the Gold Award for the Environmental Education Programme category. Even more impressive is the fact that this was the third time the resort had clinched this award. El-Nido Resorts is an internationally renowned and multiawarded sustainable resorts brand that has been operating in Northern Palawan for more than 30 years. It operates four eco-resorts, namely the Miniloc Island Resort, Lagen Island Resort and Pangulasian Island Resort in El-Nido and the Apulit Island Resort in Taytay, Palawan. The resort is renowned for its Be G.R.E.E.N. Beyond El Nido ISSUE 2 : 2016 | ASEAN COMMUNITY OF ENTREPRENEURS 65