Staff from the Jumeira Rotana, Rihab Rotana and Villa Rotana took part in an ocean clean up drive as part of World Oceans Day celebrations.

Working in partnership with Dubai Municipality, Emirates Marine Environmental Group and the Filipino Scuba Divers in Dubai, about 26 colleagues from the three hotels and 15 professional divers organised underwater clean-up at the Jebel Ali Marine Sanctuary on June 3 from 8:30 to 11:30 am.

On the same day, around 20 rehabilitated baby turtles were released by the Emirates Marine Environmental Group.

Ulrich Hoffmeister, general manager of Jumeira Rotana, said: “We as a company are committed to the protection of our environment and are delighted that we as hotel teams could take part in this cause. It is great to see that this spirit runs throughout our teams and yielded such great participation.”

World Oceans Day is an annual observation to honour, help protect, appreciate and conserve the world’s oceans. By working together we can support a healthy environment as well as healthy oceans that are able to sustainably provide a habitat for billions of humans, plants and animals that depend on it every day.

Mitch Cantillana, president of Filipino Scuba Divers Club, said: “We as a group always dive for a good cause. It was another great experience doing such an initiative and to be part of Rotana Hotels initiative of taking care of the environment and creatures under the sea.”

The hotel colleagues collected a total of 23 bags of mixed trash from under the sea at Jebel Ali Marine Sanctuary beach. - TradeArabia News Service