Hospitality organization The Leading Hotels of the World has granted a Commitment to Excellence award to The Nam Hai resort, managed by the luxury hotel and resort management company GHM on the coast of Quang Nam Province.
The organization handed out excellence awards to three hotels for their exceptional work in the environment, community outreach and cultural support.
The Nam Hai won the award for Commitment to the Community, the Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa in Australia for the Commitment to the Environment and the Halekulani Hotel in Hawaii won the Commitment to Culture award.
In 2009, The Nam Hai launched the Sympathetic Hearts charity fund for the local community to help disadvantaged children go to school. The fund has provided scholarships to 57 local children and the opportunity to ‘Be Part of The Nam Hai Staff for the Day’ to learn about day-to-day resort operations.
The luxury resort also donated blankets and food to families affected by Typhoon Ketsana, life’s necessities to poor families during last Lunar New Year holiday and organized a beach clean-up on the World Environment Day.
The Nam Hai’s current projects include university scholarships for talented local students, food donations to a local orphanage and handicapped center sponsored by Tetra-Pak Japan and regular medical missions.