Story | 30 Jan, 2018
Collaborative Mooring Buoy Installation at Marriott Merlin Beach
On the 15th and 18th of January 2018, IUCN, in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR), Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Merlin Beach, Sea Bees Diving and the Prince of Songkla University, installed four mooring buoys in the bay in…
Story | 25 Sep, 2017
World Tourism Day: IUCN and Marriott Hotels collaborate to raise awareness on sustainable seafood
In celebration of World Tourism Day on 27th September 2017, JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa together with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Marriott Thailand Business Council will host a showcase of their award winning Sustainable Tourism Practices.
Story | 08 Sep, 2017
Marriott Merlin Butterfly Sanctuary
IUCN, in collaboration with the Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Merlin Beach has established a unique conservation-oriented Butterfly Sanctuary on the resort property. Butterflies are essential pollinators for a wide variety of decorative and wild flowering plants, cross-pollinating flowers that…
Story | 11 Jul, 2017
Marriott Resorts and IUCN develop Reef Education Center in Phuket
Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Merlin Beach is unique among hotels in Phuket in that it has its own house reef, teeming with diverse fish and coral life. The coral reef can be explored by snorkeling or diving from the beach at high tide, or wading around the tide pools when the tide is low.…
Story | 02 Jan, 2011
IUCN welcomes ‘Forests 2011’ - International Year of Forests
The world’s forests are essential to life in all its diversity and to attaining humanity’s biggest goals such as reducing poverty, curbing climate change and achieving sustainable development. Throughout 2011 IUCN will work towards making sure that forests deliver their maximum potential for…