Hotel Etico
Highlights
- Experience inclusive hospitality as you connect with young people with disability in the heart of the Blue Mountains.
- Relax in comfortable rooms featuring electric blankets and en-suites, ensuring a cosy stay year-round.
- Savour delicious meals in the on-site restaurant, complemented by a welcoming bar atmosphere.
- Explore expansive gardens and communal spaces, perfect for families, groups, and corporate gatherings.
Hotel Etico is Australia’s first social enterprise hotel, training and employing young people with disability. They are based in Mount Victoria, in the beautiful Blue Mountains and offer 15 rooms all with en-suites, as a combination of queen, family and twin rooms, a restaurant, bar, meeting conference facilities, library, TV/games room, expansive gardens. They cater for individuals, couples, families, groups and corporates.
At Hotel Etico, you will have a very inclusive experience, will enjoy a charming property and the amazing hospitality of their friendly staff.
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Accreditations
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ATEC Accessible & Inclusive Host
- Accommodation Association of Australia
Features
Available experiences
Standard Queen
The standard queen room features a queen bed with an en-suite bathroom. It is heated and the bed has an electric blanket for those colder months, with a fan for when it gets warmer. The room has wireless internet and daily room service, with complimentary toiletries, towels and linen. The room is non-smoking and has a bar fridge.
Standard Twin
The standard twin room features two single beds with an en-suite bathroom. It is heated and the bed has an electric blanket for those colder months, with a fan for when it gets warmer. The room has wireless internet and daily room service, with complimentary toiletries, towels and linen. The room is non-smoking and has a bar fridge.
Standard Family Room
The standard family room features a queen and single bed with an en-suite bathroom. It is heated and the beds have electric blankets for those colder months, with a fan for when it gets warmer. The room has wireless internet and daily room service, with complimentary toiletries, towels and linen. The room is non-smoking and has provision to make tea and coffee, with a kettle and bar fridge.
Heritage Large Family Room
The heritage large family room is the largest of our available rooms, with generous space to make you feel at home. It features a queen bed and single bed with an en-suite bathroom. It is heated and the bed has an electric blanket for those colder months, with a fan for when it is warmer. The room has wireless internet and daily room service, with complimentary toiletries, towels and linen. The room is non-smoking and has provision to make tea and coffee, with a kettle and bar fridge.
Heritage Queen
The heritage queen features a queen bed with an en-suite bathroom. It is heated and the bed has an electric blanket for those colder months, with a fan for when it gets warmer. The room has wireless internet and daily room service, with complimentary toiletries, towels and linen. The room is non-smoking and has a bar fridge.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Grab rails in the bathroom
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
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