Roundup

Vip Guests

The president of Poland Andrzej Duda, on a visit to China, was welcomed by Henk Meyknecht, general manager of Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai.

Kofi Atta Annan, the former UN secretary-general, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, stayed at the Sunrise Kempinski Hotel, Beijing, and received a warm welcome by General Manager Brice Pean.

Appointment

The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing, announced the appointment of Mauro Altea as chef de cuisine of Barolo, the hotel's award-winning restaurant.

Christmas

Shanghai Marriott Hotel Pudong East is introducing a family Christmas dinner buffet on Dec 24 and 25 priced at 368 yuan ($58) per person or 888 yuan for a family of four.

021-6036-8888

The Westin Bund Center Shanghai is offering a series of Christmas and New Year's events, including a traditional Italian Christmas antipasto buffet, special Christmas brunch and a Westin Winter Wonderland Christmas Eve Dinner.

021-61035048

Charity

Kuntai Hotel Beijing will hold a Christmas charity bazaar on Dec 2. Paintings created by the 9-year-old daughter of Faye Wong, a famous Chinese singer, students from a kindergarten in Beijing and two young artists will be sold during the event. All the money will be donated to the Beijing Smileangel Children's Hospital to help children born with cleft lip.

Special Offer

Le Club AccorHotels has launched an exclusive points offer for its Asia Pacific hotels to reward members until Feb 29, 2016. Members can earn double points from Mondays to Thursdays and triple points from Fridays to Sundays. More than 500 properties are taking part including selected Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, The Sebel, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure and Ibis hotels across the region.

(China Daily 11/28/2015 page10)