The Sheraton Tianjin Hotel is one of the most prestigious hotels in Tianjin. For many years, the hotel’s team has been giving the community joyous and elegant moments that soon were to become traditions that expats happily join.
One of these traditions is the Tree-Lighting Ceremony, an event that hundreds of people attended last Friday, December 3. But what’s so special about this celebration? The fact that people feel welcomed and part of something greater. This year, the Sheraton organized an amazing auction. What were guests auctioning? Paradise! Trips from Hong Kong to the mesmerizing Fiji, four nights at the Maldives, Hainan, and many other breathtaking destinations that anyone would be more than lucky to travel to helped the Sheraton fight for a greater cause. All the funds collected from the auction, an outstanding total of 85,000 RMB, reverted to ICCO, Tianjin’s orphanage. This year, many children that need surgery and other special and expensive medical treatments will get what they wished for the most, specialised and quality medical care.
During the auction, the children from the orphanage presented their guests with their beauty and innocence singing delightful season songs!
And of course, after much excitement, performances, great appetizers and fragrant wine came the ceremony everyone was waiting for, the tree-lighting. Once more the spirit of Christmas embodied all the guests, the joy spread and a wonderful dinner was shared by generous, in high spirits people!