Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific announced that its ‘Run to Give’ charity run has taken place in 105 locations across Asia Pacific. As part of this Asia Pacific-wide initiative, The St. Regis Tianjin, The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin, The Westin Tianjin, Sheraton Tianjin Hotel and Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel joined hands to organize the event in support of Wings of Care & World of Art Burt Culture.
Started in 2014 as Hotel Charity Run, the inaugural event saw an overwhelming response of over 20,000 runners take part in 92 locations across Asia Pacific; raising a total of close to USD 228,000. Associates from Starwood hotels all over the region organized these unique runs to raise funds for a local charity in which their hotels operated in. This year, the run took on the official event name ‘Run to Give’ – chosen amongst close to 500 internal submission entries, best representing the spirit of the charity event.
Mr. Peter Nast, General Manager of The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin said: “Care for Community is a driving value for us with Starwood Hotels & Resorts. I am elated to see so many participants joining us and run, with generosity and love on their mind. We really hope those children who need help can benefit from this event.”
Run to Give expects to gather more than 500 participants, including Starwood associates, running enthusiasts and philanthropists from Tianjin. The famous movie and television series star & singer – Mr. Lei Nuor is also attending as Charity Ambassador of this event. Mr. Peng San, a famous musician sings to cheer up for all the runners.
Financial Street Holding Tianjin sponsors CNY 30,000 for Wings of Care and General Manager Li Liang delivers the check to the representative from charity organization. Over CNY 60,000 funds were raised from this activity (including CNY 40,000 in cash and CNY 20,000 in-kind donations collected through the charity run in Tianjin) and will go towards Wings of Care and World of Art Brut Culture to support programs for biliary atresia children.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific announced that its ‘Run to Give’ charity run has taken place in 105 locations across Asia Pacific. As part of this Asia Pacific-wide initiative, The St. Regis Tianjin, The Astor Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Tianjin, The Westin Tianjin, Sheraton Tianjin Hotel and Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel joined hands to organize the event in support of Wings of Care & World of Art Burt Culture.
