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"Austria Special" Art Exhibition Premiere of Radisson Blu Hotel Pudong Century Park

Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:56:40 +0000

Shanghai, China (May 18, 2011) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — On 9 May 2011 Monday night, the Radisson Blu Hotel Pudong Century Park successfully presented a premiere party for its art exhibition series 7 "Austria Special" with an evening of beautifully prepared Thai cuisines and live band.

This time, the hotel cooperates with THE GALLERY STEINER & ART & WINE – a modern Austria art gallery which locates in the heart of Vienna. The gallery is led by Ms. Corinna Steiner and who stands for professionalism, modernity, diversity and internationalism towards modern artworks.

Total 26 modern artworks from 3 artists Hernan Garcia Lanza, Herwig Peschka and Martin Hesz are featured throughout the hotel. Artist Hernan from Argentina and artist Herwig from Austria traveled far to Shanghai to attend the premiere of the art exhibition on Monday night at the hotel. This is the first time the artworks are being exhibited in China and then around Asia. The artworks have successfully fuse contemporary exotic art with Chinese influences.

The "Austria Special" art exhibition will lasts for 2 months till July 9, 2011.

The Radisson Blu Hotel Pudong Century Park is devoted to a pure artistry hotel that will appeal to discerning business or leisure travelers seeking style as well as comfort and convenience.

Radisson® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading, full-service hotel brands, offers vibrant, contemporary and engaging hospitality that is defined by its distinctive “Yes I Can!” service philosophy. Radisson includes more than 415 locations in 72 countries. It is part of Carlson Hotels Worldwide, a leading global hotel company with more than 1,050 locations in 77 countries under the brands of Regent® Hotels & Resorts; Radisson® Hotels & Resorts; Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts; Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM and Park Inn®.

In Asia Pacific, Carlson Hotels Worldwide is fast expanding its portfolio of hotels. It currently has more than 120 hotels in operation and under development and close to 22,000 rooms in 14 countries. With regional headquarters in Singapore, it is supported by reservations, sales, operations and development offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New Delhi and Sydney.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Lily Yao
Director of Marketing & Communications
T: +86 21 5130 0000 Ext:6017
F: +86 21 5130 0111
lyao@radisson.com
www.radisson.com/shanghaicn_pudong
Radisson Blu Hotel Pudong Century Park
1199 Ying Chun Road Pudong Shanghai 200135 China

Wirtgen China Providing Aid For Quake Struck Kindergarten

Wirtgen China — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:01:32 +0000

Beijing, China (August 07, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Wirtgen China, the Chinese arm of the German-headquartered Wirtgen Group, has been actively supporting the kindergarten in Tiantai Town, Qionglai, Sichuan which was a victim of the May 12, 2008 earthquake. Right after the earthquake disaster happened in Sichuan, on May 12, 2008, many Wirtgen China employees spontaneously donated in cash to express their wish to help the people there.

At the same time, the managing director of Wirtgen China, Ulrich Reichert, and the deputy managing director, Thomas Hagspiel, decided that something should be done in the name of the company. As a result they made a joint donation of CNY500,000.

A delegation from Wirtgen China including Anny Zhang, from marketing cold recycling technologies, and Shirley Zhu, the assistant to the managing director, sought local contacts and visited the kindergarten in Tiantai.

A spokesman for Wirtgen said that they selected Tiantai when there were so many children in different places who needed help, because although this area also suffered from the earthquake. It was not as well-known as places that are mentioned again and again in the media and was therefore not so eye-catching. He added that in his understanding this place was, to an extent, forgotten. So Wirtgen's idea was that they should offer help not as "more flowers on the brocade" but as "fuel for snowy weather". Rather than give to places that could get help from other sources, they preferred to give aid where aid was lacking.

The reason for selecting a kindergarten was similar. Primary schools are included in China's nine-year compulsory education system, so the standard primary school buildings in this location had obviously fared much better. Helping with the kindergarten building became the first priority for Wirtgen. Wirtgen decided that rather than just making a donation it was preferable to have the whole process under their control as much as possible, since they wanted to be sure where and how the money was used, who they had helped, and when the kids could benefit from this project. Advice from Gisela Wirtgen in Germany, who has extensive experience of charity projects confirmed this approach. The action group "Kinder in Not" (KiN) "Children in need" was founded in 1983 at the initiative of Gisela Wirtgen, wife of Wirtgen Group founder Rainhard Wirtgen. The objective of KIN is to help under-privileged children in the Third World, without charge or profit. This is achieved through projects, which are always based on the concept of "Help through self-help". The action group is independent of all political or religious organisations and carries out its work regardless of the political or religious situation in the developing countries concerned.

KiN currently maintains or supports a total of 21 projects in the Philippines, India, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. The basis for this work is provided by several thousand sponsorships of children, schools and projects provided by individuals, families, schools, clubs, businesses etc., as well as individual donations for the various activities.

The founder and president of the KiN action group, Gisela Wirtgen, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz as well as the German Federal Order of Merit for her work. These prestigious awards are also an expression of thanks to all the unpaid helpers who have supported her in her endeavours to provide humanitarian aid over a period of many years. Top sportsman Georg Hackl (three times Olympic Champion and World Champion, Sportsman of the Year 1998) is a committed international ambassador for our action group.

After two visits and many telephone calls and email discussions, a contract was finalized in March 2009. The communication and coordination was done among three parties: Wirtgen China (as the donor) the Women's Federation of Qionglai, Sichuan Province (as the Money Receiver, officially assigned and accepted in both China and internationally) and the Education Bureau of Qionglai, Sichuan (as the Project Owner). The kindergarten, which was set up in 1981, has 64 pupils. The principal of the kindergarten, as well as the town's primary school, is Li Ziguo.

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