Hilton Christmas Charity Concert
4.01.2010Company: Hilton Prague Hotel & Hilton Prague Old Town
On Sunday, 20th of December, the Hilton hotels in Prague organized the annual Christmas Charity Concert for its clients and partners, already the thirteenth in the history of Hilton. For a third year in a row, the concert was organized jointly by the Hilton Prague and the Hilton Prague Old Town.
The great music with Christmas themes was played by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra headed by Antonín Hradil, this year featuring the International Female Choir Viva Voce, which brought the right Christmas spirit with carols sung in different languages.
As in the previous years, the Hilton Prague decided to support the charity foundation Chance 4 Children that is focused on helping children in need. Hilton Hotels in Prague have also been participating in the “Small Change, Big Difference” charity campaign organized by the Hilton in the Community Foundation, which has been running since October throughout the yearend. The campaign invites Hilton guests to add an optional 1 Euro or its equivalent in the local currency onto their room bill during their stay. Proceeds will benefit Chance 4 Children. In the course of the campaign, almost 80,000 CZK were collected up to the concert date. This amount was rounded up by Hilton and a cheque in the amount of 100.000 CZK was handed over to Chance 4 Children on behalf of Hilton by Michael Specking, General Manager of the Hilton Prague & Hilton Prague Old Town.
Additionally, throughout the evening guests contributed to the collection in the amount of almost 45.000 CZK.
During the raffle, over 400 guests had a chance to win valuable prizes, after the concert a festive reception took place in the adjacent banqueting rooms.
Festive hand over of the cheque, from left: Markéta Šebková, Marketing & PR Manager Hilton Prague & Hilton Prague Old Town; Manfred Franke, Chance 4 Children President; Claudia Specking; Michael Specking, General Manager Hilton Prague & Hilton Prague Old Town
