Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park celebrates Christmas spirit with its annual Christmas Tree lighting event

The Christmas Tree Lighting is a ritual that officially marks the onset of the festive time and ringing in the joy and happiness of the holiday season. Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park celebrated their annual Christmas Tree Lighting event on 9th December 2022.

Unveiling the Christmas Spirit, the ceremony started from 7PM onwards and was hosted at the Connexions Lounge at Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park, and in attendance were the Long staying resident guests of the hotel, and Chennai’s socialites and influencers. Upon arrival, Consulates and other guests were greeted with mulled wine, while all the children were served delicious cups of hot chocolate. The event saw a spirited Carol Singing performance, during which the Christmas tree was lit by the Thai consulate Mr. Nitirooge Phoneprasert. Soon thereafter, Santa Claus entered with goodie bags and chocolates and cookies for the kids.

In keeping with its tradition of always coming up with innovative & creative Christmas Trees, this year too the team at Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park unveiled the RRR Christmas Tree. This unique tree encompasses all the virtues of Reduce, Reuse & Recycle – The primary ingredient utilised for constructing this tree is dried sugarcane waste. This is something that has never been attempted before and true symbol of how waste material can be reused & upcycled to create beautiful objects of art. Our team of engineers scouted the city of Chennai and collected over 200kg of sugarcane waste from sugarcane juice vendors. They sun-dried the material and painted it after treating it to make this wonderful tree. Instead of disposing them off, the team collected fused bulbs in the hotel and once again re-cycled & upcycled them to make fashionable Santa’s that are used to decorate the tree as ornaments & decorations. The team at the hotel reduced & minimised the purchase, production and wastage of new / raw material by reusing & recycling waste material to create this truly unique and first of its kind RRR Christmas Tree made of sugarcane. This initiative symbolises our commitment towards protecting the environment and promoting sustainability. We are confident that it would encourage our team members & guests alike to continue such initiatives.

Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park is ecstatic to announce that it has partnered with Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society (KKSS), a charitable NGO. KKSS is a 40-year-old Non-Governmental Organization that was founded in 1983 and has been executing numerous welfare and developmental programmes for children, women, the elderly, and the community in Chennai. For the last few years, KKSS has been running an Angel House Infants’ Home in Chennai. By rescuing and rehabilitating abandoned kids from diverse areas, they are one of the most specialised adoption services.

We have also pledged to donate Rs. 100 to them from every single restaurant bill that is over Rs. 1000 during the festive season from 23rd December to 31st December in Crowne Plaza Chennai Adyar Park. Our General Manager Anand Nair added, “It was a tremendous joy to include this NGO and involve them in our Tree Lighting Ceremony. We are delighted to be in a position where we can help the underprivileged through this NGO that is doing monumental work in helping children and the elderly. We are glad to partner up with the Kalaiselvi Karunalaya Social Welfare Society (KKSS) for this noble cause.

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