Radisson Blu celebrates its fifth anniversary in Asia Pacific with a ?Blu Day? event.
There are currently 44 Radisson Blu hotels in operation across the region, up from 26 hotels five years ago, with 35 additional Radisson Blu hotels in the pipeline.
?Radisson Blu is one of the fastest growing hotel brands in Asia Pacific and Blu Day is a great opportunity for us to engage our guests, employees and communities and to show our appreciation for their continued support of this iconic brand,? said Sandy Russell, vice president, commercial operations, Asia Pacific, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.
Teams across the region were encouraged to go all out to ?demonstrate why Radisson Blu is Asia Pacific?s ?Favourite Blu?.?
Many hotels seized the opportunity to give back to their communities.
Before sunrise in China, the Radisson Blu Liuzhou staff served breakfast to street cleaners before leading a blood-donation drive in partnership with the Red Cross.
The team also hosted a hotel visit and lunch for students from Yu Cai Special School.
In India, the Radisson Blu Ranchi team invited the children of Maher Maika Orphanage to join them for lunch at the hotel and presented each child with a hamper that included school supplies, daily necessities, toiletries and sweets.
Employees also donated clothes to the orphanage. They donated rice, flour and toiletries to the Blind School for Girls.
The Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok hosted a special Blu-themed luncheon for 30 children from Baan Nokkamin Foundation.
And the Radisson Blu Fiji Resort Denarau Island reached out to the youth in the community by helping to establish libraries and library services at Nawaka, Nadi Primary, Mulomulo, Nadi District, Nawai and Ralete primary schools.
Some 80 students were also invited to join in the Blu Day celebrations at the hotel.