Shangri-La will launch a global eBay charity auction to benefit Care for Children on June 6, 2006 at 7 PM (US EST). Shangri-La hotels have created 14 exclusive luxury travel experiences with a combined retail value of over US$100,000 for the 10-day online auction, which will end June 16.
The hotel group is donating money raised to Care for Children through eBay Giving Works. Established in 1998, Care for Children works in partnership with local and national governments in China to establish foster care programmes.
Journey to Shangri-La
The auction packages feature metropolitan destinations such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Sydney, Singapore and New Delhi as well as romantic resort locales such as Borneo, Oman and Fiji. "Journey to Shangri-La" luxury packages have a retail value up to US$20,300. See
http://www.shangri-la.com/cfc_auction for more information and to bid.
Each luxury escape provides exceptional experiences - some one-of-a-kind - arranged by the hotels' general managers and expert staff.
Shangri-La experiences include:
- A private dinner in the highly exclusive and VIP access-only dining room at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
- A climb to the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge
- A guided excursion with a ranger at the Orang Utan Nature Reserve in Borneo
- A gourmet meal served atop the Great Wall of China
- Parasailing above the Deep Sea Lagoon in Fiji
- A day at the races and luncheon in a private box at The Hong Kong Jockey Club
- A one-hour consultation with a renowned feng shui master in Beijing
- A personal concierge shopping assistant in Bangkok
- A dolphin and whale watching tour off Oman's shores
- Sunset dinner cruise on the Singapore River aboard a private yacht
- A private dinner and viewing of art at Shanghai's chic Art Scene Gallery
Care for Children and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
Care for Children has a "vision for a million" abandoned and orphaned children to be in long-term foster care by 2010. The nonprofit has helped place more than 31,000 children in foster homes in China and is a registered charity in the U.S., U.K. and China.
Shangri-La became Care for Children's first and only hotel group corporate partner in 2005. The group is leveraging its substantial network, providing financial assistance through guest donation programmes, sponsoring venues for the charity's events and workshops, and launching a series of grassroots initiatives through 2006.
