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Charity Car Wash in its 8th year at Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy

Singapore, 28 Apr 2015 – Express your support for the needy through the charity car wash on 15 May 2015 in its 8th year at Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy.

The car wash is mainly organised by Roxy Pacific Holdings Limited, Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy and Marine Parade Citizens Consultative Committee and supported by Accor Asia Pacific and five of its Singapore hotels - Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay, Ibis Singapore on Bencoolen, Ibis Singapore on Novena, Sofitel So Singapore and The Singapore Resort and Spa Sentosa. Together with kind sponsors, the main goal would be to raise funds for the recently-launched Roxy Foundation that will be distributed to NGOs, VWO and schools.

The group will be organizing its 8th fund-raising car wash on Friday, 15 May 2015 from 10 am to 6 pm, with the aim of raising $100,000 for Roxy Foundation. Roxy Pacific Holdings Limited will contribute $60,000 for the event.

Mr Lim Biow Chuan, MP for Mountbatten SMC will grace this occasion as the Guest of Honor and will wash the car of the donor with the highest amount of $10,000, together with the Directors of Roxy Pacific Holdings Limited and General Managers of Accor Singapore Hotels.

The families will also be invited to the ‘Children Are Our Hope For the Future 2015’ dinner on Thursday, 28th May 2015 that is hosted at the Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy, with Emeritus Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong as guest of honor.

In addition, up to 100 children from low income families living around the community will each receive $300 from the money raised in the form of vouchers. 15 students from Nanyang Polytechnic will also be receiving tuition fee grants of $1000 each that will go towards their tertiary education tuition fees.

“We are very proud to be organizing the car wash event for the 8th year running. It is great to engage with the community and giving back by raising funds for the underprivileged through the annual charity drive here at Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy.” said Mr Klaus Gottschalk, General Manager of Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy.

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About The Roxy Foundation

The Roxy Foundation was launched on the 27 February 2015. Initiated by Roxy-Pacific Holdings, The Roxy Foundation aims to inject two hundred thousand dollars annually to support charity programs for needy children. Anchored on this believe, Roxy-Pacific created the “Children Are Our Hope for the Future” programme in 2007 with the main aim of using this programme for a wide variety of charitable and community engagement activities organised in partnership with different stakeholders in the community.

About Roxy Pacific Holdings

Roxy-Pacific Holdings Limited is a home-grown specialty property and hospitality group with a track record that extends back to 1967. Listed on the SGX Mainboard in March 2008, the Group's main activities include the development and sale of residential properties ("Property Development") and the ownership of Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel and other investment properties ("Hotel Ownership and Property Investment"). In Property Development, Roxy-Pacific is an established brand name for small and medium size residential developments with unique design features. The Group's developments offer a desirable living environment which epitomizes quality and innovation and are targeted at middle to upper middle income buyers. 

The Group also owns the Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy, managed by the international hotel operator, Accor Group. Strategically located in the East Coast area, the hotel is close to the CBD, the Changi airport and the Marina Bay Sands Casino. 

The Group is currently expanding into overseas developments and has established a foothold in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Australia.

About Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy

Conveniently located just 15 minutes away from Changi International Airport, the family-friendly Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy is nestled in heritage Katong, a historical area on Singapore’s East Coast near the city. A short walk away is East Coast Park with attractive beaches and facilities popular with families. Opposite the hotel is Parkway Parade Shopping Centre, a one-stop shopping destination that caters to every family or the business traveler’s needs. The hotel is within easy access to Singapore’s popular shopping and business hubs in Suntec City and Orchard Road and VivoCity at HarbourFront; Singapore Flyer and the F1 race area at Marina Bay, making it the ideal and centralized location for corporate functions seeking a world that encompasses both work and play. The hotel has 576 guest rooms and suites, choice of five dining outlets, 10 meeting rooms, outdoor swimming pool and a well-equipped fitness centre. It also offers complimentary one-way shuttle service to Paya Lebar MRT Station from Mondays to Fridays at the following stipulated timings: 7.00am, 7.30am, 8.00am, 8.30am, 9.00am and 10.00am. Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy also offers one way complimentary shuttle service to Marina Bay, Esplanade andION Orchard every Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays at 10.00am, 11.00am and 12.00noon. Grand Mercure Roxy Singapore is managed by Accor, a major global group and European leader in hotels.

About Grand Mercure

Grand Mercure establishes itself as a distinctive upscale collection of hotels and apartment hotels in key business and resort locations brand of Accor, the world’s leading hotel operator with over 3600 hotel and over 160,000 employees in 92 countries. It has operated in Asia Pacific for almost 20 years, anchoring itself around “Discover a new authentic” with the hotels closely connected to their local areas through their design, character and flavour combined with upscale hospitality service. Accor is currently tailoring the Grand Mercure brand to adapt to different markets, launching Grand Mercure Mi Jue in China and Grand Mercure Maha Cipta in Indonesia, with expansion soon to follow in India and Latin America – countries where there is a greater demand for hotels that truly understand the different expectations of their guests. The Grand Mercure network consists of 44 hotels in 8 countries with a 65-hotel network planned by 2015 in China. For more information visit www.grandmercure.com

Topics

  • Tourism

Categories

  • accor
  • asia pacific
  • family accommodation
  • hospitality
  • hospitality asia
  • hotels
  • hotels and resorts
  • resorts
  • singapore
  • travel
  • grand mercure
  • midscale
  • charity event
  • car wash

Accor, is the world’s leading hotel operator, with 470,000 rooms in 3,600 hotels across 14 trusted brands in 92 countries. The company is organized around two distinct divisions, HotelServices, which operates and franchises the hotels and HotelInvest, which is a hotel owner and investor. The Accor hotels sit in three segments from budget to luxury which are constantly reinventing their concept to satisfy the needs of business and leisure customers around the globe. Accor brands include in luxury-upscale; Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery and Grand Mercure, The Sebel, midscale; Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure and Adagio and economy; ibis, ibis Styles, ibis budget, adagio access and hotelF1. The Group boasts a powerful digital ecosystem, notably its booking portal accorhotels.com, its brand websites and its loyalty program Le Club Accorhotels.

The Group’s 170,000 employees benefit from working for a company that believes in progression and has an industry leading training program, the Accor Académie. Since its creation 45 years ago, Accor is making innovation and sustainable hospitality the focus of its strategic vision as well as of its customer-centric approach development and innovation process.


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