{"id":8170,"date":"2017-12-19T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2017-12-19T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:57:12","slug":"le-royal-meridien-ushered-in-the-festive-season-with-the-traditional-christmas-tree-lighting-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=8170","title":{"rendered":"Le Royal Meridien ushered in the festive season with the traditional\u00a0Christmas tree lighting ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_395912693988865131gmail-msonormal\" align=\"center\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Actro-Rishi-and-Dr-IG-Periaswamy-Chairman-Le-Royal-Meridien-with-children-from-Indian-Youth-villages-fellowship-childrens-Home.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8171\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8171 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Actro-Rishi-and-Dr-IG-Periaswamy-Chairman-Le-Royal-Meridien-with-children-from-Indian-Youth-villages-fellowship-childrens-Home.jpg\" alt=\"Actro Rishi and Dr IG Periaswamy, Chairman, Le Royal Meridien with children from Indian Youth villages fellowship children's Home\" width=\"497\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Actro-Rishi-and-Dr-IG-Periaswamy-Chairman-Le-Royal-Meridien-with-children-from-Indian-Youth-villages-fellowship-childrens-Home.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Actro-Rishi-and-Dr-IG-Periaswamy-Chairman-Le-Royal-Meridien-with-children-from-Indian-Youth-villages-fellowship-childrens-Home-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_395912693988865131gmail-msonormal\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"Faceinews Logo - Copy\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_395912693988865131gmail-msonormal\" align=\"center\"><b>The celebrations began with the choir from Indian Youth Villages Fellowship Children\u2019s Home who serenaded the crowd with their soulful carols.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_395912693988865131gmail-msonormal\" align=\"center\"><b>Chennai<\/b>: Marking the beginning of festive season Le Royal Meridien hosted the traditional tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2017. The Christmas tree lighting ceremony was promptly held at the Lobby with the melodious sounds of children\u2019s choir group. Actor Rishi Raj and Dr IG Periaswamy inaugurated the lighting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Christmas-Tree-Lighting-@-Le-Royal-Meridien.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8172 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Christmas-Tree-Lighting-@-Le-Royal-Meridien.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Tree Lighting @ Le Royal Meridien\" width=\"246\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Christmas-Tree-Lighting-@-Le-Royal-Meridien.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Christmas-Tree-Lighting-@-Le-Royal-Meridien-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Santa Claus made an exciting entry to the event, with a bag full of goodies, while all the children from Indian Youth Villages Fellowship children\u2019s home chorused Christmas carols in delight. The giant Christmas tree was then lit up in the presence of all the guests who came together to share in this beautiful celebration with Le Royal Meridien.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLe Royal Meridien\u2019s \u00a0magnificent Christmas Tree attracted everyone\u2019s attention this year.\u00a0 We kept the design of the tree traditional and elegant with a decoration theme of gold and red. Hundreds of joyful ornaments, such as candies, gift boxes, tinsel pieces, gold ribbons, light bulbs, balls and violins were used to create a stunning Christmas tree displaying childhood memories.\u00a0 The tree was topped with a shining star, taking it to a glorious height with a truly spectacular visual impact\u201d, said Sumit Kant, General Manager, Le Royal Meridien.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The celebrations began with the choir from Indian Youth Villages Fellowship Children\u2019s Home who serenaded the crowd with their soulful carols. Chennai: Marking the beginning of festive season Le Royal Meridien hosted the traditional tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, 16th\u00a0December 2017. The Christmas tree lighting ceremony was promptly held at the Lobby with the melodious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8173,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions\/8173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}