Shangri-La Events Collection & Golden Circle Event Planner:

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts launched the Shangri-La Events Collection and Golden Circle Event Planner Rewards, a loyalty programme for meeting and travel professionals. This programme offers meeting and travel professionals and any Golden Circle member the ability to earn elite status as well as earn and redeem points for groups, meetings, conferences and events across the Shangri-La, Kerry and Hotel Jen portfolio. This offer can be availed by corporate bookers, business travel agents, professional conference organisers or individual bookers who book meetings and events on behalf of his or her employers, clients or others. Additionally, travel agents, and professional or freelance social events organisers are also qualified to become a member of Golden Circle Programme. Talking about the package, Alok Chakravarty, Director of Sales and Marketing, Shangri-La’s-Eros Hotel, New Delhi, says, “This event planner package is available at all Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts across the world and now we have two properties in India. This also gives an edge to the event planners to transfer the credit to our sister hotels internationally.” And can it be availed outside the country of residence as well, Chakravarty answers, “The points can be redeemed across Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts.” Broadway and Bryant Park, The Knickerbocker has 7,800 sqft of indoor and outdoor space on its St. Cloud rooftop. It can accommodate up to 250 guests. On the fourth floor, The Salon can hold up to 160 guests and offers 2,200-sq.ft. of meeting space, adjacent to Charlie Palmer at the Knick. Also on offer is cuisine from the award-winning signature restaurant bearing the name of its celebrity chef, Charlie Palmer. Teambuilding experiences such as a boot camp fitness break led by a certified trainer, a master culinary course with the chef, or a rooftop mixology class at sunset can also be organised. Shawn Hauver, Managing Director at The Knickerbocker, says, “The commercial intersection and Midtown Manhattan neighborhood has become a hub for the corporate sector, and we wish to provide a boardroom experience that extends beyond the traditional boardroom walls that is welcoming and relaxing, yet fun and ultimately, productive.”