{"id":31289,"date":"2008-03-31T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T21:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/2008\/03\/31\/5951-peninsula-hong-kong-extends-anniversay-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2008-03-31T05:30:20","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T21:30:20","slug":"peninsula-hong-kong-extends-anniversay-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/2008\/03\/31\/31289\/","title":{"rendered":"Peninsula Hong Kong Extends Anniversary Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, the Peninsula Hong Kong celebrates its 80th anniversary, and while the actual anniversary falls on December 11, 2008, the hotel is celebrating all year with events and promotions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Among other events celebrating the anniversary, March saw the return of the traditional afternoon tea dances which are being held on the first Sunday of each month until December.<\/p>\n<p>Activities and events not only commemorate the history of the hotel and the role it has played in Hong Kong through the years, but also recall the city's fast-disappearing history and heritage, and look to the community with a charity focus. The three beneficiaries are all based in Hong Kong, and provide direct community services. They are Make-A-Wish, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses; Mary Rose School, which provides schooling for children with mental disabilities; and St. James' Settlement Funeral Navigation Service, which assists the elderly with funeral preparation such as photography, logistics, legal advice, and a helpline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, the Peninsula Hong Kong celebrates its 80th anniversary, and while the actual anniversary falls on December 11, 2008, the hotel is celebrating all year with events and promotions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinahospitalitynews.com\/cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}