Edsa Shangri-la

Last 30 July 2010 I, along with 12 other agents, was invited by Ms Aris delos Santos-Ote, Director of Sales of Edsa Shangri-la Manila to be part of Shangri-la Hotels' Circle for Success. Basically, Circle for Success is a program by Shangri-la to update people who book with the hotel by letting them experience guest rooms, food and beverage outlets, meeting facilities and other services the hotel may have to offer.

Call time was at 0800H but the affair started at around 0900H already. They did have a breakfast spread with pastries, coffee and tea to kick of the day. The event started with the introduction of key department heads from Reservations, Front Desk, Housekeeping ,etc. The Resident Manager, Ms. Maggie Garcia (my former boss), was also there for some opening remarks (she also attended the closing cocktails). Afterwhich, we were ushered into a guest room where a housekeeping attendant showed us how to make beds and clean up the room (a lifelong dream of mine since I've always wanted to be a maid or housekeeper, NOT!). Buffet Lunch at Heat was next and this was the part I looked forward to the most hehehe. At around 1330H-ish, we were allowed to check in our rooms and freshen up for the afternoon activity scheduled at 1400H.



inside the basket is a pot and two tea cups...since i thought this was a part of the giveaway, I didn't bother to check if there was tea inside the pot. And there was! It turns out, this is kinda like a welcome drink and not for me to take home hehehe

the view from my room. as you can see Shangri-la Plaza Mall is just a stone throw away

all rooms have LCD TVs and complimentary internet connection

welcome platter and chocolate

So after depositing our stuff inside our room, we assembled for the afternoon activity which turns out to be an Amazing Race-type of game. We were split into two teams (I was with the Red Team...the other team was the Yellow Team) and were given four pictures with different locations outside the hotel. We were to go these four locations and snap a picture similar to the one that we were holding. The four pictures were namely from Eastwood Mall, Tiendesitas, Greenhills Shopping Center and Shangri-la Plaza Mall. After the task has been completed, we were to return to the hotel. Red team was the first to go back but it didnt end there. There were still some more tasks to be accomplished and these had to do with Philippine street games such as garter, jackstone, etc. Fortunately for me, my team mates were good in these games as I could not, even if my life depended on it, accomplish any of the games laid out for us. The finale was bed making which, once again, I passed on since I was no Martha Stewart. We eventually emerged as the winning team was awarded with a gift certificate for lunch or dinner at Heat. The day ended with cocktails at E Bar with juices and canapes and finger food.

The Shangri-la group is definitely one of the hotel brands that we expect a lot from and they definitely proved this once more with such an activity.

Edsa Shangri-la Manila
1 Garden Way, Ortigas Center
Mandaluyong City
1650 Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel: (63 2) 6338888
Fax: (63 2)6311063
Website: www.shangri-la.com