Corporate Bits | Cambridge University’s Caius Choir to perform at joint BBAM – FMBA event

A Concert of Carols for Advent and Christmas given by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College, visiting from the University of Cambridge, UK, will be held in the foyer of the Grand Coloane Resort at 6pm today. The concert will kick off the joint British Business Association of Macao and France Macau Business Association Christmas Networking Party.
Led by Choir Director Dr. Geoffrey Webber, the choir is one of the United Kingdom’s leading collegiate choirs, and students will perform a wide range of sacred and secular choral music from across the ages.
The concert is made possible by the support of principal sponsor HSBC Macau Branch, and of co-sponsors Grand Coloane Resort and CN Concerts.
Following on from the concert, which will last for approximately 45 minutes, up to one hundred members and guests from both business associations will have a chance to enjoy Christmas cocktails and canapés, while reflecting on Macao’s business and social highlights over the past year.

etihad airways’ james hogan named one of 25 most influential business travel executives

James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been recognized as one of the 25 most influential business travel executives by Business Travel News (BTN). The 2015 list of industry honorees was announced Tuesday night at The BTN Group’s Business Travel Trends & Forecasts conference in New York City. “BTN identified Mr. Hogan early in the year as a person to watch,” said Elizabeth West, Business Travel News’ Editor-In-Chief. “Completing Etihad’s purchase of a 49 per cent stake in Alitalia last December underscored his dedication to a bold equity alliance strategy. This, along with his continued effort to place downward pressure on long-haul airfares, have earned him a spot on our annual list.”
James Hogan said: “Etihad Airways and our 27,000 employees worldwide are reinventing the air travel experience, bringing competition, world-class hospitality and revolutionary new products to our guests, while providing access to parts of the world that would otherwise go underserved or unserved.”

wynn holds festive carol concert and charity gift drive

The International School of Macau (TIS) Crescendo Choir presented the gift of music at the lobby of Wynn Macau yesterday to kick-start the festivities of the holiday season and to celebrate the success of the Wynn employee (WE) charity gift drive – WE Share. The charity initiative received overwhelming support from Wynn employees, with more than four hundred gifts collected, which will benefit underprivileged children through the help of Caritas Macau. Mr. Pun Chi Meng, Secretary General of Caritas Macau, attended the event and received the gifts and handmade greeting cards from Mr. Thomas Lau, Wynn Macau’s Director of Human Resources.