December 2013 - EDGE Venues

From mid-November to Christmas, Vienna’s prettiest squares transform into magical Christmas markets. The aroma of Christmas bakery items and hot punch creates a pre-Christmas atmosphere.

At the traditional Vienna Magic of Advent, the Rathausplatz becomes a shining fairytale land. The 150 or so sales stands offer Christmas gifts, Christmas tree decorations, sweets and warming drinks. Not far away is the Christmas village on Maria-Theresien-Platz, situated between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Natural History Museum. 70 stands offering traditional handicrafts and original gift ideas are set up here during Advent. The Old Viennese Christmas Market on Freyung in the city center is committed to tradition. A Christmas market was held here as early as 1772; today, it is a place to buy handicrafts, glass decorations, traditional cribs and ceramics. Festive Advent music can be heard on the square from 4 pm. Top-quality handicrafts can also be purchased a couple of steps further along at the Am Hof Advent Market.

The Christmas market in the Ehrenhof in front of Schönbrunn Palace offers romance in front of an imperial backdrop, and is converted into a New Year’s market after Christmas. The Advent market in front of Belvedere Palace is also held in an imperial ambience. Children in particular also really appreciate the Christmas market on Karlsplatz.

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Speaking about the success, Jacqui Kavanagh, Managing Director of Trinity Event Solutions said: “I’m absolutely delighted that we have been recognised for our dedication to Corporate Social Responsibility and staff welfare. Our philosophy of It’s not what you give – it’s how you live is at the heart of our business. I’m particularly pleased that the judges recognised the significance of achieving IIP Gold and commitment in our behaviour and our activities to society, our stakeholders, our people and the environment.”

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One of the key achievements in 2013 was the Trinity Triple Challenge. At the beginning of the year all employees voted for three charities to support in a major fund raising event. These were Hospital at Home, The Children’s Air Ambulance and Rutland Saila

At the awards ceremony Peterborough Telegraph managing director, Richard Parkinson said: “I would like to congratulate everyone. The standard and quality of entries was once again, exceptionally high this year, and the judges have had many sleepless nights trying to choose just one winner in each of the categories.” Chairman of the Judges, Bill Agnew of Opportunity Peterborough added: “The awards have brought out some new names and hidden gems and the judges had some tough decisions to make singling out the winners.” bility. 25 members of staff chose a city or region to visit, then each arranged 20 site visits over one weekend, so in total more than 500 venues were visited. All of the venues visited were asked for a prize to put on our auction site. In total,

£20,840 was raised, so the event was a great success.

Month: December 2013

Christmas In Vienna

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