On the occasion of the World Wellness Day, Shangri-La Hotel, Chiang Mai organized an event called “Ride for Healthier Life and Grow for Greener World”. The hotel invited guests and staff to participate in activities inside or outside of the hotel. This event aimed to raised awareness about a healthy life style and the importance of the forestation. The event was highly anticipated by the guests of the hotel and Shangri-La hotel’s colleagues.

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The activity inside the hotel started at 10 am with a fun and creative facial colour painting. Then let out the sweat with Thai boxing dance. Cooled down in the afternoon with the Aqua dance at the main pool of the hotel. Also, guests and colleagues are invited to have complimentary healthy snacks at the health club.

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For the outside activities, they divided into 2 groups: FIT and FUN group. The event started early in the morning at 6.30 am where the FIT group rode a bike from Shangri-La Hotel to Cowboy Army Riding Club where they met up with the FUN group that rode the red truck. Then the groups continued their journey to the 5th special forces regiment military base at Mae Rim district. The total travel distance is over 20 KM but the group continued their journey without tired. Everybody took a short break and enjoyed healthy breakfast at the reservoir inside the military base before finishing with the green activity, planting trees in the forest. With the assistance of the military officials, the FIT and FUN group safely arrived at the designated spot for planting trees and everybody helping each other planting tree samplings together. Before heading back to the hotel, the FIT and FUN are invited to have a delicious and healthy breakfast by the reservoir.