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Chopard 150th Anniversary Gala in Singapore

 

Singapore, 14 July 2010 -  Chopard celebrated its 150th Anniversary and showcased  its stunning Animal World Collection with a grand dinner at the new hotel, The Fullerton Bay Hotel to 150 guests.  Gracing the evening was Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard who specially flew in for the gala event and the opening of the Marina Bay Sand Boutique .

Guests were fortunate to see 60 out of the 150 unique pieces of the Animal World Collection, a rare occurrence of so many pieces to be gathered at one place, as some of the pieces are either in various locations or being sold. 

The Marina Bay Sands (MBS) where the new boutique is located...



Directly opposite MBS, the location for the evening gala event ...





The Fullerton Bay Hotel, the first waterfront hotel in Singapore,  was just open last week.  Situated at the historic Clifford Pier, a landing point for many of Singapore’s early settlers.


The front of the hotel ...


Green carpet (instead) to be relevant to the Animal World.









The hallway to the cocktail area ...

The sitting plan for the dinner at the restaurant, Clifford.


The reception ...


The cocktail area, at the lounge, the Landing Point.


Showcases of the Animal World Collection were displayed  ...


A few pictures of the wonderful pieces ...






























A Lady L.U.C !








The view of the lounge, at the other end ...


A view of MBS from the outdoor terrace of the lounge.


A view of the lounge outdoor terrace ...


Mr Patrick Normand, Managing Director of Chopard Asia with his wife.


The  retail team of Chopard in Singapore...











About 7pm, the guests starting to arrive ...


Registration ...


After that, guests walked towards the lounge area for cocktail ...






Photo-session for guests.  In addition, camera-crews from news agencies were present to cover the event ...





Mingling among the guests ...

Viewing the pieces ...

Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard arrived early and chatted with guests ...







Beautiful view from the cocktail area ...



Models wearing the Animal World Collection walked around to show the guests the pieces up close and personal ...











The night scene, beautiful skyline ...

The hotel with docking bays ....





Guest having a pic with the models ...




TV interview  ...


Another television coverage, presenter (on the left) ...


Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard having a conversation with our CEO, Dr MTF ...


A guest who purchased a piece of the Animal World Collection arrived ...


Chatting with Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele ...


About 8:15pm, the 'Jungle Beat' sounded, calling for attention ...


Models with the Animal World Pieces sashaying in from one end to the other end of the lounge  ....














After that, Patrick Normand took the stage and welcome all the guests .




Next was Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard.
She gave a brief introduction of the Animal World Collection and also mentioned about a corporate social responsibility which Chopard will be supporting the WWF’s Tiger Initiative prevent the potential of tiger extinction and to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger.

For more information about the WWF's Tiger intiative, please click here to proceed to www.panda.org


The Chopard WWF Tiger Initiative was mentioned in this press release, please  click here    to read more.


After which a short speech by Michael Baltzer, Leader of Tiger Network Initiative in Singapore thanking Chopard for supporting the initiative.
According to him, as of this year, the tiger population is estimated to be about 3200 and if no intervention is done, tiger will face extinction soon.
The initiative is ambitious, and not just preserving the existing tiger population but aim to double the population by the year 2022, the next cycle of year of the Tiger (according to the Chinese Zodiac).


Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele looked definitely very pleased supporting the initiative, as she is known to be fond of animals.



Passing the 'baton' back to Patrick, and he requested the guests to proceed to the dinner hall ...


Oops....I was caught


Guests proceeding to the dinner venue ...

Attracted by pieces while on the way ...



On the way to the dinner venue, the models were also present to show the pieces.  A few pictures of them ...

















Dinner venue at the Clifford...














Petrina Teoh, PR Manager of Chopard Asia, ensuring guests were comfortable ...



After the dinner, guests were treated to desserts and more champagne at the lounge and more eye-candies (on the models) ....














Valerie Chan, Retail Director of Chopard Asia explaining to a guest the intricacy of the Butterfly set ...

Guests enquiring about the piece on Caroline ...

More mingling ...





A ring which resembled somebody's pet ...



A closer look ...



And happily sharing his joy with Patrick ...













Caroline and friend ...


The party continued till late.

Congratulations to Chopard again!


Kong







This message has been edited by Kong on 2010-07-19 10:58:46