Published on July 11, 2023, at 17:03 [July 11th, Shanghai] As the summer holidays are in full swing, Hilton has introduced an upgraded family program called ‘Summer Fun Camp’, offering five rich and diverse camps—Cultural Heritage Camp, Music Camp, Nature Exploration Camp, Sports Camp, and Cooking Camp—to travelers with their families. They are invited to participate in the new season of the ‘Little Passports’ stamp collection activity and join the two new members of Hilton’s super cute power blue box—Nature Exploration Camp leader ‘Xia Dun Dun’ and Music Camp leader ‘Le You You’—to enjoy the summer together and grow up loving Hilton. This summer, Hilton has launched an upgraded family program called ‘Summer Fun Camp’. Hilton hotels offer a variety of parent-child experiences to invite guests of all ages to spend the summer holidays.
Cultural Heritage Camp: Tradition and Cultural Inheritance
Hilton’s ‘Summer Fun Camp’ program, in conjunction with the recent ‘Xi You Season·Meet Intangible Cultural Heritage’ project, has created a Cultural Heritage Camp for family guests, aiming to let children understand different cultures and even ignite the spark of intangible cultural heritage in their hearts. The Shanghai Conrad Hotel, located in the bustling city, offers a traditional fan-making experience to promote Chinese style. Children can participate in the process of making fans, learn about the historical background and cultural connotations of fans, and experience the production process such as painting, drawing, and fan bone assembly, enjoying the fun of cultural creation.
The Chengdu Xie Xing Hilton Hotel continues to combine ‘Meet Intangible Cultural Heritage’ by offering a painted oil paper umbrella experience, where children can become little artists to outline ancient patterns that have been passed down for thousands of years.
The Foshan Shunde Hai Jun Da Hilton Hotel introduces the ‘Xi You Shunde – Meet Intangible Cultural Heritage (Fish Lantern Tour)’ project, where in the Lingnan traditional intangible cultural heritage school with a history of 150 years in Shunde, intangible cultural heritage inheritors lead parent-child families to make handmade fish lanterns and experience the joy of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts.
Yunnan is one of the regions with rich ethnic minority culture and intangible cultural heritage in China. The Fuxian Lake Hilton Hotel, which is located by the lake and built against the mountains, mainly offers a tie-dye long scarf experience. Little guests can tie the fabric, soak it in water, and dye it, with each piece of fabric endowed with colorful creativity by skillful hands. Collecting or giving it to friends can bring beautiful memories. The Dali Shi Li Hilton Hotel’s Cultural Heritage Camp is particularly rich, where parent-child families can follow intangible cultural heritage teachers to understand the history of tie-dyeing, clay cats, and paper horses, and learn to make tie-dye scarves, clay cats, and print their own blessing paper horses on the spot.
Beijing has a rich history and cultural heritage. The rabbit figurine is a type of colored clay sculpture in Beijing, originally as a ‘mascot’ in Beijing’s traditional culture. The Beijing Haidian Daoxiang Lake Hilton Garden Hotel brings rabbit figurines, old Beijing windmills, sachets, and plush flowers related to intangible cultural heritage courses this time. Guests can paint, outline, and bring the plain clay sculptures to life with their pens, and can personally make windmills, sachets, and plush flowers to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage.
Music Camp – Nourishing Senses and Cultivating Sentiments. Lively notes, active thinking, the ‘Summer Joy Camp’ Music Camp welcomes guests with melodies, allowing them to experience the endless charm of local music. This season, Xiamen Waldorf Hotel collaborates with Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra to create an unforgettable musical journey in an elegant manor. Families are invited to embark on a ‘Return to Gulangyu – The Music Road’, guided by a World Heritage narrator, strolling hand in hand through the beautiful Gulangyu Island, visiting the former residences of musical celebrities, listening to the sounds of Gulang drums, exploring the history and culture of music. Hangzhou Longxu Hilton Garden Hotel, located near the cultural birthplaces of Anji and Liangzhu, in the Dajingshan Rural National Tourism Resort, offers a fresh and elegant scenery with nearby attractions like the Great Bamboo Sea, Cloud Grassland, and Mountain Gully. The family project combines the Liangzhu civilization’s thousand-year-old culture with dance and African drum music culture, offering an immersive music camp experience on the lawn in traditional costumes prepared by the hotel. Zhoushan Hilton Hotel’s music camp creates a ‘Wind Concert’ for children, where they can learn music theory and instrumental skills. For example, by pouring water to different levels in the same container and striking to produce various scales and play pieces, they can explore the world of music. Quzhou DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, adjacent to the main branch of Qiantang River – Qujiang, near historical and cultural scenic spots such as Shuitinmen Scenic Area and the Southern Ancestral Temple of Confucius, will regularly offer vocal performance experience courses and hold offline choir activities this summer. Young guests can learn vocal techniques and perform classic pieces in chorus, cultivating a love for music from a young age. Close to nature and accompanied by music, Huzhou Anji Phoenix Hill Hilton Garden Hotel, located at the foot of the beautiful Phoenix Hill, will regularly hold rooftop open-air music camps on the hotel’s rooftop, feeling the combination of nature and music, leaving a memorable travel experience. Nature Exploration Camp – Green Journey Moistening Body and Mind. Urban dwellers longing for a green journey, taking children to get close to nature and moisten body and mind. Backed by Cangshan and overlooking Erhai, parents and children can participate in the ‘Cangshan Stream Tracing Outdoor Experience’ launched by Dali Shili Hilton Hotel this summer. Together they can climb Cangshan, watch the clouds around Cangshan, enjoy the blue waves of Erhai, and along the way, they can pick mushrooms, pick wildflowers, and experience the delicate gentleness of nature. They can also experience plant rubbing on environmental protection bags, learn to observe the shape of plants, and collect flowers, leaves, grass, and other plants in nature, splice them into another shape of plants or flowers in their minds, and print them on environmental protection bags with manual tools. The finished works can be used as souvenirs. Ningbo Chunxiao Shimao DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, located in one of the six new cities of Ningbo – Beilun Binhai New City, backed by mountains and facing the sea, with beautiful sea views and garden scenery, adjacent to Mingyue Lake in the east and overlooking Yangsha Mountain Scenic Area in the south, offers a children’s picking experience activity this summer. Parent-child families can pick tomatoes, cucumbers, bayberries and other fruits and vegetables in the small farm inside the hotel. Parents can take their children to visit the nearby 5A scenic spot China Dinosaur Park when staying at Changzhou Xinbei Hilton Garden Hotel, become paleontologists together, learn about dinosaur-related knowledge such as origin, living habits, and can also personally experience the work of paleontologists, get DKY dinosaur fossil excavation blind boxes, experience the fun of excavation, and exercise observation and patience.
Doubletree by Hilton Yingde Aoyuan Resort is far from the hustle and bustle of the city. Adjacent to Aoyuan Chocolate Kingdom, Yingde Karst Hot Spring Water World and Tea and Chocolate Manor. The overall dreamy castle-like architecture cleverly combines the Yingde stone elements with profound historical and cultural connotations. It is an ideal choice for family trips. This summer, little guests can even transform into happy little farmers and go sightseeing at the ‘orchard farm’ near the hotel. They can also participate in picking projects of various fruits such as sunshine rose grapes, cherry tomatoes, passion fruits and other seasonal fruits. Curio Collection by Hilton Xiamen combines environmental sustainability with traditional local culture. It leads little nature players to experience the plant tie-dyeing of Xiamen’s city flower bougainvillea – by crushing bougainvillea, extracting its natural pigment juice and coloring fabrics. It is full of joy and fun. Sports Camp – Sweat in the Heat and Be Close to Water for a Cool Summer. In the sweltering summer, sweat energetically and release body and mind in water sports to have a cool summer. Hilton Sanya Yalong Bay Resort is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and adjacent to the continuous crystal white natural beach. Parent-child families can choose family rooms and suites in ocean world blue series and fairy tale forest green series. The rooms are also equipped with children’s special washing areas and play areas. Join the ‘parent-child bubble party’ in the beautiful artificial white sand beach swimming pool in the hotel park for a different kind of sport and cool fun. Hilton Xiamen overlooking the charming waterscape of Ludao will offer a double experience of international buffet lunch and sailing out to sea this summer, helping guests of all ages ride the wind and waves. Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai Hotel consists of two adjacent buildings, Wanghai Wing and Nanhai Wing. From the hotel, you can enjoy the intoxicating beauty of Shenzhen Bay. Relying on its geographical advantages, the hotel will launch a room package including parent-child kayaking and mini sailing sea activities this summer, giving water-loving families a new fashionable experience of coastal life and enjoying the fun of excitement and speed at sea. Hilton Shanghai Fengxian Qiansheng located in Shenlong Ecological Park known as the ‘natural oxygen bar in southern Shanghai’ has 75,000 square meters of beautiful gardens and integrates with the surrounding natural scenery. Staying here, children can experience the popular lake paddle board project by chasing the waves or put on racing suits and enjoy driving indoor go-karts to experience the fun of driving. The indoor heated swimming pool of Doubletree by Hilton Chengdu Baiyue is a summer paradise for little swimming champions. The hotel also launches nutritious lunch and buffet dinner for children during summer vacation. These catering packages are specially designed for the healthy growth of children. Little champions can taste a variety of healthy delicacies here after sports. Cooking Camp – DIY Delicious Food, Combining Chinese and Western Styles. ‘Food’ is the top priority for gluttons when traveling. This summer, children can also learn to make special delicacies in the hotel’s cooking camp and improve their hands-on ability.
The magnificent snow-capped mountains, green forests and clear lakes. Hilton Urumqi is located in the 4A-level scenic area of Hongguang Mountain in Urumqi. Adults can enjoy a relaxing and wonderful food time in the hotel’s restaurants with different flavors and bars with different styles. While little guests can learn to be little bartenders or little chefs, make non-alcoholic cocktails, learn to make pizzas, cakes or walnut shortcakes, and experience the local cooking characteristics of Xinjiang. In Chongqing and Guangzhou, the food capitals, ‘Summer Camp for Kids’ is centered around cooking. Guests staying at Hilton Chongqing and Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe can enjoy local-flavored healthy recipes. Little guests can participate in cooking and handicraft camps. The chef will teach children to make pizzas, pasta and bread. Follow the restaurant chef to learn to roll noodles, knead dough and prepare sauces, and experience the pride of becoming a little star chef. At DoubleTree by Hilton Guangzhou Huijin, little cooks can DIY sushi, cookies, cupcakes and more under the leadership of the hotel chef. While DoubleTree by Hilton Yancheng Dayangwan fulfills the dreams of little salt makers. In this city in China named after’salt’, learn about the sea salt culture of’mysterious sea, wonderful salt crystals’, boil salt on site and make salt soap. From July 11th to August 31st, by participating in the offline fun activities of ‘Hilton Little Passport’, you can get the stamp of ‘Hilton Little Passport’. Accumulating stamps can be exchanged for surprise gifts from the super cute members of Hilton’s ace little blue box family – the leader of the natural exploration camp ‘Xiadundun’ and the leader of the music camp ‘Leyouyou’. Hilton Group sincerely invites guests of all ages to participate in the new season of Hilton Little Passport family program and enjoy a rich and interesting summer holiday. Invite little guests to participate in the new season’s ‘Hilton Little Passport’ stamp-collecting activity, and have fun throughout the summer with two new members of Hilton’s super cute ace little blue box – ‘Xiadundun’, the leader of the natural exploration camp, and ‘Leyouyou’, the leader of the music camp. Love Hilton from an early age.