The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte to Unveil Ultimate Holiday Viewing Experience, Including 17-Foot Tree Made of Recycled Bottles and an Edible Tree Crafted With 8,000 Hand-Made French Macarons - Seite 2

6. Candy-Land, presented alongside the luxury hotel's Bar Cocoa Dessert Boutique. Candy-Land will delight all the senses, providing displays, tastes and demonstrations of creative hot chocolates, flavored marshmallows, peppermint candy gelato and other holiday temptations. A few selections will even make use of sweet natural honey harvested from the two beehives located on the hotel's green, vegetated roof.

7. Upon departure from the Lobby, guests will marvel at the ultimate Charlotte "first," this time located directly outside Bar Cocoa. Here, an environmentally-friendly holiday tree will soar 17 feet toward the sky, to be constructed of 789 recycled/recyclable green plastic bottles. The LEED® Gold-certified Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte is the city's only such eco-designated property, and the recycled bottle tree represents both a fond farewell to those enjoying the hotel's Holiday Sweet Scenes and a joyous salute to the treasured surrounding environment.

The public is invited to view Holiday Sweet Scenes at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte beginning Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2014. Access is offered via the hotel Lobby front entrance, located at 201 East Trade Street. Guests will complete their tour via the side doors on College Street, as they enter onto the impressive outdoor site of the recycled bottle holiday tree. The complimentary public visits will be offered between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily, continuing through December 28, 2014. Holiday Sweet Scenes will be complemented by several holiday events at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, including its popular Holiday Afternoon Tea series as well as holiday sweets cooking classes at Bar Cocoa's Cocoa Lab.

The AAA Five-Diamond Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte is located at 201 East Trade Street, at the corner of Trade and College Streets, in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. For further information or to make a room reservation, visit www.ritzcarlton.com/Charlotte or call 704-547-2244.

About The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., of Chevy Chase, Md., currently operates 87 hotels in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. More than 30 hotel and residential projects are under development around the globe. For more information, or reservations visit the company web site at www.ritzcarlton.com. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR).

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