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「Heartist® Gratitude Week – We donated proceeds from Harty St Thanks Week to Kashihara City
2025/11/13
Thank you very much for using Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara.
This hotel has donated proceeds from the Heartist® Gratitude Week-Harty St Thanksgiving Week held in October 2025 to Kashihara City as part of Heartist® community care activities.
■What is “Heartist®”?
At Accor (Ako), we call our colleagues “Heartist®,” a word created by the exchange of “heart” and “artists”. The meaning is that each person expresses the pure feeling of wanting customers to be happy and the kindness of caring for their friends in their own way, as if they were an artist.
■About Heartist® Gratitude Week
Every year, Accor organizes a Thanks Week for Heartist® to deliver a variety of Heartist® suggestions to customers and local communities. In 2025, from September 15 to October 3, the Heartist® Gratitude Week was called “Heartist® Gratitude Week – Harty St Thanksgiving Week” and a week of thanks for all of the group’s hotel associates.
■Initiatives in Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara
The hotel held the Heartist® Restaurant from October 1st to 3 days. Utilizing surplus ingredients that would normally be discarded, we sold "chef's special lunch" to staff.
We donated this proceeds to Kashihara City.
A presentation ceremony was held at Kashihara City Hall on October 14, 2025, and a letter of appreciation was received from Kashihara City.
Right: Mr. Tadahiko Kameda, Mayor of Kashihara
Left: Yusuke Kitaguchi, General Manager of Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara
■Aiming to be a hotel that walks with the community
As a member of the local community, Grand Mercure Nara Kashihara will continue to engage in sustainable initiatives and community contribution activities.
We look forward to your continued patronage.