Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Offers a Special Edition of ?Chocolate Hour?

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts celebrates World Chocolate Day in style, offering guests of all ages fun, immersive and deliciously tasty experiences during ?Chocolate Hour?.
?Chocolate Hour? is one of the signatures of the Mövenpick brand, held daily in hotel lobbies around the world, with chefs leading entertaining demonstrations and workshops, from shaping chocolate truffles to icing cupcakes.

It gives guests the opportunity to enjoy chocolate presented in new forms that reflect the hotel group's ?we create moments? philosophy.

On this delicious day of 7 July, when chocolate consumption is celebrated and encouraged, Mövenpick properties around the world will host special editions of ?Chocolate Hour?, inviting guests to discover new chocolate creations that bring this wonderful ingredient and its virtues to life.

?Chocolate Hour? also showcases Mövenpick's world-famous chocolate and revives the group's Swiss heritage - and chocolate - to offer guests delicious moments of joy every day.

Among the most innovative and meaningful ?Chocolate Hour? experiences offered on this World Chocolate Day at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, the following stand out:

In Europe
Chocolate was first introduced to Europe in the middle of the 16ème century, and Mövenpick properties pay different tributes to that era across the continent:

• The Mövenpick Hotel Hamburg recreates a city skyline with pralines, desserts and chocolate bites in a captivating setting.

• The Mövenpick Hotel Stuttgart Airport offers its guests an exquisite tasting of orange-chocolate chips, white chocolate with berries and even chocolate eggs with a liqueur centre.

• The Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul lets rivers of chocolate flow in its lobby thanks to its fountain and offers chocolate truffles hand-decorated by talented chefs.

In Africa
• At the Mövenpick Resort Soma Bay in Egypt, it is time for fun and games, with a treasure hunt organised to find the ?magic hazelnut? hidden in a chocolate house.

• The Mövenpick Resort & Marine Spa Sousse offers a magnificent buffet of homemade chocolate, treats and local fruit. The children of its ?Little Birds? clubs are invited to take part in World Chocolate Day.

In Asia
• The Mövenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu uses locally grown cocoa to create special Filipino-inspired sweets that allow guests not only to discover local delicacies, but also to support the island's farmers.

• The Mövenpick Suriwongse Hotel in Chiang Mai has concocted a Swiss chocolate preparation to accompany a traditional snack from northern Thailand, a crispy rice cake (Khao Tan) served with a watermelon sauce.

• The chefs at the Mövenpick Hotel Colombo have mastered the art of combining traditional Sri Lankan ingredients, such as ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and chilli, to create the best chocolates in the city.

In the Middle East
• At the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay Aqaba, ?Chocolate Hour? is dedicated to family entertainment thanks to chef-led workshops where parents and children alike can make chocolate creations.

• At the Mövenpick Hotel Ibn Battuta Gate Dubai, ?Chocolate Hour? takes on an extravagant dimension with chocolate medallion creations covered in gold powder, jewellery and edible diamonds handmade by the pastry team and displayed in the hotel's grand lobby.

• The Mövenpick Hotel City Star Jeddah showcases chocolate crepes through live demonstrations to delight the taste buds.