Choir to serenade passengers at Heathrow this holiday season
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This Christmas, Heathrow is turning up the holiday cheer with a live choir in arrivals, to welcome passengers home for the holidays.
Throughout December, the choir of over 20 singers will deck the arrivals halls of the four terminals with joyful carols, personalised greetings and multilingual merry messages.
As well as classic carols and contemporary jingles, they will offer a global twist by singing holiday greetings in the languages of Heathrow’s most popular Christmas destinations – including Arabic, French, Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish and Gaelic.
The festivities began with a surprise performance in Terminal 5 yesterday, where the choir delighted waiting families and friends with cheerful songs including Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Silent Night and Oh Come All Ye Faithful.
All photos courtesy of Matt Crossick/ PA Media Assignments.
Passengers also requested custom performances, making reunions even more magical with personalised greetings for arriving loved ones.
Over 500 of Heathrow’s ‘Here to Help’ team, and over 70 Heathrow Volunteers, will be on hand in the terminals this year, ready to help passengers on their festive journeys.
They will be equipped with a multilingual guide on how to wish visitors “Happy Holidays” in different languages, to make every journey special.
This year Heathrow is expecting its busiest Christmas ever, with record-breaking days forecasted throughout December and a total of seven million passengers expected to pass through its doors.
Last year, 141,000 passengers travelled through Heathrow on Christmas day; this year the airport expects to see an increase of 21 per cent to around 170,000 passengers on 25 December.
Heathrow’s head of services, Lee Boyle, enthuses: “There’s nothing like that magic feeling of walking out of Heathrow arrivals, spotting your loved one and giving them a big hug – especially at Christmas when families and friends come together.
“We’re thrilled to have the Northants Sings Out choir bringing an extra touch of holiday spirit, spreading festive cheer and giving a warm, heartfelt welcome to travellers from around the world.
“Our goal is to make every Christmas journey memorable, and we hope our visitors feel the joy of the season from the moment they arrive.”
