{"id":35897,"date":"2016-12-02T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=35897"},"modified":"2016-12-02T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T12:00:26","slug":"buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/inspire\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Buena Vista Social Club: Thomann Xmas party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas approaching, all Thomann\u2019s employees were invited for an evening of dinner, drinks and live music at Thomann\u2019s annual Xmas party.\u00a0The Brose Arena in medieval Bamberg, world heritage city close to Treppendorf and Thomann\u2019s HQ, once again hosted the much anticipated annual Xmas event. This year with a <strong>&#8220;Buena Vista Social Club&#8221;<\/strong> theme and it certainly didn\u2019t disappoint!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-35897 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-6-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Upon entering the venue we were greeted with a Caribbean flair surrounded by decorative tropical plants and rustic Cuban elements taking us right into the <strong>Buena Vista Social Club<\/strong> theme of the party. This was accompanied by a variety of bars, serving tropical cocktails, delightful Caribbean delicacies and of course <strong>rum and cigars<\/strong>. All the right ingredients to host over 1000 guests while enjoying a relaxed festive atmosphere in Cuban ambiance.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-35897 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-ma-soiree-de-noel-chez-thomann-3-1024x683-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock this content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock its content<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Thomann Christmas party was a great opportunity for colleagues from Thomann\u2019s various departments and from various different countries to <strong>strengthen and create new ties<\/strong>. As some of us here who also work\u00a0externally, myself included coming over from Croatia, it was such a pleasure to meet my fellow team mates from Germany, France, Spain, Italy and other countries, some of whom I haven\u2019t met in person before, although we have been working together on a daily basis online. Getting to know each other better in the light of these events, we are reminded that Thomann is made up of a group of <strong>regular people<\/strong> who are simply passionate about music, just like you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you like to come celebrate with us next year?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nTake a look at <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/gb\/compinfo_youatthomann.html\" target=\"_blank\">our job vacancies<\/a>\u00a0and send your application now<\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/12\/buena-vista-social-club-thomann-xmas-party-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time in Bamberg, just a few weeks before Christmas\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":35814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tblog_post_audio_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10676],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspire"],"category_colors":{"color_key":"inspire","css_classes":{"text":"cat-inspire","text_light":"cat-inspire-light","bg":"cat-bg-inspire","bg_light":"cat-bg-inspire-light","border":"cat-border-inspire","text_on_bg":"cat-text-on-inspire"}},"reading_time":{"minutes":2,"formatted":"2 min"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}