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44 Events maltatoday, Sunday, 6 March 2016 HSBC helps Handaq Secondary overhaul its irrigation system StudentS of Ħandaq Second- ary have started reaping the benefits of water-conservation projects they initiated with the support of the HSBC Water Pro- gramme – Catch the drop. under the 'Let's Catch the rain drops for a greener school' cam- paign, the students made the case to overhaul the school's irriga- tion system to a new automatic drip irrigation system. Steps were also taken to harness the power of rainwater. Further, artwork created by stu- dents of Ħandaq Secondary fea- tured at a water-related exhibition held at the Presidential Palace during the World Water Week 2015. during a ceremony to celebrate the school's achievements, head- mistress Mary Montebello noted that what started as a project submitted to the HSBC Water Programme – Catch the drop has grown to include more activities that incorporate water conser- vation messages. HSBC has also sponsored wrist bands in seven different colours and seven notice boards shaped in the form of wa- ter drops. Present on the occasion were MeP therese Comodini Cachia and HSBC Malta CeO Andrew Beane. MEP Therese Comodini Cachia and HSBC Malta CEO Andrew Beane, flanked by Handaq Secondary officials and students, take part in the ceremony to celebrate school's water-conservation achievements Debono Group acquires Storage System Ltd tHe debono Group of Compa- nies which includes, Michael debono Ltd, debono Commer- cials, tyreHub, debono Qual- ity used Cars Ltd, debono Fleet Solutions and iMovo Ltd is pleased to announce that it has just acquired Storage Systems Ltd. Storage Systems has been established for 25 years and is today considered as the leading racking and shelving company in Malta. debono Group director, Mi- chael debono, emphasised en- thusiastically how the debono Group plans to continue invest- ing to develop the company: ''We are pleased to have acquired a company with a customer cul- ture similar to ours. Storage Systems was built on a solid foundation of customer-first values, based on a motivated team of personnel with multiple years of experience who possess sound knowledge of racking and storage systems. We will be re- taining all members of staff and continue to consider the team at Storage Systems as one of the key factors to success.'' ''debono Group is not new to the racking business, having completed some projects locally, most notably a semi-automated distribution warehouse hous- ing in excess of 15,000 pallets. Storage Systems is a strategic addition to the debono Group since it is another step towards achieving our mission of offer- ing better response to our cus- tomers' needs. It complements well the existing customer of- fering of debono Commer- cials through which we supply the local market with new and used toyota forklifts and Bt warehouse equipment, comple- mented with reliable after-sales services''. ''We are very much aware of the tremendous input made by the original three owners, An- thony Bartolo, Anthony Guil- laumier, and Adrian Mifsud, who placed the company on its present successful footing rep- resenting key racking suppliers such as Metalsistem and dex- ion; we look forward to working with the whole team at Storage Systems and building on our of- fering to offer greater value to our customers''. db Seabank Resort amongst top 1% of hotels on TripAdvisor trIPAdvISOr has once again awarded db Seabank resort the 2016 travellers' Choice award. this puts the resort amongst the top 1% of the best Hotels on tripAdvisor worldwide and also, with the top 20 all-inclusive re- sorts in europe. the award is a result of the reviews and opin- ions of the global travel com- munity on tripadvisor. the tri- pAdvisor award highlights the world's top properties based on the millions of reviews and opin- ions collected in a single year from travellers around the globe. Hubert debono, General Man- ager of db Seabank resort + Spa, accepted this award with great satisfaction and thanked all the db Seabank team who contrib- uted to such an achievement. He said: "this award from our guests fills us with courage to persevere in our quest to con- tinually deliver an all-inclusive product of the best quality, with genuinely friendly service and a value-for-money experience that is very hard to beat. this award is mirrored by the staggering and ever increasing number of repeat guests stay- ing with us over and over again. this in itself is the best seal of approval that we are on the right track. nonetheless, like we do every year, this winter we have re-invested hundreds of thou- sands of euros in the resort so as to ensure we will continue meet- ing and exceeding our guests' expectations. Our team of hardworking em- ployees has also been person- ally rewarded for their efforts as it is only through them that such awards are achievable," said debono. "We congratulate db Seabank resort + Spa who won travellers' Choice Hotel awards", said Bar- bara Messing, Chief Marketing Officer for tripAdvisor. "As travellers consider where to book their next trip, they should be sure to check out these award-winners that have already delighted millions of members of the tripAdvisor community." Your first click of the daY www.maltatoday.com.mt The story of STOLT eLeCtrOnIC music producers, promoters and organizers Stolt wanted to create an organization that focused on promoting big international artists, finding new local talent and producing their own music. Starting out in 2015 with re- nowned German techno artist Sleeparchive, two friends Aidan Borg and eleno Farrugia took on a mission to bring over artists that have never played in Malta, com- ing mostly from the underground scene. this takes research as well as liaising with record labels and agencies. Stolt focuses on techno because, in their words, of its complexity. ranging from Minimal to exper- imental, the genre developed in the late 80's with detroit techno, with the contributions of Ger- man producers paving the way as early as the late 60's. their audiences fall into two categories - music enthusiasts with a huge passion for electronic music and people who want to es- cape from the real world – they describe it as therapy, an adven- ture through music. Employees of the two companies celebrate the acquisition