Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hotels raise money for terror victims in 'Night for Mumbai' on January 29
The Chartres Lodging and Highgate Hotels were planning simultaneous fundraisers in New York, Chicago and San Francisco on January 29 to commemorate the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, Sam Bhadha, executive vice president of the Radisson Lexington Hotel, New York, told News India-Times.
The event, ‘One Night for Mumbai', was a response to the terrorists' targeting of India's hotel and tourism industry. It was scheduled to be held at three hotels – the New York Radisson Lexing ton Hotel, which is a former Taj Hotel; the Chicago Allerton Hotel and San Francisco Sir Francis Drake Hotel.
At each hotel, a cash bar would be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at which time auctions would be held for airline tickets and hotel stays in Mumbai, Delhi and Tel Aviv.
Tickets were donated by Air India, Continental Airlines, Delta, Kingfisher Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Jet Airways.
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The event, ‘One Night for Mumbai', was a response to the terrorists' targeting of India's hotel and tourism industry. It was scheduled to be held at three hotels – the New York Radisson Lexing ton Hotel, which is a former Taj Hotel; the Chicago Allerton Hotel and San Francisco Sir Francis Drake Hotel.
At each hotel, a cash bar would be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at which time auctions would be held for airline tickets and hotel stays in Mumbai, Delhi and Tel Aviv.
Tickets were donated by Air India, Continental Airlines, Delta, Kingfisher Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Jet Airways.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Air India, Continental Airlines, Delta, Indian hotels, Kingfisher Airlines, Kuwait Airways, mumbai, Qatar Airways, terror victims, terrorist attacks in Mumbai, tourism industry
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