InterContinental Budapest Fund Raising Helps Red Sludge Victims
- 16 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
The tide of toxic red mud burst through the walls of a giant storage reservoir at an alumina refinery in Hungary, and hundreds of families lost their homes, some families even lost loved ones. The InterContinental Budapest organized their fund raising effort in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross to help the victims. Guests and employees of the hotel raised one million Hungarian Forints, almost 4,000 Euro, within only 2 weeks. The contributions of the hotel were entrusted to Mr. István Kardos from the Hungarian Red Cross by Mr. Mathieu van Alphen, General Manager of InterContinental Budapest.
Pictured from left to right: István Kardos (Director of the Hungarian Red Cross – Budapest), Mathieu van Alphen (General Manager of InterContinental Budapest)
As part of this activity donation-boxes were installed at the staff entrance as well as in the lobby area of the hotel. In addition, the hotel also donated food, and hygienic supplies, such as shampoo and shower gel.
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InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is the world’s largest hotel group by number of rooms. IHG owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries, over 4,500 hotels and more than 650,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognized and respected hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®, and also manages the world’s largest hotel loyalty program, Priority Club® Rewards with 52 million members worldwide. IHG has nearly 1,400 hotels in its development pipeline, which will create 160,000 jobs worldwide over the next few years. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is the Group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.
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