Condé Nast Traveller
Tsunami Appeal Dinner
Wednesday 2 nd March 2005
The Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel London , Hamilton Place , Park Lane , W1
7.30pm Champagne reception
8.15pm Dinner
10.30pm Auction
Condé Nast Traveller is Britain 's most authoritative and inspirational travel magazine.
Together with friends and colleagues in the travel industry, the magazine is aiming to aid relief and the rebuilding of infrastructure in regions of countries hardest hit by the tsunami: Sri Lanka , Indonesia , Thailand , Maldives and India .
Although £2 billion has been raised so far, 2 million people are still without homes and 500,000 are injured. More money is desperately needed but other fundraising efforts are winding down and the media is turning its attention to other news. Oxfam has reported that only half the money raised so far is actually reaching the intended destinations which is why we have decided to send money directly to locally based charities such as:
| Adopt Sri Lanka ( www.adoptsrilanka.com ) |
which is helping to rebuild the fishing fleet with its initiative ‘Fish and Ships' |
Rebuilding Sri Lanka |
which is helping people to recreate their communities |
| The British Community Fund for Indonesian Tsunami Relief (BCC) | which is working with orphans around Banda Aceh |
| The Rajaprachanukroh Foundation | in Thailand under the Royal Patronage of his Majesty the King, which is taking care of and educating children orphaned by the tsunami |
| Friends of the Maldives ( www.friendsofmaldives.com ) |
A locally based charity in the Maldives which is helping Maldivians to rebuild their lives |
| The South India Federation of Fishermen Society ( www.siffs.org ) |
This organisation is based in Trivandrum and working very actively with seven other NGOs in South India . Their area of operation is Tamil Nadu as well as Kerala. |
Condé Nast Traveller's committee has sent out invitations to all our friends (personal and professional) asking them to support this initiative.
Guest speakers include Michael Palin and Rory Bremner , while best-selling author Ben Schott has conceived and designed a Travel Miscellany table quiz.
Celebrity chefs , Vineet Bhatia , formerly of Zaika and now of award-winning Rasoi Vineet Bhatia; David Thompson of Nahm at the Halkin and Raymond Blanc of the Michelin-starred Manoir aux Quat' Saisons are generously providing a course each.
Champagne and wines are being provided by Laurent-Perrier UK Ltd .
Lord Dalmeny will be conducting an auction of grand prizes and there will also be a silent auction and raffle.
Auction and raffle prizes include :
Luxury resort holidays around the world
Luxury goods ranging from Cartier to Mont Blanc , Dunhill and LVMH
Dinner for two at the Wolseley
Lunch for two at The River café
A dinner for 10 cooked in your home by Le Caprice
Limited edition work by some of the world's top photographers
A day on a film set
Celebrity suitcases
plus much, much more….
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CHAIRMEN
Sarah Miller · Kate Slesinger
HONORARY COMMITTEE
Arnaud Bamberger · Janice Blackburn · Christopher Bodker · Erica Bolton
Narisa Chakrabongse · Nicholas Coleridge · Jasper Conran · Geoffrey Dobbs
Mariella Frostrup · Nick Hurrell · Jeremy King · Tom Konig Oppenheimer
Jean Marc Lacave · Anthony Minghella · Lisa Montague · Alasdair and Alison Nagle John Pawson · Ruth Rogers · Tanya Rose · Mark Sainsbury · Mark Shand
Ben Schott · Joseph Wan · Sian Westerman
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Gill Branston · Lucy Cousins · Elisabeth Crompton-Batt · Richard Dodgson
Anne Fousse · Victoria Fuller · Maria Martell · Sophy Roberts · Michelle Russell
Ann Sadler · Tanya Semikoz · Sarah Spankie
For further information please contact Lucy Cousins on
020 7152 3926 or Harriet Robertson on 020 7152 3388
All donations would be appreciated even if you are unable to attend the evening.
Tickets: £200 each. Tables of 10: £2,000
Contact: Sarah Miller/Lucy Cousins 020 7152 3924
Email: rsvp@Condenast.co.uk
Please make cheques payable to Condé Nast Traveller Tsunami Appeal
and send in an envelope marked CN Traveller Tsunami Appeal to
Gill Branston and Associates, 137 Hale Lane , Edgware, Middx HA8 9QP
Your contribution will mean a lot to people who have nothing.
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TSUNAMI FUND-RAISING ONLINE SILENT AUCTION
THERE WILL ALSO BE A FORTNIGHT-SPECIAL ONLINE SILENT AUCTION FOR HOTEL BREAKS AROUND THE WORLD
Starts: MONDAY 7 TH FEBRUARY
Closes: MONDAY 21 ST FEBRUARY
For further information and to place your bids go to