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Global Traveler raises money to fight cancer

Almasalla Travel News - Ashraf Elgedawy -  Global Traveler’s annual online charity travel auction raised an impressive US$95,000 for The Leukemia&Lymphoma Society. For the third consecutive year, the auction directly benefitted The Leukemia&Lymphoma Society’s Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter; 100 percent of the proceeds go toward the fight to end blood cancers.

Among -----the hotel stays, flights and travel products up for bids, the most hotly bid items included two around-the-world, business-class tickets on oneworld, which raised more than US$10,000 for charity, and 1 million Priority Club Rewards Points, at nearly US$10,000. Other popular items were round-trip, business-class tickets on Brussels Airlines, South African Airways, Etihad Airways, Asiana Airlines, and Swiss International Air Lines; and hotels stays at The Address Downtown Dubai, The Peninsula Beverly Hills, The Rittenhouse Hotel, and many more.

“We are honored and humbled to have raised almost US$100,000 for LLS,” said Francis X. Gallagher, Publisher and CEO, Global Traveler. “As a member of the Board of Trustees, this cause is near and dear to my heart, and I send my sincere thanks to everyone who bid this year.”

The Leukemia&Lymphoma Society (lls.org) is dedicated to finding a cure for blood and lymph cancers. LLS awarded more than US$750 million in research funding for all blood cancers.