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HOBART DONATES € 75,000 FOR UKRAINE WAR VICTIMS
HOBART has donated a total of € 75,000 ( US $ 82,776 ) for war victims in Ukraine . Following an appeal from the General Management to donate for Ukrainians in need of help , HOBART employees donated almost
€ 25,000 ( US $ 27,592 ), which was tripled by the General Management team . The dedication was then given to various aid organizations .
Most of the 1,100 employees participated in the fundraising , with the largest single donation totaling to € 1,000 ( US $ 1,103.68 ), said Manfred Kohler , vice president sales and manufacturing .
Besides helping big aid groups like “ Aktion Deutschland Hilft ” ( ADH ), the German Red Cross and the “ SOS Kinderdörfer ,” HOBART also helped small local agencies , including the employee-recommended “ OPEN Verein ” in Freiburg , which supplies medicines , tools and equipment to hospitals and doctors in the Ukrainian war zone .
Another beneficiary was “ Flying Hope e . V .,” where hobby pilots fly seriously-ill children and their families free of cost . They are currently flying injured Ukrainian children from countries like Poland to Germany .
OSPITIAMO EXHIBITION PLANNED IN MILAN IN NOVEMBER
The first edition of Ospitiamo , an exhibition with conference , is scheduled for November 18 and 19 in Milan . Tripadvisor , Booking . com and Airbnb confirmed their support to the event . The B2B fair is organized by the Italian subsidiary of NürnbergMesse .
Ospitiamo – the Art of Hospitality – is dedicated to hospitality in all its forms . The two-day event is designed to be a meeting point for suppliers , owners and managers of hotels and wider hospitality industry facilities . The fair will be held at the centrally-located MiCo- Milan Convention Center , where suppliers for the hospitality industry will present their solutions to hospitality professionals .
The format of the exhibition also includes a congress area , with a conference program designed to offer an overview of the available products and services and detailed educational training . Consulting services , associations , institutions and trade press are allowed to participate as exhibitors .
Ospitiamo is also training and providing information , thanks to the bi-monthly newsletter that provides business operators with suggestions regarding the hospitality industry .
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