CHIP Hospitality Welcomes The Kindness Crew To Greater Toronto
VANCOUVER, BC -- Spontaneous and outrageous acts of charity and kindness are at the heart of a three-month tour across Canada by four young Canadians who arrive in Greater Toronto today.
The Extreme Kindness Tour will host a Thanksgiving Kindness breakfast at CHIP Hospitality's Sandalwood Suites Hotel in Mississauga from 9 -11a.m. on October 14 and will be conducting spontaneous acts of Kindness throughout the Greater Toronto area during their four-day visit.
The Kindness Crew (Chris Bratseth, Erik Hanson, Brad Stokes-Bennett and Val Litwin) and Sandalwood Suites Hotel associates along with other local VIPs are hosting the Thanksgiving Kindness Breakfast as a "food-raiser" for the Food Bank. Sandalwood Suites Hotel is at 5050 Orbitor Drive in Mississauga. Admission is free with a non-perishable food bank donation.
CHIP Hospitality has been an ongoing sponsor and partner in the Extreme Kindness Tour 2002 since the tour launched on August 27th at its' hotel in Vancouver, The Residence Inn By Marriott. Ten western Canadian CHIP hotels have hosted "Kindness Events" with over 300 hotel associates participating in the tour to-date. Hotel employee-associates from all operations including housekeeping to management have visited soup kitchens, delivered food and clothing to shelters, and, spread smiles to guests and locals.
"We are very proud to sponsor this terrific group of young people at a time when the world needs as much kindness as possible," said CHIP Hospitality President Minaz Abji. "This program fits well with our corporate philosophy and supplements our other 'Hotels With Heart' charitable programs."
'Extreme Kindness Rates' as low as CDN $59 are available at CHIP Hospitality hotels in Canada and Washington State, with partial proceeds going to support local charities. The hotels provides accommodation, meals and meeting space to the Kindness Crew, and further supports the tour by rallying its 7000 employee-associates around the program.
"We are encouraging all our associates across Canada to join in the spirit of kindness generated by the Kindness Crew and to be leaders in their community," Mr. Abji said.
Other 'Hotels with Heart' CHIP programs include 'Friends in Need,' a national program developed to fight homelessness that provides hotel rooms discounted up to 75% during the Christmas period so that friends and families can be together for the holiday season. A donation of $10-$15 per night for each reservation is distributed to homeless shelters in each community. Over the past two years the corporation has raised $227,000 to fight homelessness across Canada. In addition, CHIP Hospitality helps Aboriginal students further their studies in tourism through a scholarship program that supports the Foundation for the Advancement of Aboriginal Youth.
CHIP Hospitality is one of Canada's leading hotel management companies and is focused on the mid-market and upscale, full-service and extended stay hotels. They currently manage 36 hotels in Canada and Washington State with more than 8,100 rooms. As a subsidiary of CHIP REIT (Canadian Hotel Income Properties Real Estate Investment Trust), CHIP Hospitality is the exclusive operator of the REIT's owned hotels.
CHIP Hospitality also manages hotels and resorts for third party owners. CHIP uses management strategies, upgrades, repositioning and franchising to improve the operating performance of the properties within its portfolio to create value for investors and owners.
The company has a strong corporate philosophy of community support. CHIP REIT units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol HOT.un and HOT.db. Visit