Members of the team

Team at Dukes Hotel London raise over £2,500 for charity

17th August 2011, 10:43am

A team of eight from Dukes Hotel London have raised over £2,500 by taking part in a sponsored sky dive on behalf of industry charity Hospitality Action.

General manager Debrah Dhugga and concierge Ian Steiger, were part of the eight who jumped over 10,000 feet at a speed of 120mph in the name of charity.

Each jumper received full training at an Oxfordshire airfield before taking to the sky, with the professional instructors.

Dhugga said: "Hospitality is a lifestyle - staff put so much time and effort into what they do in order to deliver excellence. Even though I'm not a fan of heights I wanted to join my team and complete this jump to help support people less fortunate than ourselves. 

"We've been thanking everyone who sponsored us and now that they can see that we actually did the jump, I hope people will want to help us raise even more!"

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• 11 Jun 2010 - Hospitality Action announces trustee changes
• 22 Oct 2009 - Hospitality Action Sparkle Ball raises £80,000
• 26 May 2009 - Latest fundraising drums up £35k for HA
• 19 Jun 2008 - New Hospitality Action Chairman
• 21 May 2008 - Allied Irish Bank sponsors Hospitality Action
• 28 Jan 2008 - Fine Dining with Hospitality Action
• 30 Nov 2007 - Hospitality Action launches online auction

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