HTR is donating $25,000 and will match up to an additional $75,000

Campaign Donations

Donors select the cause/charity that they want to donate to and make their donation directly to their cause of choice.

That way the money goes straight where its needed and all you have to do is forward your donation confirmation email to ukraine_relief@hoteltechreport.com to get it matched.

Match Donations

At the end of the campaign, the match donation will be donated to one or multiple of the certified causes depending on the size of the donation (eg. if we raise $1k then the additional $1k match donation would likely just go to one cause vs. if we raise $100k then we would likely donate to multiple).

Absolutely.  Your donation is made to an approved non-profit that will provide a donation receipt that you can use to receive tax benefits.  Each cause is different so for more specific tax information check your chosen causes’ website for more detail.

Here are just a few of the many ways this conflict will directly impact our industry:

• Global Unity. Travel helps us forge bonds with other cultures and unite as a human race — violence, oppression and tyranny threaten our industry’s very existence

• Core Values. Europe champions the values that our industry wants to see in a modern global society: interconnectivity between nations, sustainability, human rights, diversity & inclusion.  Further expansion and violence threatens to undermine our core values

• Love of Travel.  Europe sits at the heart of the global travel/tourism industry.  Unrest in the Ukraine could easily bleed into a broader EU and global conflict which would massively disrupt the global travel industry
• Innovation.  Many of the leading technology firms globally that provide the tools and infrastructure which the travel industry run on have developers in Ukraine that are now having to fight or flee

Many companies want to do something but they don’t feel like they alone can make a significant impact.  This campaign is designed to:

1. Make it easy and turnkey for individuals and companies to make an impact
2. Provide a way to contribute and make an outsized impact through donor amplification
3. Rally our community as a global family to contribute and make sure we’ve done our part to stand up for what is right and put an end to this before it escalates further

We can make a larger impact by working together as a community:

• Make it easy for companies who want to help but don’t know how
• Reach a larger collective audience together to generate more noise and awareness
• Achieve corporate matching milestones faster by aggregating donations
• Amplify the impact of every dollar donated through matching multiplier
• Give individuals who want to help more incentive to know their donation will make more of an impact

Scroll up to the ‘About the Causes’ section at the top of the page to view a full list of eligible causes as well as descriptions and direct donation links to each.

Since the campaign is one collective campaign, milestones are reached quicker together making it easier to raise more money and amplify donations.

The way matching works is that as soon as the campaign reaches the milestone your company has selected to donate at, you will be eligible for the full donation.

Example:

Let’s say your company pledges to match up to $10,000.  Once the campaign reaches the $10,000 milestone, your company will then submit your matching donation directly to the charity of your choice.

Yes.  We have partnered with Mews’ 100k pledge campaign to amplify the impact of all donations made to the Hospitality for Peace campaign.  Here’s how it works:

1. Donations are made to the Hospitality for Peace campaign organized by HTR (this landing page)
2. HTR matches donations made to the campaign
3. The match amount is submitted to Mews’ campaign to help them reach their total goal
4. Mews matches up to 100k meaning that every dollar donated to this campaign effectively gets matched twice increasing the amount of aid we are able to provide to Ukraine