Hotels.com Fairway to Wellness Charity Golf Tournament Returns for Third Year
Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Almasalla,GAT News- DALLAS, – Hotels.com® announced today that the third annual Fairway to Wellness Golf Tournament, benefiting St. Jude Children s Research Hospital, American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Association, will take place at the Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, Texas on Wednesday, October 29th.
Amateur golfers will join Hotels.com for a friendly team golf competition to help spread awareness about diabetes, cancer, and deadly childhood illnesses. Through generous support from Hotels.com vendors, partners and affiliates, more than $300,000 in net proceeds has been raised for participating charities since Fairway to Wellness launched three years ago. .
"Hotels.com has a personal connection to building awareness and raising funds to beat diabetes, cancer and childhood illnesses," said Neha Parikh, VP and general manager of Hotels.com North America. "Fairway to Wellness is the ultimate event for us to give back to these causes and bring together a community of like-minded partners to help with the cause."
The tournament began in 2012 as the brainchild of two Hotels.com employees who have been affected by cancer and diabetes. Employees from the Hotels.com North America headquarters in Dallas will volunteer in organizing the event.
Sponsors include: HotelPlanner.com (Headliner), AppLovin, CJ Affiliate by Conversant, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Criteo, Fetch, TapCommerce, a Twitter Company, Tapjoy, TripAdvisor, TubeMogul, Assembly, Facebook, Havas Media, RadiumOne, Triggit, Union, AOL, energi PR, HookLogic, Tapad, Finn Partners and Rocket Fuel.