It Takes a Village to Build a Village: Joss Stone & Fans Join Effort to Build Musicians' Village in New Orleans
18 April 2007 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
With her first tour in nearly three years launching next week,
Grammy-winning artist Joss Stone will be doing numerous �meet and
greets� � but one in particular holds special meaning for the
British soul singer and songwriter. In the evening following her
May 6th performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
presented by Shell, W New Orleans will host a private event where
she�ll meet a group of 40 fans who will spend the next day
volunteering with her at Musicians� Village, a project of the New
Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) that is building homes
for musicians uprooted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Stone is
partnering with NOAHH, Travelocity, CBS Radio and W Hotels in the
effort, which she hopes will also shed light on a new breed of
traveler: the voluntourist. According to a Travel Industry
Association of America survey, 24% of travelers expressed an
interest in taking a volunteer or service-based vacation.
Travelocity�s Travel For Good, the first program of its kind by a
major travel company, makes it easy for volunteers to find
opportunities to give a few hours of service, whether traveling at
home or abroad. Based on the premise of changing the world one trip
at a time, Travel for Good invites travelers to see the world in a
new way and to make a difference as they go. Participants such as
Stone and her crew are known as �Change Ambassadors.� Celebrating
the release of Stone�s third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone,
which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, CBS Radio stations across
the country gave listeners a chance to win a trip to New Orleans to
see Stone perform and join with her in giving something back to the
Big Easy. The promotion is part of CBS Radio�s �Street Date
Delivered By AT&T blue room� (http://www.attblueroom.com/music)
program. W New Orleans, located on Poydras Street, will provide
accommodations for the 20 winners and their guests. About New
Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) New Orleans Area Habitat
for Humanity (NOAHH), an independent affiliate of Habitat for
Humanity International, is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.
NOAHH builds new houses in partnership with sponsors, volunteers,
communities, and homeowner families to eliminate poverty housing in
the New Orleans area while serving as a catalyst to make decent
shelter a matter of conscience and action. Since its inception in
1983 NOAHH has built over 160 new homes for low-income families in
need of adequate shelter. In the next five years, NOAHH plans to
build 1,500 homes in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, and
Plaquemines Parishes. http://www.habitat-nola.org About Travelocity
Travelocity� is committed to being the traveler's champion --
before, during and after the trip � and is the only online travel
company that guarantees not just the price, but the entire travel
experience � see http://www.travelocity.com/guarantee for details.
This customer-driven focus, backed by 24/7 live phone support,
great prices and powerful shopping technology has made Travelocity
the sixth largest travel agency -- booking $10.1 billion in travel
worldwide in 2006. Travelocity�s Travel for Good
(http://www.travelocity.com/travelforgood), launched in 2006, is
designed to help bring the idea of �voluntourism� to a broader
audience. Based in Southlake, Texas, Travelocity also owns and
operates Travelocity Business� for corporate travelers,
lastminute.com, a leader in European online travel and ZUJI, a
leader in Asia-Pacific online travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre
Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TSG), a world leader in travel commerce.
About W Hotels Worldwide W Hotels is a global lifestyle brand with
21 properties in the most vibrant cities around the world.
Inspiring and indulging its guests with thoughtful, refreshing and
stylish experiences, signature restaurants, bars and destination
spas, W has become the fastest growing luxury hotel brand in the
world. Each hotel offers a unique mix of innovative design,
comfort, and cultural influences from fashion to music to art and
everything in between. W's first residential property, W
Dallas-Victory, opened in June of 2006, and soon thereafter was
named a Forbes Magazine "Top Business Hotel." W Residences,
offering the W lifestyle at home, have been announced for
Scottsdale, Fort Lauderdale, Downtown New York, Hoboken,
Philadelphia, Downtown Atlanta, South Beach, Hollywood, Phoenix,
Austin, and Las Vegas. Internationally, W has announced plans for
hotels in Hong Kong, Istanbul, Doha, St. Petersberg, Santiago,
Milan, Athens, Shanghai, Dubai-Festival City, Barcelona, Dubai-The
Palm and Guangzhou. W's first Retreat & Spa, W Maldives, opened
in September of 2006 and in March of 2007, received the prestigious
Travel + Leisure Design Award for Best Resort. W has plans to open
Retreat & Spa hotels in Vieques, Koh Samui, and Verbier, the
latter of which will serve as the brand's first ski retreat. For
more information, visit http://www.whotels.com.
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