Marriott and Renaissance Hotels of New York launch "OUT IN NEW YORK" Hotel Package

[Michael Gallo]

On Saturday, March 28, 2009, no-nonsense financial guru and lesbian, Suze Orman took home The Vito Russo Award from the GLAAD Media Awards, hosted at the New York Marriott Marquis, presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a signficant difference in promoting equal rights for the LGBT community. In her acceptance speech she said, "I want every single one of you in this room to take note of what corporations put their time and money behind gays, behind lesbians-behind you. Do you want to continue to give your money to people in corporations that oppress us, that keep us down? or doyou want to give your money to the corporations who can help up rise and change what needs to be changed in the United States of American Today."

With the help of the LGBT community, I am proud to announce the official launch of the Marriott and Renaissance Hotels of New York “OUT IN NEW YORK” Hotel Package. This has been one year in the making and we are very excited because we wanted some way to give back to the community that supports us each and every day. The participating Marriott and Renaissance Hotels of New York will donate 5% of the room rate of the OUT IN NEW YORK Hotel Package to GLAAD. So if you have a guest coming to New York, or if you want to play “tourist” yourself, we invite you to COME OUT to New York, HANG OUT in a luxurious room, STAY OUT to enjoy this fabulous city and above all, HELP OUT, by partnering with us to give back to our community! The details can be found at www.marriott.com/OutInNY.