In commemoration of its fifth year anniversary, the management of the Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya held a multi-purpose social affair on Friday night that included a silent auction, from which all proceeds raised will be used to assist staff members who were affected by Hurricane Wilma.
The event centred around a two-hour cocktail reception, during which the resort also launched its new loyalty dining card. The dining card allows loyal guests and members to enjoy any of the Resort’s 14 themed restaurants and simultaneously receive a 10 percent discount on their meals.
Some 50 staff members of the Resort lost everything and were displaced and dispossessed by Hurricane Wilma’s recent storm. The Resort’s management team has conducted numerous internal and external relief drives, including donating food, money, sheets, blankets and supplies as well as spending three weeks and more than $15,000 in man hours, feeding 500 persons daily in the Western District of Grand Bahaman.
Some 61 items were up for bid in the silent auction, which included some luxurious items and exotic vacations.
Among them were:
* Vacation for two at the EL Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico.
* Weekend for two at El San Juan Hotel and Casino.
* Four days/3 nights at The St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco.
* Weekend for two at Old Bahama Bay.
* Four nights stay at the Crows Nest in Harbour Island.
* Two complimentary tickets for Our Lucaya’s New Year’s Celebration.
* Round-trip airline tick- ets on US Air, Baha- masair, Continen- tal Express, Air Tran, American Eagle, America Airlines and Discovery Cruise.
* One year memberships at Senses Spa, Lucayan Gold and Ace Tennis.
* Autographed photo- graph of Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom.
* His or her Movado steel and gold watch set from John Bull.
* Vintage liquors and spir- its from Burns House, Caribbean Bottling and Bristol Cellars.
* Dive packages at UNEXSO.
* Painting by artists Nicole Angelica, Chantal Bethel, Claudette Dean and Sheldon Saint.
Some 800 persons attended the event, for which the invitation stipulated that participants dress in all-white.
