Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 1

Walmart Foundation Grants $12.5M Line To MLK Memorial The Walmart Foundation announced a $12.5 million letter of credit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, building on a $1 million donation made in 2005.  Walmart’s support will help the Memorial Foundation obtain a construction permit from the National Park Service and begin [...]

Bathing In BoozeSoaking Up Spirits At Spas What:The global trend of beer bathing appears to be growing, with the spa industry following the skincare trends and offering baths in beer, wine and sake.

The Dirt:The beer bath appears a growing wellness and leisure phenomenon, as its grows beyond the European beer mecca where it began. Originally located at breweries and hotels in the nexus of Eastern and Western Europe, most facilities offering beer baths are located in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Austria’s Starkenber Beer Myth Resort [...]

A Chic Hotel Brand Is Born

WORLDHOTELS has teamed up with the Buddha-Bar brand to create luxury hotels aimed at trumping the standard five-star establishment. This new brand aims to offer all the demanded luxuries without the pretense. The hotels are likely to draw the same fashion-conscious crowd that frequent the Buddha-Bar restaurants and bars, and lounge with their mixed CDs [...]