Travelocity joins the MASSIVEGOOD campaign

Since 2006, Travelocity’s Travel for Good program has been helping to make the world a better place – having donated 43 grants to deserving people so they can volunteer across the globe. The company is also breaking ground with its Green Hotel Directory to encourage a more sustainable future for the travel industry.

Most recently, Travelocity has taken yet another step toward “Good” travel via an alliance with the MASSIVEGOOD campaign – a worldwide campaign aimed at saving lives through micro-contributions. This new partnership seeks to inspire travelers to give $2 every time they travel. The donations will go toward buying dearly needed medication for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in developing nations.

Travelocity president Tracey Weber joined Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations to announce its support of MASSIVEGOOD.

Everyone can make a difference – one click at a time

By empowering individuals to make a huge difference through tiny acts, change can happen.

Contributions through MASSIVEGOOD will go to UNITAID–an organization created in 2006 to increase access to treatments against HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in developing countries. Additional funding will go towards improving maternal health and child health in the developing world.

Travelocity has sent many volunteers to help in the fight again disease in developing countries. With this new partnership, everyone can help make a big difference by donating just $2.

Already three out of four children on HIV treatment globally are able to survive thanks to UNITAID funds. In the developing world, many HIV-positive mothers can give birth without transmitting the diseases to their children with medication made affordable through UNITAID’s programs. UNITAID’s operating costs are below 5% of expenditures and today more than 90 countries receive funding from the organization.

“What I love about travel is the way it expands your worldview,” wrote Alison Presley, a blogger for Travelocity. “I admit that I have occasionally felt like I had it hard here in the U.S. But all it takes is a trip beyond our borders and I remember how very lucky I am.”

Customers will be able to learn more about our efforts and donate by visiting: www.travelocity.com/massivegood.

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