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W Doha Hotel & Residences celebrates a new relationship with The Old Vic at it's 1st birthday celebration

W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and leading industry innovator, launched a special partnership between W Doha Hotel & Residences, Qatar and The Old Vic Theatre, London.

The relationship was launched in style at a special dinner and drinks reception hosted by W Doha Hotel & Residences and The Old Vic Artistic Director and Academy award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. The unique event was held to celebrate the first year of W Doha, a year filled with Wow moments and insider access into the worlds of fashion and design, music and entertainment.

The dinner and drinks was attended by London's elite social set from the worlds of fashion, film and culture with guests including Kevin Spacey, Kate Moss, Jamie Hince, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin, Dascha Zhukova, Sir Peter & Lady Blake, Kevin Bishop, Camilla Al Fayed, Rob Brydon, Katy England, James Brown, Camilla Rutherford, Jade Jagger, Dan Williams and Henry Holland.

The event marked the beginning of a new partnership between W Doha Hotel & Residences and the Old Vic through which W Doha will support The Old Vic with a new event in the London social calendar called The Old Vic 192.
Speaking on this new relationship, Artistic Director Kevin Spacey commented ‘It's our 192nd birthday this year. We're excited to be working with W Hotels and W Doha on our birthday fundraiser in June. We're very grateful to them for this support and hope this is the first of many such collaborations.'

"The one year anniversary celebration of the iconic W Doha is a milestone in W Hotels' expansion in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East." says Robyn Pratt, VP Brand Management W Hotels, EAME "following its opening a year ago as the first W Hotel to launch the W brand in the Middle East, it has since become an international lifestyle destination known for providing insider access to extraordinary entertainment happenings from live performances to DJ music sessions. The collaboration with The Old Vic further highlights the hotel's passion for creating W experiences within the entertainment industry for global jetsetters and local tastemakers alike."

In cooperation with W Doha Hotel & Residences, The Old Vic 192 event, a major fundraiser for the Old Vic, will be held in June. The event will be a star-studded celebration featuring entertainment, an auction and an exclusive private performance. All monies raised will go to The Old Vic Theatre Trust to safeguard the 192 year old iconic building, to make great theatre available to all, to mentor the next generation of creative talent and to address poverty of aspiration among young people in our schools and community through The Old Vic's award winning education and community programmes.

The opening of W Doha Hotel & Residences in March 2009 marked the entry of W Hotels Worldwide into the Middle East. The hotel merges traditional Arabian imagery with the contemporary cool design of the W brand. Immediately upon arrival, guests are welcomed into a world of Wow.  Founded in 1998 in New York City, W Hotels is transforming into a global powerhouse. W Hotels have recently opened in Barcelona, Miami South Beach, Hollywood, and Washington D.C. and will open this year in London, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Koh Samui and St Petersburg, among other vibrant destinations.