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DOWNTOWN
TORONTO
May 27,
2005
Ms Susan
E. Wallace
Executive Director
Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street
12th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Dear Ms.
Wallace,
I am in
receipt of your letter and package dated May 26, 2005 expressing
your concerns about the Delta Chelsea's "sponsorship"
of the Blue Man Group.
Following
our telephone conversation of this morning let me assure you
that we value our long standing relationship with the Canadian
Actor's Equity Association and it's affiliated unions, as
well as all the other unions that we do business with, and
that we would not intentionally take an action to place it
in jeopardy.
The Delta
Chelsea has been Toronto's theatre hotel since the early 1990's
when we partnered with the Phantom of the Opera. Subsequently,
we knave had partnerships with almost every other major theatrical
production, which has helped to provide full employment for
our unionized staff. Without these important alliances our
staff would have been much more severely hurt than they were
during the tough times of the early 90's recession, 9/11 and
SARS.
As I mentioned,
the Delta Chelsea was not a sponsor of the Blue Man Group.
We were one of a number of hotels who agreed to publicize
the Blue Man Group in order to continue our tradition
of being branded as Toronto's theatre hotel. We thought that
this was especially important as it could help generate more
business for the hotel and consistent work for our employees
as we enter into a very uncertain summer without any major
theatre productions to attract tourists. We did not realize
that you would have concerns with our promoting the Blue
Man Group and we have addressed your concerns by removing
all Blue Man Group promotional collateral from the
hotel.
Ms. Wallace,
our partnership with your organization is very important to
us and we appreciate the excellent relationship we have established
over the years.
c.c. Leah
Casselman, President, Ontario Public Service Employees Union
John Pye, President, Delta Hotels
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Chelsea letter
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