The sale of coffee, key chains and arts and crafts helped Carlson Hotels Worldwide raise more than $300,000 last year to protect children from exploitation and trafficking.
Money raised by the Minnetonka-based hotel chain will go to the World Childhood Foundation, a Swedish charity that supports, among others, The Bridge for Runaway Youth in Minneapolis.
Other fundraising activities included a charity triathalon in London and an event in Dubai in which hotel managers worked as valets and bell boys for a day.
Carlson also said it is the first North American company to sign a code of conduct to protect children from exploitation in the travel and tourism industry.
