ETIHAD AIRWAYS INVITES FASHION’S ELITE TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF ‘RUNWAY TO RUNWAY’

Etihad Airways co-hosted an exclusive dinner last Thursday at New York Fashion Week: The Shows with Lauren Santo Domingo, Co-founder of online luxury fashion retailer, Moda Operandi. The special event, whose attendees included distinguished guests from across the fashion industry, was held to mark the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, the airline’s unique rewards program specially designed to support the fashion community’s international travel requirements.

To commemorate the launch, Etihad Airways awarded each dinner guest top tier Gold Status founding membership with ‘Runway to Runway’ and a complimentary Business Class return flight to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.

The dinner also celebrated an upcoming partnership between Moda Operandi and Etihad Airways, which will invite select Moda Operandi designers to Abu Dhabi to support the designers’ business objectives in a key global fashion market, and elevate the fashion industry presence in the region.

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Photo Captions

• Photo 1 – Etihad Airways transformed a runway at New York Fashion Week into an intimate dinner party for VIP guests from the fashion community for the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, the airline’s new rewards program tailored to the international fashion community.

·       Photo 2 - Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo (second left) poses with Martin Drew, Etihad Airways Senior Vice President – Americas (left), Amina Taher, Etihad Airways Head of Corporate Communications (second right), Patrick Pierce, Etihad Airways Vice President – Sponsorship (right), and Etihad Airways cabin crew during a VIP dinner announcing the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 3 - Etihad Airways cabin crew pose at the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community during a VIP dinner hosted by Lauren Santo Domingo in New York.

• Photo 4 - Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo (left) poses with designer Manish Malhotra (center) and Amina Taher, Etihad Airways Head of Corporate Communications (right), during a VIP dinner announcing the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 5 - Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo (left) poses with Amina Taher, Etihad Airways Head of Corporate Communications (right), and Etihad Airways cabin crew during a VIP dinner announcing the launch of ‘Runway to Runway,’ a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 6 - Amina Taher, Etihad Airways Head of Corporate Communications (center), poses with designer Manish Malhotra (left) and Hamish Bowles, International Editor at Large at American Vogue (right) during a VIP dinner announcing the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 7 – Amina Taher, Etihad Airways Head of Corporate Communications, poses with Etihad Airways cabin crew during a VIP dinner announcing the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 8 – Model Amber Valletta toasts the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 9 – Model Emily Ratajkowski (left) and Harley Viera-Newton (right) toast the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor, Etihad Airways, tailored to the international fashion community.

• Photo 10 – Model Maye Musk toasts the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor Etihad Airways, tailored to the international Fashion community during a VIP dinner hosted by Lauren Santo Domingo in New York.

• Photo 11 – Marchesa designers Keren Craig (left) and Georgina Chapman (right) toast the launch of ‘Runway to Runway’, a new rewards program from WME-IMG New York Fashion Week sponsor Etihad Airways, tailored to the international Fashion community.