Both InterContinental general manager Leon Larkin (right) and Great Britain's Ambassador Leigh Turner (left) welcomed the guests in the hotel. Oleksiy Boyko A reception of the European chambers and business associations took place on Oct. 14 for the grand opening of the InterContinental Hotel in Kyiv.

Both InterContinental general manager Leon Larkin (1, right) and Great Britain's Ambassador Leigh Turner (1, left) welcomed the guests in the hotel. The event was attended by Microsoft Ukraine general director Eric Franke (2, left), Martin Nunn of Whites Communication (2, middle), Paul Niland of Pan Publishing (3), Peter Worswick of Pulse (4) and Yves Slagmulder of Shell (5). On the same day, to honor Nobel Peace Prize winner U.S. President Barack Obama, Democrats Abroad Ukraine Chairman Reno Domenico (6, right) handed over a donation of Hr 50,000 collected by his organization to Victor Stryzhenko, director of Komarivka secondary school-orphanage at the Opera Hotel. The funds will be used for installing windows in a new medical clinic at the orphanage.