Miami FL/ Grand Cayman BWI April 3, 2009 -- Stars and athletes at the Muhammad Ali
Celebrity Fight Night are enjoying an authentic "taste of the Islands", each receiving a Tortuga
Caribbean Rum Cake in their VIP gift bags. Held on March 28 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge
Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona this annual charity gala brings together many of today's
hottest celebrities and athletes to raise money for the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at
Barrow Neurological Institute.
This year's festivities included live musical performances by Jon Bon Jovi, Charice, Roy
Firestone and others with country music star Reba McEntire returning as the evening's emcee.
The Muhammad Ali Award recipients were Kurt Warner, Michael Phelps, and Forest Whitaker.
The star-studded gala also attracted Josh Groban, Jordin Sparks, John Elway, Melissa Peterman,
Steve Young, Alice Cooper, Bo Derek and John Corbett among others from the sports, music
and entertainment worlds.
EXTRA TV, a nationally syndicated celebrity/entertainment show pictured a Tortuga rum cake
in the gift bag as part of its Celebrity Fight Night coverage on air on Wednesday April 1 and now
has an online contest to win one of these goodie-packed bags. http://tinyurl.com/dlwa5g
Created by Jewels and Pinstripes, one of the premier gift bag
companies dedicated to raising money for charitable causes,
the gift bag includes two trips to resort destinations, skin
care, jewelry, desserts, and other luxury items valued at over
$7500. US Weekly magazine is slated to feature the gift bag
next week and an autographed gift bag is being auctioned off
for charity, with bidding on www.charityfolks.com.
Tortuga Rum Cakes are the #1 export of the Cayman Islands
and named the 2009 "Best Cruise Souvenir" by Porthole
Cruise Magazine for the fifth consecutive year. They are
sold in onboard gift shops of over 100 cruise ships and in gift
and specialty stores throughout the Caribbean and North
America. The complete line can be ordered online at
www.tortugarums.com or toll free at 800-444-0625.
Founded in 1984, the Tortuga Rum Company, Ltd. is a family owned and operated business
based in Grand Cayman, B.W.I. with 18 retail and duty free shops and three bakeries. Franchise
bakeries are in Jamaica, Barbados and the Bahamas. Tortuga Imports/Tortuga Rum Cake
Company handles worldwide distribution, mail order, food service and online sales from Miami,
Florida.
Tortuga Imports/Tortuga Rum Cake Company, named as one of the INC5000 fastest growing
private companies in America, handles worldwide distribution, mail order, food service and online
sales from Miami, Florida.
