//waitbox
function drawWaitBox (text) {
	if(! text) {
		text = "Please wait while we are performing your request...";
	}
	$("#container").hide();
    $("#container").before('<div id="waitBox"><p><img src="https://www.grandluxuryhotels.com/img/ultimate_coll.gif" alt="" style=\"margin:50px 0 20px 0;" /><br /><img src="https://www.grandluxuryhotels.com/img/loader.gif" alt="" style="margin:0 0 20px 0;" /><br />'+text+'</p></div>');
}