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| The MARCO POLO PARKSIDE - LUXURY HOTEL Scheduled to open in 2007, Marco Polo Parkside is located in the exclusive Chaoyang District of Beijing. Part of a mixed-use development project, the hotel is situated only 1,000 meters from the 2008 Beijing National Main Stadium, with easy access to Beijing Metro Route 5 and Route 10 (at Olympic Park) and all other public transportation. Beijing Capital International Airport is a short twenty minute drive. |
| PRESIDENTIAL PLAZA BEIJING - LUXURY LODGING 9 Fuchengmenwai Road, Beijing 100037, China Presidential Plaza represents a new breed of business hotel in the fast-developing western side of Beijing with close and easy access to China's commercial banking institutions, government ministries, high-tech industrial basin, Beijing Exhibition Hall, Summer Palace and Forbidden City. Location Located in the City, Railway Station Beijing Station 13 km, Exhibition Site Beijing Exhibition Center 2 km, Fragrant Hills 25.0 km, Forbidden City 8.0 km, Diao Yu Tai State Guest House 3.0 km, Beijing Zoo/Beijing Aquarium 5.0 km, Beihai Park 7.0 km. |
The Marco Polo Xidan Beijing - LUXURY Accommodation Luxurious first class hotel with 2 restaurants, international cuisine, café/bistro, lobby bar, shops, executive floor, business and beauty centres. The gym and indoor pool are among the best. The hotel is located centrally in the middle of the popular shopping quarter of Xidan, in the heart of Peking, close to the Square of Heavenly Peace and the Forbidden City. Just a few steps away from the efficient underground with connections to the 2008 BEIJING OLYMPIC Villages. The 296 rooms, measuring around 35 sq m, are very roomy and equipped with all comforts of a first class hotel, such as TV, phone, mini-bar, air conditioning, bathroom/WC and Internet access. The rooms boast views over the gardens or the city, many even offer views over the Forbidden City. |
| Aug. 6th and beforeper night 819 525 600 350 350 |
| Aug. 7th out on 11th4 nights 3276 SOLD 2400 SOLD 1400 |
| Aug. 11th out on 16th 5 nights 4095 SOLD 3000 1750 1750 |
| Aug. 16th out on 21st 5 nights 4095 3025* 3000 1750 1750 |
| Aug. 21st out on 25th 4 nights 3276 2420* 2400 SOLD 1400 |
| Aug. 25th and after per night 819 525 600 350 350 |
| BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS LODGING Prices in ABOVE HOTELS are in EUROS and INCLUDE TAXES! Feel Free to buy 2 or more blocks to fit your needs… BUY 18 nights and save another 25 EUROS per night! * Shang Yan is a brand new hotel being built now and still no webiste yet but sure is the BEST VALUE for a soon to be 4 STARS in Beijing |
| BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS LODGING JING LING HOTEL JING LIN 3 Pictures of HOTEL JING LING * JING LING is also a BEST VALUE for in Beijing 2008 Olympics... Floor view, Twin room and Suite pictures... |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JIANGUO HOTEL - LUXURY Accommodation History The Jianguo Hotel Beijing is the first international hotel in China since 1982 and the only garden hotel in Beijing CBD - Your Real Green Home. Location Jianguo Hotel Beijing is situated adjacent to the Beijing diplomatic quarter, in the heart of Beijing Central Business District, just 1 minute walking distance from the metro and 5 minutes walk from the famous Xiushui Market. By car, 10 minutes from Tiananmen Square and Beijing's numerous historical sights and 30 minutes from the Beijing Capital International Airport. (50 rooms available) Business Rooms: $7470 US / 9 nights August 7th to 16th** Business Rooms: $7470 US / 9 nights August 16th to 25th** Executive Business or Garden Rooms: $8410 US / 9 nights** Business Suites: $11210 US / 9 nights** |



| The LUXURY Suites The Suites distinguished itself by its fashionable design, excellent service and European style management. With its 199 comfortable and elegant suites, it offers safety, privacy and personalized service. Ideal for the BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS. Only 45 minutes from the Airport, The Suites is right at the heart of Beijing, at a walking distance from Tiananmen, the Forbidden City, neighboring to Wangfujing Avenue, Beijing's best dining and shopping area. All suites are luxuriously decorated and made up with living room, dining room as well as fully equipped kitchen. Complying with most advanced technical requirement, every suite offers the most advanced telephone and broadband connectivity. Further most of suites have balconies with the wonderful view of Jing Shan Mountain, Beihai Park and the Forbidden City. Adding to the luxury, all permanent tenants will automatically receive a "Guest Card" for the most prestigious Beijing Chan an Club with access to all restaurants, banquet and conference facilities. |
| THE LUXURY SUITES BEIJING BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS LODGING RATES SHEET Room Type Size (gross) Period Dates Daily Room Rate (net) Studio 60 sqm Pre-game 7.26.08 – 8.7.2008 $490 During 8.7.08 – 8.25.08 $575 Post-game 8.25.08 – 8.31.06 $525 1-bedroom 97 – 117 sqm Pre-game 7.26.08 – 8.7.2008 $575 During 8.7.08 – 8.25.08 $670 Post-game 8.25.08 – 8.31.06 $620 Deluxe 1-b 135 – 141 sqm Pre-game 7.26.08 – 8.7.2008 $600 During 8.7.08 – 8.25.08 $730 Post-game 8.25.08 – 8.31.06 $655 2-bedroom 130 – 166 sqm Pre-game 7.26.08 – 8.7.2008 $875 During 8.7.08 – 8.25.08 $980 Post-game 8.25.08 – 8.31.06 $930 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS HOTELS RATES SHEET for Long-staying and groups Contract Period Studio 1-bedroom Dlx. 1b 2b Rates quoted below are net rates, per calender month for the entire required period. 4.1.08 – 9.30.08 $6050 / mo $7000 / mo $7450 / mo $9950 / mo 5.1.08 – 9.30.08 $6400 / mo $7450 / mo $8000 / mo $10600 / mo 6.1.08 – 9.30.08 $6950 / mo $8150 / mo $8750 / mo $11550 / mo 7.1.08 – 9.30.08 $7700 / mo $9200 / mo $10000 / mo $13000 / mo The above quoted rates are for reference, subject to availability. Minimum stay is any 5 nights. Prices include all taxes and service charge. Stays of 1, 2, 3 or 4 nights have a supplement of $400!!! |
| MARRIOTT COURTYARD BEIJING Experience impeccable service, an unbeatable downtown location and cozy accommodations at the Courtyard by Marriott Beijing. Our hotel is part of the Beijing New World Center, one of the best shopping places in Beijing. Tian An Men Square, the Forbidden City and other imperial sites are just a stroll away. Elegant guest rooms offer luxury bedding, high-speed Internet, large work areas and individually controlled air conditioning. After sightseeing or meetings, catch up with friends or colleagues while enjoying delectable Cantonese cuisine at Hua Mei Garden or a cocktail at our Lobby Lounge. Stay fit and unwind in our fully equipped gymnasium, indoor pool, and sauna. Known for our event facilities and catering services, we offer unique meeting space for conferences or intimate gatherings and event planners to coordinate every detail. When in China's capital, choose the Courtyard by Marriott for your business or leisure travel, where you'll find the perfect mix of Eastern and Western cultures. Welcome to this BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS HOTEL! Executive Level Rooms: $17,500 US / 10 nights Price for any 10 Consecutive nights for up to 2 person including breakfast |


| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 star Hotel Kapok for $1150 per night (ON HOLD) 4 star Howard Johnson for $700 per night (SOLD OUT) BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS for these 2 HOTELS - Minimum stay is any 5 nights. Prices include all taxes and service charge. Stays of 1, 2, 3 or 4 nights have a supplement of $400 per night!!! 3 star Hotel SHANG YUAN for $850 per night... blocks are for 6 nights... 7-13, 13-19 and 19-25 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVOTEL Peace Beijing 2008 OLYMPICS HOTEL Novotel Peace Beijing is conveniently located in the busy Wangfujing shopping district, only 30 minutes drive from the airport. The hotel features 344 rooms, 4 restaurants, 2 bars, an indoor swimming pool, sauna and fitness centre. There are conference facilities for up to 300 delegates. Two of the citys major tourist attractions, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, are only a short walk from the front door. HOTEL of the 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS... LIMITED NUMBER OF ROOMS LEFT... $540US / night SOLD OUT! |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS - LUXURIOUS ZHAOLONG HOTEL Deluxe room is at USD $550US/night for 10 nights minimum and $450 for extra nights (not including service charge and breakfast) Superior deluxe room is at USD $650US/night for 10 nights minimum and $550 for extra nights |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS 5 STAR HOTEL (100) Business Standard room $13,535US (39) Executive Deluxe $17,055US (18) Executive Suite $19,405US Price is for any 9 nights including Breakfast Buffet and ALL Taxes, gratuities and Service charges 5-star hotel located on Chang'an Street, the central area of foreign affairs and business, forming one of the most potential business area of Beijing with COFCO Plaza, Herderson Center and Bright China Chang'an Mansion. Very close to the Forbidden city(the Imperial Palace), it has a convenient traffic and a quiet environment in the prosperity as the first choice for businessmen and people spending holidays in Beijing or for the 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS. The main building of (BIH) is a high white building with trifurcate surfaces, with 1008 well appointed guest rooms and suites, equipped with central air conditioner system, closed-circuit television, mini bar, electronic lock and international long-distance direct dial telephone. There are cypresses, ponds and fountains decorating the wide front square. There are over ground and underground capable of more than 300 cars. The quiet and comfortable outer court, bright and large hall, elegant Four Season Lounge, featured Shanghai Pavilion, Starlight Revolving Restaurant which can see the city in bird's eye, Tanfu Restaurant which characterized by Tan feudal official dishes, Japanese food and Cantonese food can satisfy your appetite. |



| HOLIDAY INN CENTRAL PLAZA BEIJING Holiday Inn Central Plaza Beijing, an Award-Winning hotel, is conveniently located in Guanganmen commercial and civic area, adjacent to the new Municipal Government Office Building and is within a stone's throw from Beijing's Financial Street. The hotel is close to tourist and shopping attractions such as Wangfujing, Oriental Plaza and the Forbidden City. It is 10 minutes drive from the West Train Station and 50 minutes from the Capital Airport. The hotel has 322 contemporary guest rooms and suites, some with kitchen facilities, including suites and two floors each of Business Club rooms and Executive Club rooms, all equipped with wired and wireless broadband internet, speaker telephone and multi-language voice mail. With a 640 square meter, pillar-free ballroom and 7 other function rooms ranging from 35 to 176 square meters, the hotel is an ideal venue for business meetings and social functions alike. All the meeting rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual facilities, built-in work station, wireless broadband connection and video conference facilities. The hotel's professional meetings team will ensure that every event is a success. The hotel also provides other facilities like business center ticketing and tour desk, kiosk, clinic, car rental, concierge taxi and limousine service, baby sitting service and karaoke. Welcome to this BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS HOTEL! Standard Rooms: $705US/night for 7 consecutive nights Price includes a credit of $90US/day for food and beverages |
Facts and General Information... 2010 Winter Olympics Official website It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available. XXI Olympic Winter Games The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005 and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend Host city Vancouver, BC, Canada Nations participating 80+ (projected) Athletes participating 5,500 (projected) Events 86 in 7 sports Opening ceremony February 12 Closing ceremony February 28 Stadium BC Place Stadium related news: Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter GamesThe 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC). The 2010 Winter Olympics will be the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. These will also be the first games to be held in an NHL market since the league allowed its players to participate starting in 1998. Following Olympic tradition, current Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, which was also attended by Governor General Michaëlle Jean and Premier of British Columbia, the host province, Gordon Campbell, himself a Vancouver native. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special flag raising ceremony, and will be on display at Vancouver's city hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. At the same time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun its journey to Vancouver. The Call for Volunteers program was launched on February 12, 2008 to find 25,000 volunteers. Bidding 2010 Winter Olympics bids The Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the games and Quebec City, which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City with 25 and Calgary 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between the two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32. The win allowed Vancouver to prepare its bid and begin lobbying efforts internationally. After the bid bribing scandal that took place with the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City (which saw Quebec City asking for compensation (CDN$8 million) for their failed 2002 bid), 1999 saw many of the rules around the bidding process change. The IOC created the Evaluation Commission which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics, often host cities would fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts from the city. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by the IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analysed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC. The bid books from the three candidate cities were submitted in January 2003 and inspections occurred before May 2003, when the final report was submitted. Vancouver's residents were asked in a referendum whether they accepted the responsibilities of the host city should it win its bid. Sixty-four percent of residents accepted the proposal. The referendum was held only in Vancouver, though the infrastructure tab was to be picked up by the province as a whole. Furthermore, this victory was helped by a media campaign which saw those who supported the Olympic bid outspend those who were against the bid by 88:1.[citation needed] Regardless, it was the first time such a referendum was successful. In neighbouring Washington state to the south, both the state legislature and Governor Gary Locke passed a resolution in support of Vancouver's bid, and sent it to the IOC. Vancouver won the bidding process to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003 at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague, Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge. Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: PyeongChang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria. Pyeongchang had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. Two years earlier, Canada had put in a bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Toronto, but lost out to Beijing. British Columbia had refused to support Toronto's bid that,[5] had it succeeded, would have ended Vancouver's chances of hosting the 2010 games as the IOC preferred to rotate the Games among continents. 2010 Winter Olympics bidding results City NOC Name Round 1 Round 2 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada 40 56 PyeongChang South Korea 51 53 Salzburg Austria 16 - Construction 2010 Winter Olympics Bid process Village Mascots IOC · COC · VANOC The Olympic Flag outside the Vancouver City Hall. This particular flag was replaced with a replica after it was stolen.The initial problem Vancouver faced in winning the bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics was fundraising for construction of venues. The Bid Committee, and subsequently VANOC, arranged for commitments of investment on a 50/50 basis by the federal and provincial governments, primarily for amounts to cover venue construction costs. It later began to achieve sponsorships and donations from private corporations and institutions. Such commitments were made enthusiastically as a chance to build on the world prestige Vancouver already gained as host of the 1986 World's Fair and to improve on the technological advances made during that event, like the expansion of the SkyTrain transit system. The expansion was a pledge of the BC government, and not the responsibility of VANOC. Construction of the rapid transit link between Richmond, the adjacent international airport and downtown Vancouver is now underway and is expected to be completed by late 2009. The BC government also indicated it would pay for a C$600 million upgrade of the Sea-to-Sky Highway to accommodate increased traffic between Vancouver and Whistler, although this highway upgrade has been overdue for more than a decade and will still not meet the basic needs of the corridor. The three main venues -- constructed at a cost of $580 million, about 23 percent above the 2003 bid forecasts -- have already had their work largely completed. The $40-million Hillcrest/Nat Bailey stadium park, which will host curling, will be finished later this year. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent $16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress, which will host the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. The athletes' villages in Whistler and Vancouver are still under construction, as are the main media centre in Coal Harbour and its Whistler counterpart. As of 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics is estimated to be in the range of C$1.4 billion. In 2006, VANOC CEO John Furlong estimated it would be about C$1.7 billion, all raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$580 million is the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler, C$200 million is expected to be spent for security, of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the lead agency. Logo and mascots 2010 Winter Olympics mascots related news: Mascots announced for 2010 Games Newspaper campaigns to elevate Vancouver Olympic character from sidekick status. The 2010 Winter Olympics logo was unveiled on April 23, 2005 and is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend. The logo is based on the Inukshuk built for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86 and donated to the city of Vancouver after the event. It is now used as a landmark on English Bay beach. The mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were introduced on November 27, 2007. After the unveiling, many people were displeased with the look of the new mascots because they represented a small population of Vancouver. Inspired by traditional First Nations creatures, the mascots include: Miga - A mythical sea bear, part orca and part kermode bear. Quatchi - A sasquatch. Sumi - An animal guardian spirit who wears the hat of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty Thunderbird and runs on the strong furry legs of the black bear. Mukmuk - A Vancouver Island marmot, Mukmuk is not an official mascot but acts as their sidekick. Miga and Quatchi are mascots for the Olympic Games, while Sumi is the mascot for the Paralympic Games. Sports Eighty-six winter sports events have been announced as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The eight sports categorized as ice sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, and curling. The three sports categorized as alpine, skiing and snowboarding events are: alpine, freestyle and snowboarding. The four sports categorized as Nordic events are: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined. Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating The opening and closing ceremonies and the events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" will be held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events will be held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) will be held on Blackcomb Mountain. Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver) will host the 2010 freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls, and ski cross), and all 2010 snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). Vancouver 2010 will also be the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey will be played on a narrower, NHL-sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m). The games will be played at General Motors Place, home of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. This change is expected to save $10 million (CAD) in construction costs and allow an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games. Additional events There were a number of events proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include skicross in the official program. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to be officially part of the Games program. Events up for inclusion but were ultimately rejected included: Biathlon mixed relay Mixed doubles curling Team alpine skiing Team bobsled and skeleton Team luge Women's ski jumping Controversies The IOC voted in 2006 not to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games, on the grounds that the sport was not yet developed enough and did not meet basic criteria for inclusion. The members of the Canadian Women Ski Jumping Team filed a grievance with the Canadian Human Rights Board citing gender discrimination. So far the IOC has yet to comment or change its decision. According to lobby group Women's Ski Jumping USA, a group composed of "some of the top women ski jumpers", will file a Statement of Claim with the Supreme Court of British Columbia suing the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee for excluding women ski jumpers from the Vancouver games. The athlete's village located at South East False Creek was originally planned to be a model sustainable community, with state of the art energy efficiency provisions, and a mix of market and social housing, at one third market, one third social housing and one third subsidized middle income housing. The City of Vancouver would break even through the sale of market housing. However, a new city council in 2005 dropped the provisions for subsidized middle income housing and then sold the lands to a private developer for 193 million dollars, thereby erasing earlier plans for a sustainable and socially just community. On August 22, 2008 The Globe and Mail reported that the Harper government intended to tie funding to the opening ceremonies to control over content. This was widely criticized as reflecting policies of interfering with the arts and exercising ideological control. However, the vice- president of communications for the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee, Renée Smith-Valade, said the government was not bringing politics into the 2010 games and will not have veto power over any part of the Olympic ceremonies. Venues For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. The 2010 Games will also be the first—Winter or Summer—to have an Opening Ceremony held indoors. Vancouver, which will be the most populous city ever to hold the Winter Games, will also be the warmest: in February, when the Games will be held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). Greater Vancouver Vancouver BC Place Stadium - Opening and Closing Ceremonies, nightly medal presentations Vancouver Olympic Village A forest of cranes tower over the Olympic village being constructed on the southeastern shore of False Creek near downtown Vancouver. Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre - Media centre Canada Hockey Place - Ice hockey (primary venue) Pacific Coliseum - Figure skating, short track Hillcrest Park - Curling University of British Columbia UBC Winter Sports Centre Ice hockey (secondary venue) Richmond Richmond Olympic Oval - Speed Skating West Vancouver Cypress Mountain Resort - Freestyle skiing, snowboard [edit] Whistler Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village Whistler Creekside - Alpine skiing Whistler Olympic Park in Callaghan Valley - Biathlon, cross country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping (fomerly the Whistler Nordic Venue) Whistler Sliding Centre - bobsleigh, luge, skeleton Due to the fact that corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue, GM Place will be renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the games. Broadcasting Vancouver 2010 will be broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 games have been packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics, broadcasters will be largely identical for both events. Confirmed broadcasters include: Australia Nine Network and FOXTEL Brazil TV Record, a privately owned, free-to-air channel in Brazil, will offer increased coverage of the Olympic Games across a number of TV channels. The organisation will also acquire the rights to air the Games across all media platforms, including TV, cable, satellite, internet and mobile telephones. Canada A consortium led by CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media, expected to include CTV, TSN, RDS, RIS, Rogers Sportsnet, OMNI Television, OLN, CTV Newsnet, Rogers radio stations, potentially other outlets in the CTV and Rogers families, and third-party broadcasters TQS, APTN and ATN United Kingdom BBC Hong Kong Cable TV Japan NHK Mexico Televisa and TV Azteca New Zealand Sky TV and Prime Philippines Solar Sports South Korea SBS United States NBC Universal Torch Relay The clock counting down to the opening of the Olympics in downtown Vancouver. The Olympic Torch Relay is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient Olympia, Greece - where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago - to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the Opening Ceremony. For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame will first be lit in Olympia in late 2009. It will then travel from Greece, over the North Pole to Canada's high Arctic and on to the West Coast and Vancouver. The Olympic Torch will be carried by thousands of Canadians of all ages and cultural backgrounds: on foot, dog sled, snowmobile, horse, plane and virtually every means of transport known to the people of Canada. The torch relay is said to be the longest in winter Olympic history and will travel across all of Canada on its journey to Vancouver. For the first time in Olympic history the Olympic flame will be lit indoors, as BC Place is a covered stadium. This has caused some speculation on how this will be accomplished, as such a large flame burning for the required 15 days would cause environmental issues inside the stadium. A possible solution to the problem includes installing a special ventilation system to house the flame. It has yet to be officially stated how this problem will be solved. Opposition Members of the Native Warriors Society pose with the stolen Winter Olympics flag. They stole the flag to protest the Olympics, and to honour the death of Harriet Nahanee. Opposition to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver has been expressed by hundreds of activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland Mayors Derek Corrigan and Richard Walton. Many of the public Olympic events held to date in Vancouver have been attended by protesters. Non-violent environmental protests at Eagleridge Bluffs in West Vancouver resulted in the arrest of over 20 people and jail time for two local women, Betty Krawczyk and Harriet Nahanee. Protesters have also vandalized branches of the Royal Bank of Canada, an Olympic sponsor, in Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria. There are several reasons for the opposition, some of which are reflected in the documentary film Five Ring Circus. These issues include: Large expense to taxpayers (estimated at CAN$580 million) Destruction of the natural environment (such as Eagleridge Bluffs) Loss of affordable housing . The Anti-Poverty Committee has promised that they would target VANOC officials in their homes and businesses, and on 22 May 2007, "evicted" the British Columbia Cabinet and VANOC officials by trashing their offices in downtown Vancouver. " Rising homelessness caused by speculation on land in the Downtown Eastside and divergence of funds from social services to Olympic costs. Use, by the provincial government, of the Olympics to force through a 2 billion dollar private public partnership funded rapid transit link from Downtown Vancouver to the Vancouver International Airport, over other transit options On another front, local First Nations people as well as Canadian Inuit expressed concern over the choice of an inukshuk as the symbol of the Games, with some Inuit leaders such as Nunavut Commissioner Peter Irniq stating that the inukshuk is a culturally important symbol to them. He said that the "Inuit never build inuksuit with head, legs and arms. I have seen inuksuit build more recently, 100 years maybe by non-Inuit in Nunavut, with head, legs and arms. These are not called inuksuit. These are called inunguat, imitation of man." Local First Peoples also expressed annoyance that the design did not reflect West Coast native culture such as that of the Squamish or Haida, but rather that of the Inuit, who are indigenous to the Arctic far from Vancouver. One chief also said that the design lacked dignity, comparing it to Pac-Man. However, other First Nations and Inuit leaders praised the design. The First Nations governments of the Squamish, Musqueam, Lil'wat and Tsleil-Waututh (the "Four Host Nations"), on whose traditional territory the games will be held, signed a protocol in 2004 in support of the games. |
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| VANCOUVER 2010 XXI Olympic Winter Games From the 12th to 28th February 2010 ELECTION The city of Vancouver was elected Host City of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 at the 115th IOC Session in Prague on 2 July 2003. Eight cities applied to host the Games: Andorra la Vella in Andorra, Bern in Switzerland, Harbin in China, Jaca in Spain, PyeongChang in Korea, Salzburg in Austria, Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Vancouver in Canada. |
| LONDON 2012 Games of the XXX Olympiad From the 27th July to 12th August 2012 ELECTION The host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad will be the city of London. Following four rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), today, at the 117th IOC Session, in Singapore, London eventually triumphed by taking 54 votes from a possible 104. This gave London the majority that it needed to be elected as the host city for the 2012 Games. London had to overcome stiff competition, however, in the form of Paris, New York, Moscow and Madrid in its bid to get the Games. |

| SOCHI 2014 XXI Olympic Winter Games February 2014 Sochi Elected as Host City of XXII Olympic Winter Games © IOC/R. Juilliart 4 July 2007 The city of Sochi has been elected as the host city for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014. The announcement has just been made by IOC President Jacques Rogge in Guatemala City, where the IOC members are meeting. Sochi was elected in the second round of voting with 51 votes against 47 votes for PyeongChang. Unsurpassed Excellence The vision of Sochi 2014 is to unite the resources of the city of Sochi, the Krasnodar region and the Russian nation to develop in Sochi greatly needed sports and resort infrastructure, in a sustainable, inclusive, environmentally responsible manner. Their goal is to deliver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of unsurpassed excellence for the athletes, the Olympic family, the Paralympic family and the world. Inspire and Energise The Sochi 2014 Games will provide a new gateway for winter sport in Russia. Part of its legacy will look to establish Russia’s first international-quality training and competition facilities for Alpine skiing, sliding sports and ski jumping. The facilities in Sochi will inspire the youth of the nation and energise the growth of winter sports, serving not only Russian athletes but also those of an entire region. All the key Olympic infrastructure locations in Sochi have been selected to ensure maximum sustainability and legacy after the Games by addressing existing sport, tourism and commercial infrastructure needs. Venues Sochi 2014 will provide the Olympic Movement with a “once-in-a-lifetime” Winter Games experience. The Sochi Olympic Park will offer an innovative solution, situated on the Black Sea coast in an area designated for significant development. It will include all ice venues, the Olympic Stadium, the Main Media Centre (MMC), and the main Olympic Village. It has been designed by experienced Olympic planners to offer athletes and officials, the IOC, the media, the sponsors and spectators extraordinary convenience and opportunities to enjoy the Games. The mountain venues will be only 49 km away from the coastal cluster and are located in the mountain region of Krasnaya Polyana, or “Red Meadow”. The mountain venues are also clustered within a single valley, making travel times short. The Vote The IOC members made their choice for 2014 based on not only the candidature files and presentations made today by the delegations from Sochi (Russia), Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea)*, but also on the basis of the detailed report and presentation made by the IOC’s Evaluation Commission for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, which was chaired by IOC member Chiharu Igaya. *Cities are listed in the order of drawing of lots Results of the vote: Round 1 Sochi: 34 Salzburg: 25 PyeongChang: 36 Round 2 Sochi: 51 PyeongChang: 47 |
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