World Cup: Hotels will score during 2010 influx

27 November, 2007 in South Africa, World Cup 2010

source: IOL

November 27 2007 at 12:13AM

More than 6 000 non-hotel rooms and 22 000 hotel rooms have been identified to accommodate visitors during the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Monday.

Van Schalkwyk was speaking at the launch of Fifa’s Tour Operator Programme after the launch of the Soccerex exhibition in Sandton.

“We set ourselves a minimum target of 10 000 non-hotel rooms to be signed up by May 2008. I am certain that we will exceed the 10 000 mark long before May next year,” he said, adding that a further 6 000 rooms were in the process of being contracted and that the numbers grew daily.

“These contracted rooms are located across the country, with [continue reading]