Rafa

Please correct me. Is the living / residential zone for the Olympic Village planned on an island. Will it present similar security threats to the concerns around the NY and Tokyo Olympic Village or is this a completely different scenario?

If nobody in Europe wants it....send it elsewhere.

Exciting

The only reason a media village concept even exists is if hotel rooms are insufficient. Yes, they are fine with existing accommodation, rather than "potetial" media villages.

Yes.

Budapest vs. Wroclaw. Leaning towards Budapest.

Cape Town has withdrawn its bid for the 2017 World Games citing financial implications.

Cape Town meets Rio Olympic Organizers 30 Aug 2011 11:01Submit a commentBizLike Calvyn Gilfellan, CEO of Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) will meet this week with Leonardo Gryner, CEO of Rio's 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games as part of a marketing drive in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before this meeting, where Gilfellan will share the marketing lessons learnt through South Africa's successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he will represent the destination at the SAA Sao Paulo Tourism Workshop and the Visit SA Expo in Buenos Aires. "It is crucial that we maintain the top-of-mind awareness in the South American market made possible by the World Cup. The number of Brazilians to our destination increased by almost 70% from 15 580 in 2009 to 26 340 in 2010. We cannot afford to rest on our laurels and must maximise our efforts in developing markets like these," he says. "International marketing platforms are opportunities to touch base with tour operators to find out what their customers are looking for, so that we can position ourselves better and consequently draw more tourists from South America to our destination. "Before and during the World Cup, Cape Town and the Western Cape hosted various Brazilian delegations, which came to see how we were preparing to host the world for the biggest sports spectacular. Various initiatives, like the highly successful Casa "little" Brazil, will be exported and translated into the Brazilian context when that country hosts both the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games in 2016. It is a real privilege for us to share our knowledge and experience with our Brazilian compatriots. We wish them all the best as they too make history preparing to host these two mega-events," he concludes.

Africa's Turn! Boom.

Where did the existing thread go...?

It is possible.

Barcelona aside, the Madrid bid shows how important the narrative and packaging of a bid is important. Get Mike Lee before Rome bag him

The marketing of the bid need and overhaul. Many key assets of Madrid are just not mentioned. Having been to Madrid, the previous bids do not capture the essence (spelling) and vibe of the city. PYC's 3rd attempt success was instrumental in Madrid announcing a bid. I would suggest a longer lag time between conclusion of Winter Olympic bid and the deadline for the next Summer Games bids.

Casey is speaking at a Conference in Cape Town in July. Interesting times

go away.

whats wrong with favouring the Swiss for timing equipment?

At least both bids have something in common right?

Its always one of the first things to get the boot in budget cuts and reviews.

If the CWG Fed are dumb enough not to have a proper technical report or shortlist then I hope they vote Hambantota and get all that will come with it.. . Abuja was clearly not ready from CWG reports and yet it got to the vote!

fantasy bid capabilities

OCOG budgets don't mean much.

How to buy votes 101 Barcelona & Qatar Foundation agree £125m shirt deal Barcelona have ended their 111-year history of refusing commercial shirt sponsorship by signing a record £125m deal with the Qatar Foundation. The Catalan giants have paid to carry the Unicef logo for the last five years and the children's charity will share shirt space with the new sponsors. Barcelona have a sizeable debt but now claim to be "the undisputed brand leader in world football". The deal will be worth £25m a year from next season through until 2016. In July, an audit revealed Barcelona's debt to be £369.5m after a loss of more than £64.36m in the 2009/10 season. The new sponsorship arrangement could free up some transfer funds for coach Pep Guardiola - who worked as an ambassador for Qatar's successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup. The Qatar Foundation is a non-profit organisation concerned primarily with education projects in the Middle East. It is chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, the wife of the Emir, who was central to Qatar's final World Cup bid last week. Senior club executives said the deal was a "remarkable milestone because it represents a record level of revenue for a football club and has more value still in the current economic climate". Manchester United and Real Madrid both earn a little over £20m a year for their rights, while Bayern Munich make closer to £23m. Marketing experts will seek to find a way for both logos to be displayed on the Barcelona shirts, although if that is not possible the Unicef name will take priority.