VANOC briefs world press on 2010 Winter Olympic Games preparation
21/11/2008 17:53
More than 200 delegates from international news wire services, photo
agencies, newspapers and non-rights holding broadcast organizations were briefed
on the preparation of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
In the World Press
Briefing which ended yesterday, the organizers of the Vancouver winter games
told the world press detailed information about the services and facilities for
the written and photographic press.
The briefing included presentations by
various Games functions, including Accreditation, Accommodation, Rate Card,
Technology and Transportation.
The program also featured detailed tours of
the competition and non-competition venues, with an emphasis on the services and
facilities for the press, including plans for the Main Press Center and venue
media centers.
"The objectives of the World Press Briefing is to provide
world press with clear, complete, useful and transparent information to help
media organizations with their plan for the 2010 Vancouver winter games," said
Lucia Montanarella, Director, Press Operations yesterday.
In the first two
days of the World Press Briefing, the representatives from world press visited
the city venues and those in Whistler, world famous skiing resort.
The
International Olympic Committee has established a quota of 2,800 accreditations
covering the categories of written and photographic press and non-rights holding
broadcast organizations.
The concept of the World Press Briefing debuted
before the Sydney 2000 Games. The World Press Briefing is held one year before
the Games; it presents the Organizing Committee's detailed plans for Games-time
print media facilities and services.
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