Hotels in London must shape up for 2012 Olympics

London is the most expensive place to stay in Europe, according to a recent survey, and that news has emerged at the same time as tourism minister Margaret Hodge has warned that hotels in the capital must shape up in order to be ready for the 2012 Olympics.

The average cost of staying in a London hotel has leapt by a staggering 12% since April, and now averages £119 per night across the capital. Although not as expensive as New York or the world’s most expensive place for a one-night stay, Moscow, the rates are remarkably high considering that two-thirds of all London hotels are unrated. The figures show that even relatively meagre two-star accommodation in London averages £88 per night and guests have to typically stump up £109 to stay in three-star rated hotels.

Tourism minister Hodge is worried that the combination of highly priced accommodation and the large percentage of non-rated hotels will damage the reputation of the city, and is keen for the hotel industry to get itself in order. She said: “If the tourist industry is to reap the potential £2.1 billion from the 2012 Olympic Games, then 85% of London’s hotels must be accredited before then.”

Hodge is concerned that many people attending the 2012 Olympics will be coming to London for the first time and therefore wants their experience of the city to be a positive one. She added:

“Hosting the 2012 Olympics is a huge opportunity for London and the UK tourism industry
. In five years London will welcome millions of first-time visitors and we will want them to come back time and again – hopefully bringing their family and friends. It’s all about creating a lasting and positive legacy for the capital.”

But, the government doesn’t expect the capital’s hotels to do it all by themselves. A recently unveiled multi-agency strategy entitled: “Winning – A Tourism Strategy for 2012 and Beyond” has been drawn up by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport aided by Visit Britain, Visit London, and an assortment of Regional Development Agencies, aiming to give positive advice and limited financial assistance to the hotel industry throughout London and the UK.

Now that the gauntlet has been thrown down for hotels in London to make significant improvements, it is important that they respond positively if they are to fulfil the government’s aim of making the 2012 Olympic Games the start of a lasting legacy.
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In preparation for the Euro 2012 Hotel Kharkiv and Kiev, that far from renovation.Taking There is not a lot of hotels to meet the Kharkiv, apartments for short or long term lease in Kharkiv, more and more demand.
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Mr. Platini visited Ukraine in April

UEFA president Michel Platini visited Poland and Ukraine in April, 14-17, where he worked with the governments of those countries in order to guarantee that the authorities of their obligations in relation to the Euro 2012. This was confirmed by the chairman Grigory Surkis FFU at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Federation.

"In April, 14-17 Michel Platini is expected to visit Ukraine and Poland. UEFA president of the State are the leaders in the framework of the visit appears to signal that the government would complete its work and to Euro-2012" - Mr. Surkis claims.

In addition, FFU president said that by July 26, August 1, Michel Platini will make every Ukrainian city chosen to host Euro 2012. August 2, President watches final UEFA EURO 2009 Championship (U-19), will be held in Donetsk.

When the process for the championship, FFU president particularly pointed to the airports.

"After the UEFA delegation that recently, in Ukraine, in the reconstruction of the airport injured. There are few complaints about Kiev and Kharkov, but other cities are moving away from the list" - he said.

However, as argued by Mr. Surkis stadium situation is much more optimistic. Development experts in Kiev, Odessa and Lviv. Stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Kharkov, is not considered problematic, as UEFA has no doubt in these cities in their country, they meet all the requirements for Euro 2012 in time.

At the beginning of the UEFA David Taylor, general secretary of the official letter to the FFU president Grigoriy Surkis, who expressed his personal gratitude for the excellent organization of the visit of the official delegation to Ukraine by UEFA.
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Lions half million visitors for Euro-2012

Within the framework of Euro-2012 Lvov awaiting placement from 100 to 450 000 tourists from Europe, and in the government project of Euro-2012-Transport-Service and traffic control concepts, which are under the control of the city of Lviv.

"Of the total number of football fans who come to Europe in Lviv, Ukraine and CIS countries in the neighboring regions, 50% of EU citizens, while in other cities in eastern Ukraine, the height varies from 5 to 10% - News Agency - reported.

Euro-2012-Transport-Service and traffic control in the concept of establishing a high quality and effective management of the supply of vehicles, as well as with representatives of UEFA, fans and tourists. Concepts and principles for the coordination of all vehicles, to the championship.

"One of the main provisions of this movement is to encourage the use of public transport by 70-80%. Particular attention is drawn to electric vehicles. This leads to an improvement in the development of public transport in our town" - said Oleg Vilyura, head of the Administration Building and Agency for the development of infrastructure to the Government a draft concept.

According-Vilyura if in such areas as transportation, are under control. The theme of the projections, the number of football fans are expected to Lions for the championship.

Lviv transport concept must be approved by the Council of Ministers of Ukraine dated 10 June 2009 and the UEFA.
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Turkey is ready to host Euro 2012 if Ukraine, Poland failed

Turkey offered to host the 2012 European Football Championship, if Ukraine and Poland, co-organizer of the largest European football organizations, back to the economic shocks that have affected Ukraine, Turkish sports minister said on Wednesday.

Turkish State Minister for Sports Murat Basesgioglu told a parliamentary committee meeting that Turkey hosted a major international sporting events in the past and can competently host Euro 2012.

News reports earlier said that Ukraine is in a severe financial crisis threatening the country's capacity to host the European championship in 2012, most construction projects have stalled due to a liquidity crisis.

Ukraine is a joint championship with neighboring Poland, but both were warned several cases of UEFA, European soccer governing body, to expedite preparations for the organization.

Poland football chief suggested at the end of October, that Germany could replace Ukraine as co-host Euro 2012.
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Drzewiecki: Warsaw is ready for the best Euro 2012

Minister of Sport visited Pomerania on Saturday, where he attended the opening of the next two sites included in the program "My Playground Orlenok 2012".

Replying to a question about opinion on the state of preparations for the European football championships in Poland Drzewiecki-Minister stated that he had recently participated in a series of meetings, the organizer of the cities of Representatives.

"I can say that today in a better position, unlike in the beginning, is located in Warsaw, so the stadium is actually under construction, despite the fact that it all began in the end. The tender was successfully completed. The old stadium, turned the market is over, pick up trash, and now piled foundations, and is now done, everything is fine, and it seems that they will be ready in time. "he said to journalists.

He also praised the preparations in Gdansk, where - he said - detailed engineering 80% complete.

"I am confident in Gdansk, as it followed the example of Warsaw with the National Center for Sports closely and NCS-U, which is the Ministry of Sports and the company is probably a very good choice, because if I were to assess Wroclaw, there is another type of situation : they are constructions, but no detailed engineering. The attempt to "design and build" tender good idea, but I can not be sure if he would not postpone the construction of the stadium in Wroclaw at the end of six months. "The minister said Drzewiecki.

He noted that Poland is preparing for Euro 2012, as if the Games were to take place in six cities.

"Because they are more cities in Poland, they need their own soccer stadiums, in any case, regardless of whether the euro will be there or not. These long-term investments and required of them too," minister of sport continues.

Another two sets of soccer fields were built as part of the "My Playground Orlenok 2012" program, have been built in Stężyca and Chojnice. They were 69 th and 70-game sets built in Poland in the framework of this program.

Region Pomerania is a leader in the program, which is important for children and young people. Our goal is to build more than 2,000 such facilities in the next four years, "he said at the opening of the site in Stężyca.

The head of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism asked the young people attending the celebration and said that he would pull players, if he had the opportunity to use one of the "Eaglets", when he was a child.
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