Getting closer to kick off!

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Hello all and time for  quick update on the Rotary RWC home hosting programme.

Now that the kick off is less than 5 months away enthusiasm is starting to build and you can sense everyone is waiting for the tournament to start. A great time to be involved with the whole RWC  thing

We are seeing a number of new bookings mainly from UK and SA  and are looking forward to a bit of a rush towards the end. We are pushing once more into Rotary clubs in the main rugby countries as this is where are seeing most interest and will soon switch our focus to our cousins from OZ as we think there will demand from there from those who have tickets but not got around to organising accommodation.

We now have confirmed and paid for bookings for Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, North Shore and Auckland. The main demand has been Auckland where the semis and finals are being held.

There is a trend that some visitors are booking at times when there is no game in town and are obviously mixing a bit of general sight seeing and touring around with seeing games at the greatest sporting event on the planet of 2011. What a great idea.

Finally we will give a final push to clubs in NZ as there are bound to be some Rotarians who have tickets but not got a bed sorted and while we all have friends and relatives country wide they may not all be able to accommodate at that time.

With RWC continuing to release tickets on a regular basis there should be on going demand for accommodation.   

As noted above we are seeing most of the interest for Auckland around the quarter, semi and finals. A number of visitors are touring throughout the country with a final stay in Auckland.

Finally our thoughts are with our friends in Christchurch who are unfortunately no longer hosting teams to their fair city. However there were 2 confirmed bookings to visit Christchurch from visitors from England and both parties have reconfirmed their bookings to go and stay in Christchurch even thou no matches. Good on them and thanks to Kai in Christchurch who on top of everything else has re arranged bookings and hosts. Well done 

Finally again thanks for all being involved  I know that there have been no bookings in some cities and you have people really keen to be hosts and be involved. Fingers crossed that the bookings will still come for every location where games are being played

Best wishes to all Rick Hughes