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About 600,000 room nights were booked by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) but now more than 120,000 are no longer needed.
They were booked under a deal back in 2005 at more than 200 hotels, from budget to five-star. A tourism spokeswoman said the availability was a "timely boost". As part of the bid to stage the London 2012 Games, agreements were struck by Locog with hotels in 2005 to provide rooms, representing more than 600,000 room nights over the two weeks.
The allocated rooms are to provide accommodation for the world's media, International Sport Federations, the International Olympic Committee, people working at the Games and sponsors. As part of these agreements, Locog agreed to return any unwanted rooms back to the hotels so they could sell them in time for the summer of 2012 - which they are now doing.
The number of rooms being returned to the hotels equate to about 20% of hotel room nights initially reserved in London
Mr Quest added that, along with the rooms in Greater London, there will be 75,000 more in the South East and within travelling distance of London.
This will mean there will be.
"more available rooms than any Olympics has ever had"
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Originally posted by usmc0311
reply to post by InfoKartel
I really don't care who started the whole thing. I was just trying to bring the thread to the attention of the OP. Sorry if it bummed you out. My bad.
I AM A UNITED STATES MARINE
So where does this pattern lead?
Judging me the way you have is as dumb as me saying that you support drug cartels because of your screen name.
Now that would be just stupid right? Well think about it becuase judging me (and yes you are judging me) over a few select words is just as dumb.
Originally posted by InfoKartel
reply to post by usmc0311
So where does this pattern lead?
Good one. I don't know but whatever it is, it's not pretty...at all. Why would Iran(of all places), scoop up this kind of stuff?
Judging me the way you have is as dumb as me saying that you support drug cartels because of your screen name.
You just said it yourself... "drug cartel"...that means the word cartel has nothing to do with drugs except for what you imply with it. There are labour cartels, union cartels, business cartels...all kinds of cartels. Why drugs?
Now that would be just stupid right? Well think about it becuase judging me (and yes you are judging me) over a few select words is just as dumb.
I am not even judging you, re-read last reply.
PS. I have my own private respect for certain characters who join the military and certain characteristics of the military. So once again, I'm not judging, merely stating observations.