Concorde named official hotel

09/01/2002

CONCORDE Hotel was yesterday appointed as the official hotel for the 2002
Kuala Lumpur World Cup which will be held at the National Hockey Stadium
in Bukit Jalil on Feb 24 to March 9.
In 1975, the Malaysian team were housed in Merlin, and in 2002, they
will stay at the same location because Merlin has been renamed to Concorde
since.
Merlin `the magician' took Malaysia to the best ever fourth finish in
the World Cup and it is hoped that Concorde will "fly" it to greater
heights.
All 16 teams for the World Cup and hockey officials will stay at the
hotel in Kuala Lumpur and the Malaysia Hockey Federation (MHF), as
stipulated in the bid paper for the World Cup, will pay for the
accommodation.
"The MHF will pay for accommodation for all the teams because it is part
of the agreement in our bid paper for the World Cup, but the teams will
pay for their own food," said MHF deputy president Tan Sri P. Alagendra
after the signing ceremony yesterday.
Concorde was represented by Datuk Syed Yusoff Tun Syed Nasir, director
of Ampang Hotel Sdn Bhd, and Gary Lee, the General Manager of Concorde
Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
"Having hosted previous international hockey tournaments in the past
seven years, with the last tournament being the First Men's Champions
Challenge which was successfully put together in four weeks, we know of no
other organisation that is more familiar with the requirements that are
needed by hockey players," said Lee.
Concorde will also open their gym for the World Cup players so that they
do not have to go far to keep fit during rest days.
"Each team will be given 11 rooms and it is up to them to utilise it in
whatever way they want. We will also have a special room for teams to do
their homework like watching the opponents play on video," said Lee.
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