London offers 2012 travel package
London offers 2012 travel package
London’s Olympic bid team has offered athletes and team officials a package including free flights to the Games if the city wins hosting rights for 2012.
Promises also include £53 each in telephone calls, free train travel and free accommodation for family members.
On Sunday, London’s team revealed a number of incentives for members of international sporting bodies.
The announcements are aimed at boosting London’s case against Paris, New York, Madrid and Moscow for the vote in July.
London’s bid leader Lord Coe made the pledges, which would be likely to cost the organising committee about £15m, at the Sport Accord conference in Berlin.
It is the last major gathering before the International Olympic Committee’s session in Singapore, where members will choose the host city for 2012.
And all five rivals, who presented their plans to delegates on Sunday, are lobbying hard.
More: news.bbc.co.uk
