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Battle between Gold Coast & Hambantota for 2018 CWG is most exciting ever says Hooper
October 12 - Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), has said that the race between Australia's Gold Coast and Sri Lanka's Hambantota to host the 2018 event is one of the most exciting ever.The battle has now entered the final stages with less than a month to go until the 71 Commonwealth nations and territories gather decide on who will host the event at the CGF General Assembly on November 11 in St Kitts and Nevis.
Sri Lanka looks to Hambantota for CWG bid boost
Haiyang, China: The 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China, in June 2012 are not the only beach games on the mind of R.A.K. Jeewantha, Executive Committee member of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka. Much closer to home, and much sooner in the diary, are the 1st South Asian Beach Games, to be hosted by Sri Lanka at Hambantota from October 8-14.
Sri Lanka optimistic as Commonwealth evaluators in Colombo
Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission led by its Chairman Louis Martin and Commonwealth Games Chief Executive Mike Hooper will start a four day evaluating process in assessing Sri Lanka’s stand as a candidate city for the XXI Commonwealth Games to be held in 2018.
Large crowds gathered at the local media campaign launch
A large number of people participated in the inauguration ceremony of the local media campaign to promote Hambantota 2018 Commonwealth Games bid, held on Sunday 26th of June 2011 at the Galle Face Green. The event made it evident that so many Sri Lankans took a keen interest in this historic bid and strongly backed it.
Sri Lankan Airlines pledge its support to Hambantota 2018 CWG bid
Sri Lankan Airlines, Sri Lanka`s premier international aviation service, have extended its wholehearted support to Hambantota2018 Commonwealth Games bid. Sri Lankan Airlines have pledged to carry Hambantota 2018 Commonwealth Games bid logo in all their flights as part of an international campaign to boost the Hambantota2018 brand. As a global brand the logo provides relevant meaning and experience to people across multiple societies.
Shangri-La Invests in a 7-Star Hotel Complex in Sri Lanka
Hong Kong- based a Shangri-La hotel which has already made the arrangements for a huge investment of a 7- Star hotel complex in the heart of Sri Lanka`s commercial capital has looked at two more sites including one near a ` wild life reserve in southern Sri Lanka to site its second proposed hotel.
2011 South Asian Beach Games in Sri Lanka
Groundwork relating to the construction of pavilions for the 1st South Asian Beach Sports Festival started recently in Hambantota. This sports festival will be held in the Hambantota beach area.
