Companies worldwide sign up as official travel agents for ICC CWC 2007
A total of 20 travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe - including two Host Venues - are in the first batch of Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell Tour & Travel packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
Commercial Manager for ICC Cricket World Cup, Stephen Price, listed Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the USA as the countries in which OTAs have been appointed to date, stressing that more will come on stream as contracts are finalised.
"ICC Cricket World Cup and our Official Tour Operator, Cricket Logistics 2007, are pleased to announce that the Official Travel Agent (OTA) appointment process is well underway and these companies are the first on board as OTAs," he said, advising fans to avoid entities which are purporting to be OTAs or ticket agents but which are not on the official list.
Cricket Logistics 2007 Director John Davison was equally happy to welcome the OTAs to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 family, stating his satisfaction with the method of choosing OTAs.
"We have had an unprecedented number of applications from across the world and, after very careful selection criteria, these agents have been appointed. They are the sole persons or organisations who are authorised to offer Tour & Travel packages for the tournament for sale and fans should only purchase packages from them. Additional OTAs will be appointed in the future as contractual arrangements are signed and sealed.
"We are delighted that we now have OTAs confirmed around the world and look forward to working with them to ensure that next year's tournament is a truly global event," said Davison.
Price disclosed that more OTAs could be appointed in countries already on the list as well as in others not yet on the list, including the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates and several Caribbean islands. The full list of approved OTAs will be displayed on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and Cricket Logistics websites (www.cricketworldcup.com and www.cricketlogistics.com ) as soon as they are finalised in the next few weeks.
THE LIST OF 20 OFFICIAL TRAVEL AGENTS
AUSTRALIA
Australian Sports Tours
Caribbean Destinations
Fanatics
BARBADOS
St James Tours and Travel
BERMUDA
C Travel Co Ltd
Meyer Franklin
CANADA
Tourcan Vacations
INDIA
Friends Globe
JAMAICA
Travel Unlimited
NEW ZEALAND
Warwick Beatson
Williment Travel
SOUTH AFRICA
Edusport Travel
Executive and Sport Travel
SRI LANKA
George Stuarts
UNITED KINGDOM
Best at Travel / Sporting Journeys
Gullivers Sports Travel
ITC Sports
Taj Tours and Travel
The Cricket Tour Company
UNITED STATES
Citi-World Travelmart