ACCOMMODATION/HEADQUARTERS/CENTRES 9. ACCOMMODATION/HEADQUARTERS/CENTRES 9.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS/ACCOMMODATION CATEGORIES The host associations have carried out compre- Switzerland both enjoy an international reputa- hensive preparations in the area of accommoda- tion as tourist destinations, and the quality of their tion. For example, 1,600 rooms have already been hotel infrastructure well known. There is a wide blocked for EURO 2008 in Vienna alone. range of accommodation to suit all requirements, We are endeavouring to work together with ex- which will also give EURO 2008 a taste of Aus- perienced travel agents,so that we can provide fans tria and Switzerland as holiday destinations. with an optimum service.Relevant agreements on We can guarantee that the signing of specific binding prices have been signed with the hotels agreements, the blocking of room quotas and the listed below, and copies of these agreements are inspection of rooms will be carried out by the enclosed in Volume II, chapter 4.The final choice deadlines given. Moreover, the host associations of hotels will be made by UEFA.The specific re- guarantee that they will block quotas in accordance quirements of the different groups (UEFA/offi- with the UEFA schedule of conditions by March cials/teams/media/referees) were taken into ac- 2006 at the latest as required, and that they wel- count in our selection of hotels. come the inspection of the hotels three years be- In general, it should be noted that Austria and fore the start of the Final Tournament in 2008. 9.1.1. CENTRAL UEFA / HOST ASSOCIATIONS HEADQUARTERS AT THE FINAL VENUE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA 9 The central UEFA headquarters will be set up at an excellent hotel infrastructure. Not for nothing the venue of the final match in Vienna.Austria's was Vienna judged to be the city with the best capital offers a very high quality of life, as well as quality of life, alongside Zurich, in the annual Mercer survey,which was completed at the end of the heart of Vienna opposite the Stadtpark,and is 2001 and which covered 215 cities throughout the only a few minutes on foot from the centre.The world. Opera house,the Ringstrasse,the concert halls and Our proposed headquarters for UEFA is the Ho- business centres can be reached simply and easily tel Intercontinental in Vienna, Johannesgasse 28, from there - and the Ernst Happel Stadium itself is 1037 Vienna.This top five-star hotel is located in only four kilometres away. 181 ACCOMMODATION/HEADQUARTERS/CENTRES The hotel has 453 guest rooms with 61 suites, 3 • a 750 m2 room which can seat 1,000 in rows Club Intercontinental storeys, 94 luxury Club In- and 470 in a semi-circular seating arrangement tercontinental rooms, 10 business rooms with Two hundred workstations could readily be set up dataports for PCs, fax machines with printers and for UEFA staff and the staff of partner organistions photocopiers, telephones with voicemail and a at UEFA headquarters. second connection, as well as three restaurants, a Vienna International airport is 18 kilometres from café and a bar. Gyms and tennis courts round off the hotel (20 minutes by taxi). the comprehensive range of services. The host associations have already reserved 300 The Hotel Intercontinental has an excellent infra- rooms for the entire duration of the finals. structure to be used as main tournament office. Additional rooms have been reserved in nearby The following conference rooms are available: first-class hotels for UEFA officials and UEFA • 15 flexible conference rooms which can be guests, as follows. linked together Hotel No. of rooms Distance from Hotel Intercontinental (in km) Hotel Ambassador/5* 20 1 ANA Grand Hotel/5* 70 0.8 Radisson SAS Palais Hotel/5* 70 0.1 Das Triest/5* 70 1 9.1.2. LOCAL UEFA / HOST ASSOCIATIONS HOTELS AT THE FINAL TOURNAMENT VENUES 9 The host associations have selected centrally locat- The host associations have defined a total of 14 ed, first-class hotels, which could be set up as or- hotels as UEFA/LOC hotels. Nine of these are in ganisational centres for UEFA and the host associ- Austria,and five are in Switzerland.All agreements ations. All hotels have the required number of on room prices (enclosure 4.12 in the schedule of guest rooms and conference rooms.They offer the conditions) signed by the hotels are enclosed (Vol- highest comfort and meet the highest of standards. ume II, chapter 4). Moreover, they are readily accessible from the re- spective venue stadium. No. UEFA/LOC Hotels – Austria 1. Schloss Leonstein – Klagenfurt 2. Arcotel Moser Verdion – Klagenfurt 3. Sheraton Salzburg – Salzburg 4. Hotel Goldener Hirsch – Salzburg 5. Hotel Bristol – Salzburg 6. Hotel Sacher – Salzburg 7. Sporthotel Igls – Innsbruck 8. Schlosshotel Igls – Innsbruck 9. Hotel Europa Tyrol – Innsbruck No. UEFA/LOC Hotels – CH 10. Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva 11. Hotel Bellevue Palace, Berne 12. Hotel Allegro, Berne 13. Swissotel Basle 14. Marriott Hotel, Zurich A list of all the proposed hotels is available in Volume II,chapter 9 of the dossier. 182 ACCOMMODATION/HEADQUARTERS/CENTRES 9.1.3. ACCOMMODATION FOR THE 16 FINAL TOURNAMENT TEAMS As the accommodation for the 16 participating We will produce a hotel guide for the final tour- teams is particularly important, the host associa- nament teams in good time, that is, two years be- tions have already reserved suitable hotels close to fore the start of the final tournament (June 2006), training centres. The hotels were chosen in and will provide the associations of the qualified accordance with the criteria set down in the teams with the best possible advice to help them UEFA schedule of conditions, in particular the choose their accommodation.We aim to work to- teams' need for peace and quiet. gether with tourism specialists in this respect. Team hotels in Austria: Volume II,chapter 9,of the dossier contains details 21 hotels/859 rooms of the selected team hotels and the respective Team hotels in Switzerland: training centres. 9 hotels/603 rooms 9.1.4. UEFA REFEREES' CENTRE Referees and assistant referees make a major con- tribution to the smooth running of matches dur- ing the finals. Our objective is therefore to offer these people the best possible conditions for the preparation and fulfilment of their tasks through- out the duration of the tournament. This means firstly a referees' centre that meets the highest 9 standards in terms of infrastructure, and secondly a transport plan that makes access to the eight play- ing venues as straightforward as possible. We are proposing to UEFA - and specifically to the Referees Committee - to accommodate the referees and their assistants in the Grand Hotel Vil- la Castagnola au Lac, situated in Lugano, Switzer- land (Lugano is one of the major towns in the Canton of Ticino, one of the Italian-speaking re- gions of Switzerland).This region is known as the sunshine capital of Switzerland and boasts a Mediterranean climate. Long sunlight hours and pleasant temperatures are particularly beneficial for staging the UEFA referees course in advance of the finals at the same location, in February/March 2008. This guarantees that the referees and assis- 183 ACCOMMODATION/HEADQUARTERS/CENTRES tants for the finals get personally acquainted with outward journey and the return journey to the their base for the final tournament and can referees’ centre are to be made by air.The location immediately feel at home there. foreseen for the referees’ centre is 5 km from the Accommodation in the Canton of Ticino, in this Lugano-Agno International Airport. All eight hotel of extreme tranquillity equipped with the venues can be reached directly from Agno airport best facilities, has the added advantage that the ref- in less than 60 minutes' flying time. Each of the erees can stay for the duration of the tournament eight venues has its own international airport.The in a single location that is not too close to the play- referees and their assistants will be accommodated ing venues. They can thus concentrate 100% on in selected five-star hotels at all the venues.They the job in hand and are not disturbed by external will have the opportunity to inspect the stadium factors.The hotel has extensive health and fitness and can concentrate fully on the match for the rest as well as medical care facilities. For their training of the time. sessions, the referees have a variety of training fa- We are convinced that our proposal will meet the cilities at their disposal close to the Hotel Villa special requirements of referees and their assistants Castagnola. On the one hand they have the possi- in full.The referees will be looked after during the bility to use the stadium Cornaredo, the home referees' course in February/March 2008, at the ground of the Football Club Lugano, for training referees' centre during the final tournament and behind closed doors (the distance from the hotel throughout their stay at the venues where they are to the stadium is approx. 2 km). For individual assigned to matches. This support and the excel- training and jogging, the referees can use the ex- lent infrastructure we propose are a guarantee that cellently equipped municipal sports centres of the this group of persons who are so essential for the City of Lugano or can take advantage of the idyl- final tournament can do their job in the best pos- lic surroundings of the hotel with its woods and sible way. hills. Volume II,chapter 9, of the dossier lists all the de- 9 We propose that on the day before each match the tails of the proposed referees' centre.It also contains referees travel to the venue accompanied by well- descriptions of the referees' hotels at the venues.