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HOSPITALITY IN PARTNERSHIP TO TENDER FOR EURO 2008 CONTRACT

Hospitality in Partnership (HiP), the global events and consultancy operation is to create a consortium to tender for the official corporate hospitality contract for Euro 2008, to be staged in Switzerland and Austria.

Uefa said it would invite applications for the hospitality contract following the conclusion of the World Cup. Hospitality in Partnership lists the IRB Rugby World Cup and the ICC Cricket World Cup among its clients.

Hospitality in Partnership, a division of UK-based Cavendish Hospitality, was formed to deliver solutions for organisers of complex international events, initially the 1999 Rugby World Cup. The company is currently working on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 which takes place across nine territories in the West Indies.