POSTED: Thursday May 19th 2011
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MUNICH 2018 WRAPS UP SUCCESSFUL WEEK IN LAUSANNE

Crucial campaign stop comes to a close in the Olympic capital

Lausanne, 19 May 2011: Munich 2018 today brings its successful week in Lausanne to a close, as the bid’s presentation room opens its doors for the world’s media to experience a taste of Bavarian hospitality.

Munich 2018’s evocative Technical Presentation to the IOC yesterday was bookended by two important announcements: the resolution of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen landowners question on Tuesday and Germany’s Head of State, Christian Wulff, confirming his attendance at the IOC session in Durban on Wednesday.

Chair of the Munich 2018 Bid Committee, Katarina Witt, gave her thoughts on a productive period in the Olympic capital:

‘Spending time here in the home of the modern Olympic Movement has been so inspiring. With the other great pieces of news we’ve had this week we’ll be taking momentum and even greater optimism to our preparations for Durban.’

Today’s informal gathering at Munich 2018’s alpine-themed exhibition booth will give visitors the chance to experience the Festival of Friendship concept first-hand. The Bid Committee’s team of experts, backed up by a wide range of multimedia resources, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss why Munich 2018 is the right bid at the right time for the Olympic Movement.

CEO of the Munich 2018 Bid Committee, Bernhard Schwank, commented on the positive mood in the Bid Committee camp:

‘We knew that the Technical Presentation in Lausanne was an excellent opportunity to really engage with IOC members, so we have all worked very hard to make sure the strengths of our compact, athlete friendly and sustainable concept really stood out. I think that the hard work has paid off.'

Background
Munich, in collaboration with Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berchtesgadener Land, is applying to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The application will be put together and managed by Bewerbungsgesellschaft München 2018 GmbH, with Katarina Witt as Chair, Bernhard Schwank as CEO and Jürgen Bühl as Managing Director. Shareholders in the application organisation are the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) with 51 per cent, the City of Munich (30 per cent), the Free State of Bavaria (nine per cent), the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (eight per cent) and the district of Berchtesgadener Land (two per cent). The bid is being supported by national sponsors Adidas, Allianz, the BMW Group, BayWa, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post, Flughafen München GmbH, Lotto Bayern, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, METRO GROUP, and the Sparkasse Finance Group, along with national suppliers ARGE (Albert Speer & Partner and PROPROJEKT), Deloitte, Getty Images, GfK Verein, Hubert Burda Media, IMMO 2018, Messe München GmbH, Norton Rose LLP, Munich Olympic Park, pilot sport and Stadtwerke München GmbH. More information about the concept, the progress of the application and many other aspects can be found at http://www.muenchen2018.org/en.

Bewerbungsgesellschaft München 2018 GmbH
Munich 2018 Bid Committee
Olympiapark München
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21
80809 München

Responsible for contents:
Bernhard Schwank and Jürgen Bühl

Press Contact:
Simone Seefried
Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 1
80992 München
Telephone: +49 89 540428-317
Mobile: +49 176 840 532 26
E-Mail: presse@muenchen2018.org

Online Press Area:
http://www.muenchen2018.org/en/press

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Keywords · Munich 2018 · IOC · Thomas Bach · Katarina Witt · Bernhard Schwank · Christian Wulff

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Name: Simone Seefried
Organization: Munich 2018 Bid Committee
Email:
Phone: 4989540428317
URL: http://www.muenchen2018.org

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