POSTED: Monday July 4th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FESTIVAL OF FRIENDSHIP DELIGHTS DURBAN

Munich 2018’s final preparations boosted by warm local welcome

Durban, 3 July 2011: Munich 2018 has brought its unique blend of Bavarian winter magic to Durban, as the Bid Committee prepares the compelling crescendo to its campaign at the 123rd IOC Session on Wednesday.

Just as the legendary Olympic Summer Games venues will be transformed into theatres of winter sport in Munich 2018's Ice Park, one of Durban's top summertime tourist destinations took on a Bavarian winter flavour today. The city's famous beachfront chairlift became an alpine ski lift for one day only, thanks to some local winter sports fans who wanted to show their support for Munich 2018. Click here http://bit.ly/iuqg33 to see the photo.

Munich 2018's bid leaders have now arrived on South Africa's East Coast and spirits are high in the camp. The momentum behind the Bavarian capital's bid has been building relentlessly in recent months following some persuasive presentations to the Olympic family and a powerful upsurge in public support domestically. Now more than ever, the feeling is that Munich 2018's Festival of Friendship offers the Olympic Movement the platform it needs to face the challenges facing world sport today.

Munich 2018's final presentation to the IOC will take place at 08:45 on Wednesday 6 July.

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 · 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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