Kenpong secures 720 rooms for Commonwealth games

Sports fans desirous of travelling to Glasgow, Scotland, for the Commonwealth Games have no cause to worry regarding accommodation and airlifting, Kenpong Travel and Tours (KT&T) has revealed.

The CEO of KT&T, Mr Kennedy ‘Cappuccino’ Agyapong, has just returned from the host city, Glasgow, where he officially struck the accommodation and all travel agreements with the Games’ Local Organising Committee (LOC).

He has indicated that all travel arrangements for the 20th edition of the Games scheduled for  July 23-August 3, have been taken care of.

The well travelled businessman, who hosted the sporting media at his well designed and decorated Airport Residential Area home last Friday evening said “We had a fruitful deliberations regarding accommodation. All is set and fans should have no qualms nor fears. We are on course.

“I have a very competent and experienced staff who are working around the clock to ensure that soccer fans who will be travelling with us are comfortable. While I was in Glasgow, some members of my team were also in Brazil to firm up all arrangements for the 2014 World Cup.

“I met with the Ghana High Commissioner in Glasgow, Dr Charles Ayiku, who has  promised to accord us all the courtesies we deserve.

“We are putting the pieces together to roll out our plans and programmes for the Glasgow Games this week. 

‘’Meanwhile, plans are far advanced to airlift soccer fans for all the three Black Stars international friendlies against Montenegro on March 5, and subsequently The Netherlands and Honduras ,” he narrated.

 The media and soccer friendly young businessman, who also has offices in Cote d’Ivoire and Tanzania, also hinted that his outfit had put in place proper arrangements to airlift soccer fans to the female U-20 World Cup in Canada and the female U-17 World Cup in Costa Rica later this year.

 The Commonwealth Games will feature 17 sports disciplines over 11 days of competition with 261 medal events on show. 

About 4,500 athletes will take part in the multi-sports event involving 71 teams of athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.