The Consortium of Cochin Port Trust and Kerala Tourism today held meetings with the representatives of the Volvo Event Management Co UK (VEMUK), Yachting Association of India and the Event Managers and the marketing agency to review the arrangements being made for the Volvo Ocean Race India Stopover here.
The Cochin Port has already initiated action for redevelopment of the roads and public amenities at the North End of Willingdon Island, development of land and covered areas for housing the hospitality pavilions of the race organisers, racing teams, sponsors and pavilion for exhibitions for the stopover between December three and 13, a release said here today.
Discussions were held on designing the proposed race village, special berth arrangements for the race boats and berth requirements of other boats and yachts visiting the port.
Talks were also held on the marketing plans, various sponsorship and advertising opportunities related to the event, the release added.
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Race 2008-2009 In Boston Harbor
Award-Winning Actress Salma Hayek Christens ?Il Mostro? During Evening Of Celebration For PUMA Ocean Racing And The New PUMA Sailing Lifestyle Collection At The ICA/Boston's Waterfront Museum
Five months before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, PUMA Ocean Racing had its new racing boat christened “il Mostro” by Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek in a waterfront ceremony at the Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston on Monday, May 12th. The evening included the ceremonial breaking of a bottle of champagne across the Volvo Open 70’s bow by Hayek, the boat’s ‘godmother’ and short speeches by Chairman and CEO of PUMA, Jochen Zeitz, Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Bertone and PUMA Ocean Racing Skipper Ken Read. Read Full story
The 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain on 4 October 2008, it will for the first time, take in ports in Asia. Spanning some 39,000 nautical miles, stopping at around 11 ports and taking nine months to complete, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world’s premier yacht race for professional racing crews.
With lots of teams already far in the preparations, including a Russian Team, this edition of the VOR promises to be a very competitive and exciting one! We’ll regularly post important news or nice photo’s about the boats as soon as we receive them. (Image: (c) Volvo Ocean Race)
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