A Rotenburg work group headed by the Rotenburg Municipality recently stepped up preparations to welcome fans from Trinidad and Tobago for the 2006 World Cup.
The T&T team has selected the 5-star-hotel Landhaus Wachtelhof in Rotenburg as its main base for the World Cup.
Aware that the “Soca Warriors” will one of the telling stories of the tournament and is exacted to attract wide interest, there is an attempt to attract as many fans as possible and as such negotiations are underway with hotel owners in Rotenburg and the surrounding areas to provide rooms at good prices for visiting fans. An effort is also being made for students and young fans to stay with local families free of charge.
Good prices have been negotiated with bus companies to transport T&T fans from Rotenburg to the cities where the team will be playing the group matches against Sweden, England and Paraguay. This among other things were discussed between members of the T&T contingent which visited Roterburg in December during the period of the World Cup draw.
Return tickets to Dortmund, Nurmberg and Kaiserslautern will cost E12, E26 and E26 respectively. Overall it will be cheaper to stay in Rotenburg than to travel to the cities individually.
Several social events like open air parties and trips to the region have been planned. Even for T&T fans staying outside of Rotenburg, arrangements are being made for shuttles to transport them to the training sessions. The people of Rotenburg are determined to make their foreign friends feel comfortable and will do their utmost best to honor the 2006 World Cup Slogan “Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden”.
“We in Rotenburg (Wuemme) will do everything possible to be a good host to the team of Trinidad and Tobago, to all world cup fans, no matter if from Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden, or wherever they may hail from. Thus we will make the motto of the football world cup 2006 – “the world staying with friends”– a living experience.
A warm welcome to Rotenburg (Wuemme)! We are looking forward to receiving you!” stated Rotenburg Mayor Detlef Eichinger.
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