Free registration or up to 40% off registration fees for Teams and Groups!

Montréal, 15 September 2005 – The 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006 is launching a special promotion for sports teams and groups to make registering for next summer’s Outgames more accessible than ever. Special volume discounts are available for certain team sports as well as for groups of all kinds: multi-sport clubs, dance or choral groups, or simply individuals who register as a group to benefit from this offer. The promotion will run from 15 September to 31 October 2005 and can give teams in certain sports up to 29% off, and groups up to 40% off.

“This promotion will help us to reach our goal of 16,000 participants well ahead of our forecasts, and will make the Outgames even more accessible to teams and groups. Teams have told us that reduced pricing would help them get their members registered sooner, and we have listened. So we are launching this promotion to make the Outgames as inclusive as possible,” said Ms. Louise Roy, CEO of Montréal 2006.

Outgames on a roll
“We have now reached the final stages of planning for the 1st World Outgames in Montréal in 2006,” Mr. Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal, announced during a press conference last week. “The Organising Committee and GLISA [the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association], the international organisation in charge of the Outgames, have all the budgetary, logistical and security components in place to ensure the delivery of a major event with the enthusiastic support of all Montrealers,” he added. “I am also very pleased and proud to announce that the longevity of the Outgames is assured, now that the city of Copenhagen will carry the flame to 2009 and many other cities have expressed their interest in hosting the 2013 edition. Once again, Montréal’s innovation has set the example.”

The Organising Committee is confident that it will attain its objectives and successfully deliver an exciting and memorable event for the LGBT community. “With already more than 6,500 people registered,” explained Ms. Roy, “an impressive number of partners, notably the Governments of Canada and of Québec, the City of Montréal and Tourisme Montréal, along with many sponsors and a solid team in place, we now know that we will reach our goals in every way.”

Details on the fall 2005 promotion are available at www.montreal2006.info.

– 30 –

Source: