Press Release

Partership Agreement Between Montréal 2006 and LEGAYPARIS.FR

Montréal, 4 November 2004 – “Montréal 2006 is happy to announce a partnership agreement with LEGAYPARIS.FR, the foremost French tourism portal that welcomes and provides information to LGBT visitors to France,” Mr. Tom Czerniecki, Marketing and Communications Director for the organisation, announced today.

Online since 1999, LEGAYPARIS.FR receives more than 500 visitors per day. The site provides all the information visitors need to plan their stays in the city of Paris and in France, along with announcements of cultural events, chat rooms, and lists of restaurants and hotels.

“We are particularly proud,” said Mr. Frédéric Alheinc, the President of LEGAYPARIS.FR, “to be partners with the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006. Not only are there strong ties between the gay and lesbian communities in France and Québec, but this commercial agreement will also make an important contribution to the success of a major international event in 2006.”

LEGAYPARIS.FR will, among other activities, promote registrations for the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006.

Currently, 240 French athletes have become members of Club Montréal 2006, and have stated their intention to participate in the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006. Of the 37% of European registrations, it is clear that the French delegation to the Outgames will be at least as large as that of this year’s EuroGames. French athletes and teams have signed on for the Worldwide Registration Day for the 1st World Outgames Montréal 2006, which will be held on 13 November in more than 40 cities around the world.

Air Canada, which has regular flights between Paris and Montréal, is an official sponsor of the 1st World Outgames. Radio-Canada, Canada’s national television broadcast network and a partner in the Outgames, with ties to the French-language television consortium TV5, will have live broadcasts of the Outgames’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as a one-hour daily prime time broadcast of sport competitions highlights. The Hotel Association of Greater Montreal, also a partner in the 1st World Outgames, is able to guarantee hotel rooms at competitive rates, particularly since the cost of living in Montréal is, on average, about 25% lower than in American cities.

RAINBOW ATTITUDE 2004
Montréal 2006 will be in Paris for the Gay European Salon, open to the general public, which will be held from 4 to 7 November 2004. The 2003 edition was a resounding success and more than 40,000 visitors are expected at the Porte de Versailles this year.

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