East London's Blue Lagoon Hotel the chance of Team

A multimillion rand upgrade could give East London's Blue Lagoon Hotel the chance of hosting an international team during next year's 2010 Soccer World Cup. General manager Peter Gregersen said the hotel had received notification that it had been short-listed as a potential base camp facility for the 2010 tournament for one of the 32 competing teams. “We're the only East London hotel that was put forward as a potential host but will only know next year February if we've been successful,” he said. Gregersen said he was currently in negotiation with three international teams about one of them possibly using the hotel as a base camp. “I can't name them right now but I'm optimistic we'll get a team staying with us,” he said. “People don't realise it but East London has a lot of advantages; we're an hour and a half away from Johannesburg and Cape Town in terms of flying time and we've got excellent shopping, healthcare and training facilities located within five minutes of the hotel. “We've also got beautiful beaches and Nahoon River is literally on our doorstep.”

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