London 2012 - A City Prepares
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Since winning the bid on 6 July 2005, London has been hard at work preparing for a best-ever Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
Here you can find the latest information on London's hotel accommodation, the best venues to host your event during the Olympics as well as track the progress of London's Olympic Park - home to London's newest sporting venues.
You can also download Visit London's Hotel and 2012 Venue Fact Sheets.
London 2012 Sporting Venues
Some of London’s spectacular landmarks and world-famous venues will play host to a range of sports during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
For more information on these outstanding venues download our London 2012 Venue Fact Sheet.
Hotels
The size of London accommodation market is significant with approximately 130,000 rooms across more than 1,600 individual establishments. Over the next 4 years an estimated 12,000 new hotel rooms are likely to open in the capital. London’s existing accommodation supply more than meets the Olympic requirements of 50,000 hotel rooms in 2012. Download Visit London’s Hotel Media Fact Sheet
Venues
As the official Conventions and Venue Bureau, Visit London provides free and impartial advice on planning meetings, conferences, events and parties. With options ranging from the historic to the contemporary, we will help you find the perfect venue during the London 2012 Games.
Olympic Park
London’s Olympic Park is one of the largest construction and engineering projects in Europe. Located in East London, it will house the new sports venues.
Visit London 2012 to follow its progress as well as Games preparations.
