Winter Paralympics

VANCOUVER: 12TH - 21ST MARCH 2010

Overview:

The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the X Paralympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia between March 12 to March 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony will take place in BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia.

2010 will be the second time Canada has hosted the Paralympics, including the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto.  Vancouver sees the 2010 games (Olympics and Paralympics) as a chance to build on its history as a world-class city that began in 1986 with the World's Fair.

On June 7, 2006, the Prince Edward, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, and patron of the British Paralympic Association, raised the flag of the Paralympic Games outside Vancouver City Hall.

The Paralympic Games are an elite multi-sport event for athletes with a disability. This includes mobility disabilities, amputees, visual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). (The Paralympic Games are sometimes confused with the Special Olympics, which are only for people with intellectual disabilities.)

Five sports will be on the Games programme: Alpine Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Cross-Country Skiing, Wheelchair curling, and Sledge Hockey. 

Officially Appointed Agent:

Travel Places are delighted to be the official Team Travel Agent to the British Paralympic Association and Team GB, following on from our success in handling the 2008 Beijing paralympics. 

We will be able to organise travel for athletes, the BPA, organisers, media, family and anyone interested in attending the Paralympics.  In addition to booking flights, hotels, transfers and helping with general travel queries, we will also be the supplier of Paralympic Event Tickets.

For further information please select from the menu:

• Accommodation
• Event Tickets - We are no longer accepting ticket requests for this event 
• Flights
• Paralympic Games Schedule 2010
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• Tours
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• Venues
• Vancouver Destination Guide
• Whistler Destination Guide 

At this stage limited information is available, and more will added to the website when it becomes available to us. 

In the meantime, if you wish to register your interest in attending the Winter Paralympic Games please complete the form above, or email Dave Freeman at Travel Places.

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