Portal Will Enable Participants and Attendees to Book
Rooms for November Event in Baku
BAKU,
Azerbaijan, May 23, 2024
/CNW/ -- Azerbaijan, the host of
COP29, today unveiled its interactive
accommodation portal, the system that will enable participants and
attendees to book hotel rooms and other lodging for the United
Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Baku in
November.
In a press conference at the COP29
Office, Azada Huseynova, Deputy
Chair of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, said the accommodation system has
been designed to ensure that a range of room types and locations
will be available to people who want to attend the event.
The accommodation platform will be available for reservations
https://cop29-accommodation.bnetwork.com from 17:00 today, on
23rd May, 2024.
"We will be ready to welcome the world to Baku. We have studied the experiences of
previous COP host countries and how they approached their
accommodation programs and have integrated some elements of those
practices into our plans as COP host country," Ms. Huseynova said.
"We have put in place the infrastructure that will ensure that
participants from around the world can make their accommodation
booking in a smooth and speedy way."
The State Tourism Agency is working with hotels, on-line
accommodation marketplaces, and other residential and lodging
locations in the city and region, to ensure that the event will be
able to host the full complement of attendees comfortably and
enjoyably.
The lodging made available in the system today is the first
phase of a comprehensive rollout. Further phases will release
additional rooms at additional hotels and lodging facilities.
The hotels included in the platform have been selected on the
basis of quality, location and transportation services that will be
arranged for the event. The Agency audited more than 300
accommodation establishments, and approximately 200 have been
classified and received a star rating. About 40 hotels that did not
earn a star classification were given a period to improve
facilities and performance before being re-audited.
Ms. Huseynova also provided details of a customer service
training program being undertaken by the State Tourism Agency in
advance of COP29. Approximately 2,000
employees from about 300 establishments in the cities of
Baku and Sumgayit, and the wider
Absheron region are participating.
In addition, the Agency plans to provide training and
certification to 200 tourist guides, and training to a further
1,000 tourism volunteers, who will be assigned to hotels to support
guests during COP29.
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