POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

esponsibilities of organising the air travel of all athletes,
officials and other invitees liaising with Air India (sponsor/
partner) and the designated travel agency. Every trip went off
like clockwork with no missed flights, misplaced baggage or
any other mishap usually associated with an operation of this
magnitude.
Recommendations
• All accommodation should be audited on time by a special
monitoring team
• The method for sale of rooms adopted by the OC CWG
Delhi 2010 differed from the other games wherein the
role of the Games Travel Office was that of assisting the
Accommodation FA in room sales, and this got good
results for the OC CWG Delhi 2010
which when presented together with the valid passport of
the NVP holder, allowed entry into India.
The Games Online Accreditation Link which was to be
used by all 71 CGAs for sending their data, went online as
planned, i.e., on 1 April 2010. This helped in gathering CGA
information well in advance and hence the cards were
dispatched to them on/before the scheduled time.
The Accreditation FA printed a total of 1,01,960
Accreditation Cards under various categories such as Athletes,
Team Officials, CGAs, CGF Members, Future Organising
Committees, Sponsors, Media, Broadcasters, National &
International Federations, Paid & Casual Staff, Volunteers,
ACCREDITATION
The purpose of Accreditation is to ensure that only people
who need to be in an area are there. The Accreditation FA
issued to each person a card indicating identity (who they
are) and access entitlements (where they can go). Without
this card, a person was not allowed to enter any of the
accredited Games venues (including competition and training
venues, Games Village, MPC, IBC, and Games Hotel) or a
particular zone within that venue. The Non Valid Pass (NVP,
which after electronic validation in the Accreditation System
was referred to as Accreditation Card) also served as a Visa,
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