{"id":188751,"date":"2015-01-06T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=188751"},"modified":"2015-01-06T04:00:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:00:52","slug":"pic-named-2015-saipan-sportsfest-official-host-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pic-named-2015-saipan-sportsfest-official-host-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"PIC named 2015 Saipan Sportsfest official host hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Islands Club Saipan has been named the official host hotel of the 2015 Saipan Sportsfest, according to race director Eric Tydingco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPIC has such a great history of supporting Saipan Sportsfest, and we are thrilled to have them on board again this year,\u201d said Tydingco. \u201cWe are looking forward to working with PIC to make 2015 the best Sportsfest yet!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saipan Sportsfest includes two events, the Tagaman triathlon, scheduled for March 22 and, and the XTERRA Saipan Championship, scheduled for March 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPIC Saipan has been a huge supporter for both of these signature events since their inception,\u201d said Glenn Policare, PIC director of sports, entertainment and activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the off-island athletes have expressed that coming to compete in Saipan is akin to coming home. We are excited to work with PIVOT in hosting some of the world\u2019s best triathlete\u2019s once again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Athletes and visitors traveling to Saipan for the Sportsfest are eligible for deep discounts on rooms and meal packages. Rooms start at $100 (plus 15 discount tax) and meal options can be added for as little as $19 per day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPIC offers those coming to Saipan a comfortable and convenient place to stay and train for Sportsfest,\u201d said Policare. \u201cThese discounted rooms are limited, so we advise all athletes and visitors to book their reservations well in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For reservations and hotel information, contact the PIC reservations departments at (670) 234-7976 or reservations@picsaipan.com. For more information on Saipan Sportsfest, visit saipansportsfest.com. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Islands Club Saipan has been named the official host hotel of the 2015 Saipan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[409],"class_list":["post-188751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-pic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}