{"id":288703,"date":"2018-11-15T06:04:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T20:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=288703"},"modified":"2018-11-15T06:04:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T20:04:25","slug":"pacific-games-delegates-accommodation-in-hotels-okd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pacific-games-delegates-accommodation-in-hotels-okd\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Games delegates\u2019 accommodation in hotels OK\u2019d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_288704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288704\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pacific-games-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Games Office and Accommodation Providers and the Samoa Tourism Authority members and officials pose for a photo after signing a memorandum of agreement for the accommodation of delegates to the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia. (Pacific Games Samoa Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A memorandum of agreement between the Pacific Games Office and Accommodation Providers and the Samoa Tourism Authority was signed last Tuesday, ensuring enough rooms for athletes and officials participating in the 2019 Pacific Games.<\/p>\n<p>Over 4,000 delegates are expected to travel to Samoa for the quadrennial meet that will run from July 7 to 20. They will be housed in various hotels under the Samoa Hotel Association in Apia, Upolu, and Savaii.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event marks a milestone in arranging accommodation for athletes and officials for next year\u2019s XVI Pacific Games. In signing the MoA, accommodation providers confirm their commitment to solely accommodate participants of the Pacific Games next July. The MoA also outlines the hosting commitments of the accommodation provider, including specific items and services required for accommodation under the Pacific Games Charter and room rates,\u201d the Samoa local organizers said in a statement,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTA have worked together with SHA to finalize room rates based on triple share occupancy for hotels with breakfast included. In signing the MoA, hotels are expected to commit 100 percent occupancy of their property for the Pacific Games period,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Samoa organizers are giving the CNMI and other countries competing in next year\u2019s event until December to determine their delegates (by numbers only in every sport). The Mariana Islands Basketball Federation, had earlier announced it won\u2019t send men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams (5&#215;5), citing financial challenges, but it may field squads in the 3&#215;3. Northern Mariana Islands Volleyball Association may also pass up on the Pacific Games (indoor and beach) after Saipan was hit by Super Typhoon Yutu late last month.<\/p>\n<p>With NMIVA and MIBF out, it\u2019s now up to baseball, canoe, athletics, tennis, sailing, swimming, weightlifting, and rugby 7\u2019s to represent the Commonwealth to the Pacific Games. These sports had earlier expressed interest in sending delegates to Samoa and may have to reaffirm their commitment in next month\u2019s Northern Marianas Sports Association meeting. NMSA missed its November assembly, as Saipan has been focusing on the recovery efforts after Yutu slammed the island and Tinian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A memorandum of agreement between the Pacific Games Office and Accommodation Providers and the Samoa&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":288704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[309,23282,23283,23284],"class_list":["post-288703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ok","tag-pacific-games-charter","tag-sha","tag-sta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288703","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}