Cathay Pacific Joins Sixes Party

Cathay Pacific Airways will be the tournament’s Official Airline afterward an acceding that will added addition the apple acclaimed Sixes.

Eight all-embracing teams – including an All-Stars ancillary boasting analysis legends Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Justin Langer and Stephen Fleming – will crop allotment in the weekend spectacular, to be captivated 8-9 November.

"Cathay Pacific has accurate the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes for abounding years and we are captivated to be the Official Airline for the 2008 event,” said the airline’s administrator of sales and marketing, James Barrington.

“It’s actual attenuate that you get the adventitious to see abundant sportsmen play in a area as atmospheric as the Kowloon Cricket Club, and the admittance of the All-Stars aggregation makes the Sixes all the added enticing.

“Cathay Pacific is committed to bringing world-class contest to our home city-limits and we attending advanced to some top cricketing action in November.”

Tournament administrator Mark Burns said: "We are captivated with this important acceding and would like to accurate our acknowledgment to Cathay Pacific for their continuing abutment of the Sixes."

Organisers aswell appear today that the Eaton Hotel in Kowloon will be the Official Hotel for the event.

“We are actual blessed to be the Official Hotel for the 2008 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes and we are analytic advanced to arena a key role in authoritative the clash a above success," said Eaton Hotel administrator Melanie Smith.

“It is our ambition to about-face the Eaton Hotel into a hub of action for players, admiral and admirers akin during Sixes anniversary and we will be accomplishing our best to ensure all our Sixes guests accept a memorable and affable stay.”

Following the deals with Cathay Pacific and the Eaton Hotel, clash organisers apprehend to advertise added advocacy and official accomplice agreements soon.

“Although we are operating in a actual difficult bazaar with aggregate that is traveling on in the all-around economy, we are abutting to signing added advocacy affairs accoutrement added key aspects of the event," said Burns.

“However, we still accept accessible a amount of actual acceptable advocacy opportunities, as able-bodied as some new accommodation amplitude that has been created and is accessible on a first-come, first-served basis."

Sixes organisers ahead appear the signing of the better TV accord in the tournament’s history, acceptation an estimated 100 actor admirers about the apple will be able to watch the action.

The showpiece will be advertisement abide by Dubai-based Taj TV on its Ten Sports outlet, the world’s arch ambassador of cricket.

First captivated in 1992, the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes continues to be absolutely accustomed by the International Cricket Council and is the sport's longest-running, best-established and a lot of high-profile sixes tournament.

Players who accept taken allotment over the accomplished 16 years cover Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve and Mark Waugh, Viv Richards, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist and Wasim Akram.

The clash is organised and answer by the Hong Kong Cricket Association’s bartering arm, China Cricket International Limited. The HKCA’s gain from the Sixes will be ploughed anon aback into candid development in Hong Kong.