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IAAF W ORLD U18 REPORT

• Late accommodation requests: e accommoda- What worked
tion lead person received last minute accommoda-
tion reservation requests. E.g. previous champion • Having the hotel organize a special meal menu for
athletes arrived at the hotel late and expected the LOC working teams. e menu was limited
to be accommodated and meals organized. is to Ksh. 1500/=
presented a challenge with the hotel as the res- • e hotels fl exibility in accommodating the ad
taurant closed at 10.45pm. e accommodation hoc requests from LOC. E.g. late preparation of
lead person had to intervene and ensure that the meals.
guests were served as some of guests were old and
had children accompanying them. Challenges
• Cleaning of meeting rooms and guest rooms: the • Delays in serving meals: food service was delayed
KYEB
house keeping team did not keep the rooms con-
sistently clean. There were 2 cases reported of
because they moved from buff et to Ala Carte hence
rooms not being cleaned.
aff ected working staff reporting back to their work
stations.
Recommendations
• Driver’s meal vouchers: Drivers did not have
meal vouchers hence having them leave the hotel
• Have dedicated vehicles assigned to working
premise to look for food. is led to delays in pick-
teams: Volunteers should have had dedicated
ing some of the guests.
vehicles assigned throughout the event.
Transport
• Encourage early booking/reservation of accom-
modation: Have champions or future LOC guests

confi rm their bookings prior to the event. LOC
• Transport was organized and managed by LOC
should replicate the IAAF event booking system.
transport committee who assigned a transport
manager, 2 volunteers and a Pewin (transport
Meals
service provider) staff member.
KENYA YEARBO0K
• All vehicles had IAAF branded car stickers.
• Bed and Breakfast were provided by Windsor
• e transport committee had the following types
Hotel.
of vehicles at Windsor;
• Windsor provided meal cards so as to have an ac- • Noah & Voxy’s – 7 pax
EDITORIAL BOARD
count of the number of people being given meals.
• Meals provided were; i. Mini buses – 25 pax
i. 10am and 4pm teas & snacks ii. Saloon cars – 3 pax
iii. Mercedes Benz – assigned to the IAAF President,
ii. Lunch Vice President
iii. Dinner iv. Police Chase cars – assigned to the IAAF
President & CEO
• Meals were provided for the following;
• Delegates were assigned vehicles as follows;
i. Volunteers & LOC staff – all meals v. Technical teams had dedicated vehicles
ii. VIP Security vi. IAAF staff had pool cars, Volunteers & LOC staff
iii. Drivers – Teas & Snacks only also had pool cars.
iv. IAAF staff – Teas & snacks

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