The Way to 2010

Translink has put up a new section to their website titled "The Way to 2010".

The pages include an interactive map showing venues, the sporting events they will hold, and bus options to get there.

Read more here or visit the Translink page directly.

Official Supplier :: Port Metro Vancouver

The Port of Vancouver, or how they now appear to be named, Port Metro Vancouver has signed on as an official supplier with the deal being valued between $3 & 15M.

Read more here.

Olympic Tickets to Include Transit

Vancouver is a great city, but traffic has never been it's forte. VANOC is planning for this, and the fact that many of the attendees of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics will be from out of town and therefore without vehicles. Transit will be included in all tickets. Whether purchasers of the tickets use that public transit is another question, but in some cases they'll have no choice.

The average transit cost will be approx. $10. Most transit costs will range from $4-18 of the ticket price.

Those watching sport at Cypress will have to purchase a ticket on the Olympic bus network for $12 round trip.

Whistler spectators travelling from Vancouver will be paying $25 round trip.

Read more here.

Olympic Ticketing Guide

In less than one week tickets to the 2010 Olympic Games can be applied for from the organizers of the Vancouver/Whistler games.

Today the organizing committee, VANOC, has released a comprehensive ticketing guide that helps show how truly affordable much of the games will be. Of course hot-tickets will demand a premium not only now, but certainly in resales (if they're permitted!).

Some 400,000 tickets will be priced at only $25 and over half of all available tickets will be priced less than $100 each.

For a comprehensive article on the ticketing guide please read here.

Stay tuned for more info as the week goes on!

With Glowing Hearts

The organizers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games have officially unveiled the motto of the games as "With Glowing Hearts".

The world will be welcomed to Vancouver & Whistler with this motto that sums up the hearts of Canadians. The motto comes straight from our National anthem "With Glowing Hearts... we see thee rise, the true, North, strong and free..."

Read more about the choosing of this phrase that you'll be hearing a lot of over the next couple years here.

Official Supplier :: Deloitte

Deloitte has been named by VANOC as their official supplier of professional services.

Visit their website here.

Sea to Sky Youth Participation Plan

If you value team, trust, excellence, sustainability and creativity then you uphold what VANOC values and they'd like you to join with them as a volunteer.

They've just launched an initiative focused on volunteer groups of 15-19 year olds, 10+, and an adult chaperon for each group from the Sea to Sky corridor to involve people in exciting Olympic opportunities as we approach 2010.

Read more here.