Six Continents Hotels sponsors NSW Country Racing

Six Continents Hotels has undertaken a major sponsorship with NSW Racing on behalf of one of its hotel brands, Holiday Inn.

Holiday Inn will be a feature or supporting race sponsor of four major racing events to be held in country NSW and Canberra in 2003. The sponsorship commitment will also see Holiday Inn hotels associated with promotions at a  number of feature race meetings in country NSW during the year.

Additionally, Holiday Inn will provide accommodation packages as promotional prizes for feature race meetings conducted by numerous other  race clubs including Queanbeyan, Nowra, Scone, Taree, Port Macquarie, Muswellbrook, Gundagai and Dubbo.

The company will sponsor the following feature races in 2003: -

CANBERRA RACING CLUB - $75,000 Holiday Inn National Sprint (listed race) at the Black Opal Stakes meeting on Saturday March 22.

ALBURY RACING CLUB - Holiday Inn Cup at the Albury Gold Cup carnival on Thursday April 3 and Friday April 4.

CLARENCE RIVER JOCKEY CLUB (Grafton) - $30,000 Holiday Inn Guineas for three-year-olds at the Grafton Cup carnival on Wednesday July 16 and Thursday July 17.

WYONG RACE CLUB - Holiday Inn Sprint at the Wyong Cup carnival on Wednesday September 3 and Thursday September 4.

The Holiday Inn hotels supporting NSW racing are: -

Holiday Inn Darling Harbour; Holiday Inn Esplanade Newcastle; Holiday Inn Potts Point; Holiday Inn Rooty Hill; Holiday Inn Sydney Airport and Old Sydney Holiday Inn.

Six Continents Hotels Chief Operating Officer for Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, Phil Lee said he was very excited with the opportunities offered by the NSW racing industry.

"The NSW racing industry covers a vast and exciting market," Mr Lee said. "We are delighted to be a supporter of the industry through our sponsorships and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial association with regional racing in NSW and Canberra."

Brian Judd, Chief Executive of the NSW Country Racing Council, welcomed the arrival of Holiday Inn hotels as a major sponsor of the racing industry in NSW.

"It is most gratifying when such a high profile corporate identity as Holiday Inn becomes involved with country racing," Mr Judd said. "I am certain this  commitment will be warmly received by the racing industry."