Ottawa booking 7,000 rooms for G8 summit

July 29, 2001
Source: Calgary Herald
Original story - link verified on July 29, 2001
By Geoffrey Scotton

Federal officials are quietly booking as many as 7,000 hotel rooms in and around Calgary -- and perhaps more -- for next June, to accommodate the crush of journalists and security that will accompany next year's G-8 summit in Kananaskis. The rooms are to be used by the preliminary forecast of 2,000-plus reporters and photographers and early estimates of security forces of 5,000 to 10,000 personnel -- representing a financial windfall for hoteliers but potential chaos for the average tourist.

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