The 16th Asian Games has selected seven hotels and hotel management companies to serve as accommodation service providers in the seven zones of the Athletes' Village and Media Village in the Asian Games Town during the Games.

"Providing good accommodation and reception services in the Asian Games Town is very important for the success of the Asian Games," said Ms Ma Yuming, Deputy Director, Games Services Department, GAGOC.

More than 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions are expected to compete in 42 sports at the 16th Asian Games, featuring every Olympic discipline at last summer's Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games - including Baseball and Softball which have been dropped from the 2012 London Olympic Games. Competition at the 16th Asian Games also features non-Olympic sports, including:

Golf

Bowling

Cricket

Rugby

Dragon Boat Racing

Dance Sport (i.e. Ballroom Dancing) and

Chess

The seven hotels and hotel management companies will follow the example of the management model of the Beijing Olympic Games' Olympic Village in providing accommodations and reception services at the Asian Games Town. The selected hotels and hotel management companies are:

White Swan Hotel

Guangzhou Dong Fang Hotel Group Co., Ltd.

Guangdong Yihao Hotel Management Company

Guangdong New Baiyun Hotel Co., Ltd.

Hotel Canton Co., Ltd.

Hainan Airlines Hotel (Group) Co., Ltd. and

Guangzhou White Swan Hotel Property Management Company

The 16th Asian Games will follow Beijing's Olympic example used at the Olympic Village as organisers for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad provided accommodation services through a team of hotel management companies, adopting a zone-based management model with cooperation between hotel management companies.