As such our 17th BFAME Championships venue shall now be at Hyatt Ahmedabad Hotel instead of the previous Gulmohar Greens which was in the outskirts of the city with insufficient number of rooms as per our requirements.
17th BFAME Circular
May 4, 2013
See detail of this event at the official website and the tourney calendar.
17th April 2013
17th April 2013
To the Presidents of BFAME members NBOs of
Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Nepal, Pakistan,
Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria and UAE.
Dear President,
17th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013 (4th to 11th June 2013)
AT HYATT AHMEDABAD, INDIA
Further to our BFAME Circular-3 of 13th instant, I wish to inform all that the organizers have succeeded in negotiating an attractive deal with a five star hotel, Hyatt Ahmedabad, located in the heart of the city adjacent to Vastrapur Lake and the popular Alpha One Mall which has all the amenities which one would expect.
As such our 17th BFAME Championships venue shall now be at Hyatt Ahmedabad Hotel instead of the previous Gulmohar Greens which was in the outskirts of the city with insufficient number of rooms as per our requirements.
The room rates as negotiated are much lesser than the published rates and are inclusive of all taxes with full board like breakfast, lunch, high tea, dinner and complimentary airport transfers.re
The rates will be as follows:
Hyatt King/Twin: Single occupancy US $ 120/- Double occupancy US$ 150/-
Hyatt Suite: US $ 190/- Single occupancy US $ 230/- Double occupancy
All bookings can be made directly to Mr. Satish at Hyatt. His cell no. is +91 82380 22543 and his email id is s.satish.kumar@hyatt.com.
All bridge players are requested to mention BFAME Bridge Championships 2013 while doing their bookings as this is a special rate for the bridge players only.
Kindly let us know the number of teams your country would be participating so that we can finalize the format and other arrangements.
We shall appreciate if you could mail us their names, photographs (scanned copy to be attached with e-mails) for Identity Cards and the souvenir followed by their convention cards latest by_25th April’13 to any of the following addresses. The organizers have specially requested to provide passport copies in order to apply for permit for serving alcohol with dinner (at no extra cost) as Gujrat is a dry state for Indian nationals.
Vice President & Secretary BFAME Bridge Federation of India (BFI).
M. Azwerul Haque N. R. K. Moorthy
# 14, 18th Street 1-F Ammaiammal Street, Ayyavoo Colony,
DHA Phase-5, Karachi-75500 Aminjikarai, Chennai-600 029. India
Phone: +92-21-3586-9851 Tel: + 91-2- 363 1864, 363 0951
Fax: +92-21-3537-1247 Fax: +91 -2-363 3727
Cell: +92-364-422-0735 Cell: + 91-950001645
E-mail: azwer@khi.comsats.net.pk E-mail: nrk@agsar.net
with cc: azwer46@gmail.com
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As already conveyed, Entry Fee for any one team like Open, Women or Seniors Team would be US$ 2,000/- each, however, a combined Entry fee for any two teams from the above would be US$ 3,500/- and similarly the combined Entry Fee for all three teams would be US$ 5,000/- . There shall be a discount of US$ 300/- per team provided if at least two rooms are taken at the venue hotel. However, there are no restrictions if a player decides to reside elsewhere and can do so if not restricted by visa conditions. In addition please ensure that payment of annual membership dues of BFAME & WBF are up to date.
Travel arrangements:
You may now proceed with your airline bookings. For those coming from Middle East, there are direct flights from Dubai (Emirates, Spicejet and FlyDubai), Etihad from Abu Dhabi and Qatar Airways from Doha. From Bangladesh domestic connections from Kolkata or New Delhi, from Pakistan through Mumbai or New Delhi and from Sri Lanka through Mumbai. Ahmadabad is less than an hour of flying distance away from Mumbai.
The Hotel address:
Hyatt Ahmadabad
Plot 216, Town Plan Scheme 1, Near Vastrapur Lake, Vastrapur,
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India 380015
Tel: + 91 79 6160 1234 Fax: +91 79 6160 1235
Email: ahmedabad.hyatthotels@hyatt.com
http://ahmedabad.hyatthotels.hyatt.com/
Visa assistance:
Mr. Arun Jain + 91 981 005 8074, E-mail arunj33@yahoo.com and Mr. Madhu Sudan Sharma + 91 989 982 5259, and E-mail madhu8567@gmail.com have very kindly accepted the arduous task of helping all foreign visitors, especially those from Pakistan in obtaining the visas.
With best wishes and warm regards to you and your colleagues in the executive committees of your NBO, we look forward to hearing from you positively at your earliest, preferably before 25th April’13.
Should any clarification or information be required the undersigned may be contacted at the cell number or e-mail given above at any time without any hesitation.
Please note that all other information remains the same.
Yours sincerely,
For and on behalf of the President,
Bridge Federation of Asia & Middle East
M. Azwerul Haque
Vice President & Secretary
