Panic as Kyazoonga fails to deliver Cricket World Cup tickets in Sri Lanka

Failure on the part of the International Cricket Council’s official ticketing agent Kyazoonga.com to deliver ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 tickets purchased as early as July last year and the lack of information on where to pick up tickets has caused panic among cricket fans in Sri Lanka.


Kyazoonga leaves cricket fans in the dark. © AFP/Dibyangshu SARKAR.Panic stricken cricket fans, who purchased tickets for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka encounter at the R. Premadasa Stadium from Kyazoonga, wrote to Island Cricket just days before the match seeking more information on how to obtain their tickets. They claim that Kyazoonga was not replying to their e-mails.
“My brother purchased our tickets from their website [Kyazoonga.com] last year and we were getting very worried because five days before the match the tickets weren’t here,” Shenuka Fonseka from Colombo said in an e-mail.

Ajit Jayasekara the chief executive officer of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) requested cricket fans to visit the World Cup secretariat at SLC headquarters in Colombo to obtain their tickets, when Island Cricket approached him with complaints from disgruntled fans.

“People who have made on-line bookings may come to the World Cup office at SLC with their on-line confirmation e-mails and collect their tickets from there,” Jayasekara said.

Mayan Priyadarshana from Anuradhapura purchased tickets for last Saturday’s Group-A clash via Kyazoonga.com and says he was in a state of panic two days before the match. He was unaware of the location to pick up his tickets.

When Priyadarshana attempted to contact SLC by telephone, he says, the operator abruptly ended the call when he mentioned that he was calling to inquire about World Cup tickets.

“I’m from Anuradhapura. I bought tickets on-line because I thought I can get the tickets at the gate before the match,” Priyadarshana said, after visiting SLC offices last Friday to pick up his tickets.

“I have to waste one extra day to travel to Colombo to pick up the tickets. In India, the Kyazoonga counter is right near the gate. In Sri Lanka, we have to waste a whole day.

“But getting the tickets was easy. I went to SLC with my national ID card and the ticket confirmation print-out,” he added.

Kyazoonga - India’s leading ticketing agency - has been under criticism lately, after its website crashed during the sale of World Cup final tickets last week.

World Cup: Only 967 tickets sold on Day Two

The response of cricket lovers from the Tricity towards the first World Cup match to be played at the PCA Stadium continue to be lukewarm on the second day, with only 967 tickets being sold. The stadium has the capacity to host 27,000 spectators. Most of the tickets sold were of Rs 50 and 100. “As many as 328 people bought tickets for Rs 50, while 283 went for the ones for Rs 100. The figure includes the sale of tickets for the March 11 match between West Indies and Ireland,” said PCA spokesman Sushil Kapoor.

World Cup Hotels Package in Chennai, Book Hotel Savera in Chennai for Cricket World Cup

World Cup Hotels Package in Chennai, Book Hotel Savera in Chennai for Cricket World Cup

CRICKET WORLD CUP IN CHENNAI

Hotel Savera – Rs.2385/-*

PACKAGE OVERVIEW

Long famous for its cricket culture and knowledgeable audiences, Chennai celebrates the World Cup season nothing less than any festival. While the team travels to Chennai for the match, let’s take you there too, so that you get to experience gracious South Indian hospitality first hand. With your stay booked at Hotel Savera, and excellent food and wonderful beaches you may take a stroll on, we promise you’ll have a holiday you’d cherish forever. Book before the time runs out!

INCLUSIONS:

• Accommodation in a Standard Room
• Free Internet
• Breakfast
• All taxes

* Conditions Apply

Hotel Savera, Chennai

4 Star SAVERA

City: Chennai

Location

Savera is located 11 kms from Chennai’s International Airport and 5 kms from the railway station. It is a few minutes’ drive from Marina Beach and the US Consul General’s office. The location interconnects the main arterial roads in the city and the new highways leading to Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.

Centrally located, Savera is a luxury business class hotel that offers modern amenities and facilities for the all its guests.

Rooms

The hotel offers accommodation across 260 rooms, where 71 overlook the swimming pool. All the rooms are centrally air conditioned and equipped with a mini bar, television and telephone. Room service is available 24 hours.

Dining & Facilities

Dining options at the hotel include The Piano, a 24-hour coffee shop serving a multi cuisine menu. Minar, situated on the 11th floor on the rooftop offers Mughlai food for dinner only, Malgudi is the South Indian and coastal cuisine dining outlet, which also has live carnatic music as an accompaniment to the food. The Bamboo Bar offers a choice of alcoholic beverages.

Savera has 11 conference and banquet facilities ranging from larger indoor halls that can accommodate up to 800 persons and smaller halls that can accommodate up to 60 persons. There is also a large Lawn that can accommodate up to 700 persons. The hotel can also arrange for audio video equipment on request.

The Business Center gives you access to private office and boardroom, access to all modern communication equipment, interpreters and translators and secretarial services.

Other facilities at Savera include a swimming pool, florist, beauty parlour and men’s salon, book shop, health club, doctor on call, shopping arcade, car parking, laundry service and safe deposit lockers. The hotel accepts all major credit cards.

RATES & DATES:-

Hotel Details

Locations	4 Star
Chennai	Savera

Package Rates

(Valid From January 12, 2011 – March 20, 2011)

Star Category	Twin Sharing	Single Occupancy	Extra Adult	Child with Bed	Child without Bed
4 Star	Rs. 2,385	Rs. 4,770	Rs. 1,125	Rs. 1,125	Rs. 1,125

  10% Cashback on International Flights Air Tickets 

  30% Cashback Offers on International Hotels Booking

  60% Cashback on Domestic air tickets in India

  30% Cashback Offers on Hotels Booking in India

Terms and Conditions:-

• Per person rates (Rs) – applicable on 2 persons staying together sharing the same room
• 2.58% Service Taxes extra
• The package does not include guide services; same can be availed at an additional cost
• Entrance charges anywhere are not included
• Package rates are subject to change without prior notice
• Meal plan: EP – Accommodation only, CP – Accommodation with breakfast, MAP – Accommodation with breakfast, lunch or dinner, AP – Accommodation with breakfast, lunch & dinner
• The package can not be combined with any other offer
• Refund on cancellation strictly depends upon concerned hotel’s cancellation policy
• The above package is not valid during national holidays, festivals & long weekends
• MakeMyTrip India (Pvt) Ltd reserves the right to change/modify or terminate the offer any time at its own discretion and without any prior notice Cancellation Policy:
• Cancellation done from the booking date till seven days prior to the departure date, charges are thirty percent of the package cost
• Cancellation done from three days to seven days prior to the departure date, charges are fifty percent of the package cost
• Cancellation done twenty four hours to three days prior to departure date, charges are seventy five percent of the packages cost
• Cancellation done less than twenty four hours prior to the departure date, charges are hundred percent of the package cost

World Cup Hotels Package in Chennai, Book Hotel Savera in Chennai for Cricket World Cup

World Cup Hotels Package in Chennai, Book Hotel Savera in Chennai for Cricket World Cup

CRICKET WORLD CUP IN CHENNAI

Hotel Savera – Rs.2385/-*

PACKAGE OVERVIEW

Long famous for its cricket culture and knowledgeable audiences, Chennai celebrates the World Cup season nothing less than any festival. While the team travels to Chennai for the match, let’s take you there too, so that you get to experience gracious South Indian hospitality first hand. With your stay booked at Hotel Savera, and excellent food and wonderful beaches you may take a stroll on, we promise you’ll have a holiday you’d cherish forever. Book before the time runs out!

INCLUSIONS:

• Accommodation in a Standard Room
• Free Internet
• Breakfast
• All taxes

* Conditions Apply

Hotel Savera, Chennai

4 Star SAVERA

City: Chennai

Location

Savera is located 11 kms from Chennai’s International Airport and 5 kms from the railway station. It is a few minutes’ drive from Marina Beach and the US Consul General’s office. The location interconnects the main arterial roads in the city and the new highways leading to Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram.

Centrally located, Savera is a luxury business class hotel that offers modern amenities and facilities for the all its guests.

Rooms

The hotel offers accommodation across 260 rooms, where 71 overlook the swimming pool. All the rooms are centrally air conditioned and equipped with a mini bar, television and telephone. Room service is available 24 hours.

Dining & Facilities

Dining options at the hotel include The Piano, a 24-hour coffee shop serving a multi cuisine menu. Minar, situated on the 11th floor on the rooftop offers Mughlai food for dinner only, Malgudi is the South Indian and coastal cuisine dining outlet, which also has live carnatic music as an accompaniment to the food. The Bamboo Bar offers a choice of alcoholic beverages.

Savera has 11 conference and banquet facilities ranging from larger indoor halls that can accommodate up to 800 persons and smaller halls that can accommodate up to 60 persons. There is also a large Lawn that can accommodate up to 700 persons. The hotel can also arrange for audio video equipment on request.

The Business Center gives you access to private office and boardroom, access to all modern communication equipment, interpreters and translators and secretarial services.

Other facilities at Savera include a swimming pool, florist, beauty parlour and men’s salon, book shop, health club, doctor on call, shopping arcade, car parking, laundry service and safe deposit lockers. The hotel accepts all major credit cards.

RATES & DATES:-

Hotel Details

Locations	4 Star
Chennai	Savera

Package Rates

(Valid From January 12, 2011 – March 20, 2011)

Star Category	Twin Sharing	Single Occupancy	Extra Adult	Child with Bed	Child without Bed
4 Star	Rs. 2,385	Rs. 4,770	Rs. 1,125	Rs. 1,125	Rs. 1,125

  10% Cashback on International Flights Air Tickets 

  30% Cashback Offers on International Hotels Booking

  60% Cashback on Domestic air tickets in India

  30% Cashback Offers on Hotels Booking in India

Terms and Conditions:-

• Per person rates (Rs) – applicable on 2 persons staying together sharing the same room
• 2.58% Service Taxes extra
• The package does not include guide services; same can be availed at an additional cost
• Entrance charges anywhere are not included
• Package rates are subject to change without prior notice
• Meal plan: EP – Accommodation only, CP – Accommodation with breakfast, MAP – Accommodation with breakfast, lunch or dinner, AP – Accommodation with breakfast, lunch & dinner
• The package can not be combined with any other offer
• Refund on cancellation strictly depends upon concerned hotel’s cancellation policy
• The above package is not valid during national holidays, festivals & long weekends
• MakeMyTrip India (Pvt) Ltd reserves the right to change/modify or terminate the offer any time at its own discretion and without any prior notice Cancellation Policy:
• Cancellation done from the booking date till seven days prior to the departure date, charges are thirty percent of the package cost
• Cancellation done from three days to seven days prior to the departure date, charges are fifty percent of the package cost
• Cancellation done twenty four hours to three days prior to departure date, charges are seventy five percent of the packages cost
• Cancellation done less than twenty four hours prior to the departure date, charges are hundred percent of the package cost