IH&RA Highlight > IH&RA Meetings in Berlin: 14-15 March 2005 > BBC to Sponsor Chains & Board Dinner in Berlin BBC World Sponsors IH&RA Board of Directors & Chains Council Dinner in Berlin IH&RA thanks BBC World for their sponsorship of the Chains Council and Board Dinner to be held the evening of 14 March in Berlin. On-site will be none other than Akhtar Khan the Main Presenter of the BBC Programme "Fast Track" who will give a short presentation about the BBC and show footage from the IH&RA 41st Annual Congress in Istanbul. Learn more about BBC World here. BBC World is the BBC's commercially funded international news and information television channel, broadcasting in English 24 hours a day. It can be seen in 256 million homes and over 1 million hotel rooms in more than 200 countries and territories. BBC World provides news, business and sport and explains not only what is happening but why. The channel's hourly news programmes offer unmatched, impartial, in-depth analysis of breaking news and events of global importance. In addition to its news bulletins, BBC World also broadcasts the best of the BBC's award-winning documentary, factual and lifestyle programming. The channel's dedicated 24-hour fully digital newsroom and studio is located at BBC Television Centre in London. It forms part of the world's largest and most trusted newsgathering organisation and draws on the resources of more than 250 BBC News correspondents and 58 international BBC News bureaux across the globe. Copyright 2003 International Hotel & Restaurant Association. All rights reserved. International Hotel & Restaurant Association 51 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau 75001 Paris France Tel: 33 (0) 1 44 88 92 20 Fax: 33 (0) 1 44 88 92 30 www.ih-ra.com