IH&RA Highlight > Recap of IH&RA March Berlin Meetings > Thanks to BBC World: Sponsor of Berlin Dinner Akhtar Khan, Main Presenter of the BBC Programme "Fast Track" speaks to Yannick Rouvrais, COO & Member of the Management Board, Orbis S.A. with Zina Neophytou, Manager Europe - Travel Distribution, BBC World 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 held 14 March in Berlin. Learn more about BBC World here. On-site was none other than Akhtar Khan, Main Presenter of the BBC Programme "Fast Track" who who interviewed Hiran Cooray giving him the opportunity to share his positive message about Sri Lanka across the BBC worldwide network: Sri Lanka is open for business and ready to welcome visitors. Akhtar also gave a short presentation about the BBC and showed footage from the IH&RA 41st Annual Congress in Istanbul. 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. For more information about programming BBC World, e-mail to: zina.neophytou@bbc.co.uk. Website: www.bbcworld.com Copyright 2005 International Hotel & Restaurant Association. All rights reserved. International Hotel & Restaurant Association 48 Bd. de Sébastopol 75003 Paris France Tel: 33 (0) 1 44 88 92 20 Fax: 33 (0) 1 44 88 92 30 www.ih-ra.com