Team effort: Equestrian Company chief Lam Woon-kwong, Deputy Director of Games Services of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Xiang Ping and Kowloon Shangri-la General Manager Mark Heywood attend the agreement-signing ceremony.

The Kowloon Shangri-la has been appointed the Olympic & Paralympic Families Hotel for the Olympic equestrian events to be held in Hong Kong next August and September.

Equestrian Company Chief Executive Officer Lam Woon-kwong and Kowloon Shangri-La General Manager Mark Heywood signed the agreement today.

By identifying the Olympic-Paralympic family hotel for the equestrian events, the Equestrian Company will be ready to move forward to develop detailed operational plans for its Olympic & Paralympic Family hospitality programmes.