Bid for Mr Gay World leaves today

Accompanying the current Mr Gay South Africa to Manila Philippines today, Monday 7 March 2011 for Mr Gay World 2011, is the South African bid committee for Mr Gay World 2012. The committee, Coenie Kukkuk, operations director and John-Louis O'Neil, logistics manager, will hand over its basic plan and name sponsors who have indicated their willingness to support the bid. These include 'The Fairway Hotel and Golf Resort', which will sponsor the stay of the delegates, and directors and staff of the event, reportedly the largest sponsorship of a gay event in South Africa; Club Travel Honeydew, which sponsored the travel and accommodation costs of the bid committee; international skincare company Maria Garcia International; Babylon Nightclub in Pretoria; Kat-Man-Doo gay resort in Dullstroom; Nomdeni Lodges in Nelspruit; and Bodyworks in Pretoria. The bid result will be announced on Sunday 13 March.