Brazil to Be England's First Challenger At The New Wembley Stadium: Experts Say Book Rooms Early

For the first time in seven years, London will play at home in Wembley Stadium. With two weeks to go before the game, UK hotels are still plentiful, but experts say they will fill rapidly.

(PRWEB) May 23, 2007 -- The FA has confirmed that Brazil will be the first opponent England faces in the newly renovated and world renowned Wembley Stadium. Both the June 1st face-off between the two teams and the completion of Wembley are events highly anticipated events for the people of England and football fans as a whole.

The new Wembley Stadium, originally slated for completion in August 2005, will be mostly finished by June 1st for the London v Brazil games. Wembley's construction company, the Multiplex Group, says that final details of the construction project such as cleaning will take an additional three months.

The FA and Europe's football fans are anxiously awaiting the opening and willing to overlook details in order to hold the London v Brazil match in the new arena. The event will mark the first time that England has played in Wembley in seven years.

"Brazil is one of England's favorite competitors. The convergence of this intense match-up along with the opening of Wembley is sure to be an event that fans will not soon forget," says Marcel Stillekens, founder of EuroBookings.com (http://www.eurobookings.com), the popular European hotel bookings company.

"Right now with just about three weeks until kick off, the majority of area hotels are still available. However, with an event like this, it's not uncommon for as much as 85% of area hotels to become filled 7-10 days prior," says Stillekens who encourages attendees to book UK hotels early to avoid limited choices.

Stillekens says that of the approximate 530 UK hotels and 299 hotels within close proximity to Wembley, that approximately 78% are still available to for booking.

Using EuroBookings.com's hotel locator tool, travelers can filter the 530 results for UK hotels to reveal only those near various landmarks, shopping centers, parks, airports, or convention centers such as Wembley Stadium. Each hotel listing also includes a detailed street map so that travelers can see the exact proximity of each hotel to the location of interest.

"Booking hotels early means that football fans can spend more of their money enjoying themselves at the game and having a riot with fans before and after the game rather than on last-minute hotels rooms that are more expensive or more exorbitant than they would have liked," says Stillekens.

To book UK hotels before the rush and with no reservation fees, no cancellation fees and no advance charges, travelers can visit http://www.eurobookings.com/destinations-gb/united-kingdom.html.

About EuroBookings.com: EuroBookings.com is a Holland-based travel and tourism company that offers deep discount rates on UK hotels and more than 25,000 popular European hotels. Travelers can book UK hotels and pay no reservation fees, no cancellation fees, and no advance charges by visiting the website's UK hotels portal located at http://www.eurobookings.com/destinations-gb/united-kingdom.html.

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