7 Jul 2023

FIFA chief executive on booking woes

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 7 July 2023

Hotels across the country are bitterly disappointed they're yet to see the promised flood of bookings from international visitors ahead of this month's FIFA Women's World Cup.

Curiously, tour companies are seeing plenty of interest.

Back in April, FIFA's online booking system left some New Zealand fans struggling to get hold of tickets and there was concern we were falling well behind Australia in filling our stadiums.

For an update, FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 chief executive Dave Beeche spoke to Kim Hill.