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COMPASS AND MECCO APPOINTED AS CATERERS FOR THE 2010 RYDER CUP

4:21pm Wednesday, 22nd July 2009

A new team has been brought together to provide the ultimate hospitality and catering experience for officials, guests and spectators at The 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales, from October 1-3 next year.

Ryder Cup Hospitality 2010 Ltd has appointed Compass Group UK and Ireland who will drive the project and deliver more than £2.5 million into the local economy, and Mecco, a vibrant catering company based in Oxfordshire and established in 1999. They aim together to create a level of catering to match the excellence of golf's most prestigious team event featuring Europe and the United States.

Richard Hills, the European Ryder Cup Director, said: 'Following on from the huge success of The 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland when we catered for more than 40,000 people in hospitality alone we are determined to raise the bar even higher with the ultimate catering experience at The Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort.

'We believe the appointment of Compass and Mecco will deliver all our requirements. They were chosen following a tender process which brought an outstanding response from a number of the UK's and Continental Europe's leading hospitality and event caterers. It was always our intention to appoint two caterers although selecting those two was hugely difficult as we really were spoilt for choice.'

Compass Group UK and Ireland is the market leader in providing contract catering and a range of support services to customers in sporting and leisure venues, the workplace, in schools and colleges, and in remote environments. They were one of the two caterers at The 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland and The European Tour has worked with them for more than 20 years at The BMW PGA Championship and more recently at The European Open. Compass will also manage and operate all the public catering including the International Pavilion, Moet and Chandon Seafood facility and the Media Centre.

Mecco became the official caterers of the Stella Artois Tennis Championships - now the AEGON Championships - and in addition to servicing a wide range of sporting, corporate, private and cultural events they are the in-house caterers with the MCC at Lords.

Hills added: 'We chose Compass not only because we have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with them but also because of the consistency of the team that will work on the event. In addition they have superb support services based in Wales, particularly at the Millennium Stadium, and as with Bord Bia in Ireland in 2006 we will consult with the Food, Fisheries and Market Development Division of the Welsh Assembly Government. We will where possible work with the people of Wales and Welsh product.

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