The 2020 Paralympic Games are to be held in Japan, and organizers and staff are facing a huge problem: the lack of accessible hotel rooms. According to The Guardian, British Paralympic officials were scouting for hotels near their training camp in Yokohama. Not only did hotels have a “complete disinterest” …
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Paralympics GB stunned after Yokohama hotels demand payment for accessibility | Paralympic Games
British Paralympic officials say they were stunned when hotels near their 2020 Games training camp demanded they pay to make rooms accessible to wheelchair athletes – then pay again to convert them back afterwards. A senior official said there had been a “complete lack of interest” on the part of …
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