At a well-attended press briefing, George Steuarts Travel International Ltd announced that they have secured the official rights to sell tickets for all 39 matches in the tournament.
Yesterday's press conference, chaired by the company's managing director S. Skandakumar explained the procedures that would apply for the purchase of match tickets for the tournament.
The two packages on offer are: Package 1 - air ticket, match tickets and accommodation for those requiring accommodation in UK; Package 2 - air ticket and match tickets for those making own accommodation in UK.
``We are doing this mainly to clear any confusion that may exist in the minds of our cricket loving public as to who has authority to sell such tickets,'' said Skandakumar.
``The tournament hosts, the England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed that only those accredited with the status of official travel agent and authorised to use the World Cup logo will be allocated match tickets for sale,'' he said.
George Steuarts were also the exclusive travel agent for World Cup '96 which Sri Lanka won beating Australia at Lahore. They also contributed Rs. 100,000 towards the Cricket Board's year 2000 program on that occasion.
The company's directors Bernard Wijetunga and Murali Ramanathan, corporate accounts manager Channa Wijemanne, sales manager Rimzi Nazeer and tours manager Lucky Fernando were also present.