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International Golf Travel Market headed to the Algarve
The Algarve Promotion Bureau has announced the International Golf Travel Market will head to the destination in 2012. Organised by Reed Travel Exhibitions, IGTM 2012 exhibition will be the 15th edition of the world’s premier global event for golf tourism suppliers, buyers and media and is to take place from November 12th–15th 2012 at the Tivoli Marina Hotel in Vilamoura.
Breaking Travel News Interview: Sean Panton, Synergy Sports & Leisure Solutions
Synergy Sports & Leisure Solutions is a recreational consultancy based in Thailand offering consultancy, management, promotion and event services to the global sports, leisure, hospitality and education industries. Here Breaking Travel News catches up with chief executive Sean Panton to see how sports tourism is growing into one of the most innovative sectors of the global industry today.
ITB Berlin reports boom in sports tourism
Sporting holidays are destined to become a winning trend, according to the latest research from ITB Berlin. According to the latest survey of the World Travel Monitor, over the last five years there has been a double-digit increase in sporting holidays among European tourists, which has even overtaken cruises, which five years ago ranked ahead of sporting holidays.
Lord’s joins with Tamarind and The Cinnamon Club
Lord’s has announced a partnership with renowned Indian caterers Tamarind and The Cinnamon Club ahead of the start of the first npower Test Match against India tomorrow.
Ground-breaking World Sport Tourism Congress for 2011 Rugby World Cup
TUI Travel’s Specialist & Activity Sector has teamed up with top leaders in Sport Tourism to launch a ground-breaking conference, World Sport Tourism Congress, co-located alongside the climax of the 2011 Rugby World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand gears up for Rugby World Cup 2011
Over a million sporting enthusiasts are expected to descend upon Auckland in New Zealand in September as the destination plays host to the Rugby World Cup 2011, one of the biggest international events in the sporting calendar. Here Breaking Travel News examines the growing role of mega sporting events on the tourism industry.
Thousands of sports fans set to descend on Royal St George’s for Open Championship
Thousands of golf enthusiasts from around the world are expected to make the pilgrimage to Royal St George’s in the south of England for the Open Championship over the next four days. Rory McIlroy – who won the US Open in June with a sensational 16-under-par – is the star attraction, with sports fans wondering if he can repeat the feat on the famous course.
Sports Tourism: The importance of mega-sporting events
Visa has launched a new report illustrating the positive impact of mega-sporting events and the influence they have on tourism spending in the event host countries. Among the first organisations to note the increasing important of mega-sporting events to tourism was World Sports Tourism Congress, which will be examining the impact of the phenomenon during the Rugby World Cup later this year.
Montreal - Canada’s Sport Tourism capital
Montréal is world famous for its jazz festival, but the Canadian city is fast becoming one of North America’s top sports destinations. Mike Starling reports.
New Caledonia hosts the XIV Pacific Games
Over 5,000 athletes from 22 Oceania islands are preparing to head to New Caledonia for the XIV Pacific Games. The Pacific Games are just one of the many highlights in the sports tourism sector – celebrated each year by WSDE Sport Tourism Expo.
Polo legend Adolfo Cambiaso weaves his magic at Sunset Polo
Adolfo Cambiaso, the greatest player polo of all time, led a field of top players for the most glamorous event in the UK summer sporting calendar, Sunset Polo, a charity tournament sponsored by boutique hotel brand, Mantis Collection. BTN was on hand to report all the action.
Countdown begins to landmark international Sport Tourism conference
International excitement is building ahead of the landmark WSDE Sport Tourism Expo – the world’s leading Conference, Exhibition and Meeting Place dedicated to the $600 billion a year sport tourism industry.