Travel provider Thomson Sport, part of one of the world’s leading leisure travel companies, TUI Travel PLC, has signed a three-year deal with Premier League champions, Manchester City FC, becoming the club’s official supplier of supporter travel. Under the terms of the relationship, Thomson Sport will provide Manchester City fans with official Match Break packages for all matches at the Etihad Stadium and a range of travel packages for European away matches.

To meet a rising demand in the sports travel market, Thomson Sport has repositioned its brand and tripled the amount of events featured on its website. As one of the leading sports tour operators, Thomson Sport’s campaign to broaden its appeal ties in with the re-launch of thomsonsport.com.

With England and Ireland now assured of their places in the finals next year, Thomson Sport has confirmed it has been appointed as the licensed tour operator for UEFA Euro 2012. The contract gives Thomson Sport the official tour operating programme rights across all the qualified European territories (excluding the host countries) with access to a guaranteed allocation of match tickets.

Thomson Sport has been appointed as an Official Travel Partner of the Scottish Football Association (Scottish FA) and an Official Travel Partner of the Scotland Supporters’ Club.

World Sport Destination Expo, “The Global Market Place for Sport Tourism”, has appointed the world leader in sports travel, Thomson Sport, as its Official Travel Partner.Thomson Sport, the specialist division of travel giant TUI, will be responsible for organising travel, accommodation and additional services for officials and delegates attending the ground-breaking sport tourism exhibition, which takes place during FIFA 2010 in the Official Host City, Johannesburg, 5-9 July 2010.