Tag: Sporting Events
Formula One event to be hosted in Dublin
Formula One cars will be racing on the streets of Dublin next year in an event which is expected to bring more than a quarter of a million people into the city. City racing featuring the F1 cars already takes place in Moscow and Rotterdam and today, Bavaria Beer, the event organisers and main sponsors, [...]
Dr Andreja Wieser gives her advice on bidding for work at major sporting events
Dr Andreja Wieser is the Head of Sports at PROSKE who have been delivering corporate & sponsor hospitality at major sporting events for a number of years. She wanted to share with our readers some of her knowledge and experience when bidding for work at major sporting events. So if you want to bid for [...]
North West 200 ‘Jewel’ In Tourism Crown
One of NI’s most popular sporting events has been praised as Stormont Sports Minister Nelson McCausland joined with the North West organisers in launching the 2010 International North West 200. Speaking at the reception in the Waterfront Hall, the Minister said: “Last year proved particularly challenging for event organisers across Northern Ireland due to the [...]
World Sport Destination Expo can act as catalyst for tourism recovery
The United Nations World Tourism Organization’s secretary-general Taleb Rifai has insisted sporting events such as FIFA World Cup 2010 and the London Olympics 2012 can act as catalysts to revive the ailing global travel and tourism industry. So he would be among the first to applaud the foresight of the organisers of the inaugural World [...]
Motor Sports Association agrees to underwrite Rally GB
The 2009 Wales Rally GB has been secured after the Motor Sports Association agreed to underwrite the costs of the event. In April, its future had been thrown into uncertainty when the assembly government withdrew funding of £2.2m. The MSA, UK motor sport’s governing body, said they had taken the decision “for the good of [...]
Ironmen to take the plunge
ONE of the world’s most gruelling physical challenges could be bringing a multi-million pound windfall to Greater Manchester. Bolton has been asked to host the Ironman UK International Triathlon for the next three years. The 140-mile event could bring in millions of pounds to Bolton’s economy – and a global television deal struck for 2009 [...]
No way World Cup moving from South Africa, says Blatter
FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Monday insisted there was no way the 2010 World Cup would be moved from South Africa, saying any ‘plan B’ was now firmly dead and buried. Rumours have persisted that the tournament could be pulled from South Africa if it failed to meet organisational deadlines after Blatter admitted earlier this [...]
Edward Gillespie ready to welcome fresh faces as Festival ticket sales dip
Managing director puts positive spin on ticket sales for the meeting next March being 18 per cent down on the corresponding time a year ago In these financially challenged times, getting people through the gate is an initiative test for every racecourse. Sandown last Saturday solved it with sleigh rides from the station and an [...]
Sheep dung blamed for 161 falling ill at mountain bike event
Public health inspectors were called in after the cyclists fell ill with food poisoning after an event in the Welsh countryside. The cyclists tested positive for the bacterium campylobacter – usually caused by uncooked meat and poultry. But following an investigation by health experts, the muddy mountain cycle course was found to be heavily contaminated [...]
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