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PHUKET, THAILAND – Asia’s newest world-class sporting and corporate event venue – the Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) – is offering qualified sporting event planners and tour operators attending the World Sports Destination Expo (WSDE) the chance to be invited to the complex for familiarisation meetings with the academy’s executives.
Beijing, China, June 23, 2010 – The Mission Hills Star Trophy has reaffirmed its position as Asia’s leading lifestyle entertainment event with movie stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, swimming legend Michael Phelps and long-time world number one women’s golfer Lorena Ochoa among six names added to the field today.
PHUKET, THAILAND – The groundbreaking Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is poised to become Asia’s pre-eminent competition, training and event complex when it opens this November. Combining a brilliant location with world-class facilities, it is already attracting interest from respected global sporting institutions and international corporations.
The fast-growing emirate of Abu Dhabi has idenitifed sport tourism as a fundamental strategy to help meet its ambitious growth targets. From hosting the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix to its new partnership with Manchester City, it is utilising the power of sport to spread its name globally.
South Africa has hosted the Rugby World Cup, the Cricket World Cup and this summer will welcome the FIFA World Cup finals. In its bid to become a sports tourism powerhouse, football’s biggest event can be the springboard to fulfil the country’s massive ambitions.
After a week that witnessed 50,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press, gathering in London to celebrate 30 years of World Travel Market, Sports Tourism emerged as the clear front-runner to guide the industry round the corner of economic downturn and into a prosperous future.
World Sport Destination Expo has secured the participation of the world’s leading tour operators and buyers.
SportBusiness Group, the world’s leading supplier of information, media and B2B marketing services to the sports industry, has today announced details of the inaugural International Sport Tourism Conference, which will take place during the week of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final in host city Johannesburg.
As anticipation reaches fever pitch ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the success of three mega sporting events hosted in South Africa over the past six months has given the country’s tourism sector a significant boost.
Rio de Janeiro is the latest big name to confirm their participation in World Sport Destination Expo - the global market place for sport tourism. WSDE is uniquely co-located alongside the climatic final week of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and will offer bidding nations and sport tourism capitals the optimum opportunity to showcase their capabilities on a world stage.