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Access the Conference Program for TEAMS ’24, which will be held September 23-26 in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Center. Included in the Program: A Welcome to TEAMS ’24 Words of welcome from Sports Division ice President Jason Gewirtz. Conference Schedule The full schedule of events for TEAMS ’24. Thank You to Our Partners […]
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Read the Fall 2024 digital edition of SportsTravel! This issue offers a look at the college football season, a recap of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, a look ahead to the Games in Los Angeles in 2028, and more. Included in this issue: TEAMS ’24 Conference & Expo Program Get the official program for the TEAMS […]
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As president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, Geoff Freeman is the leading advocate for the more than $1 trillion U.S. travel and hospitality industry. In this role, he is charged with positioning the industry to seize emerging opportunities and further establishing travel as a vital economic force in the United States. Before taking over […]
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Like many Olympians and Paralympians, Susannah Scaroni has had to overcome her share of challenges. In her case, a car accident at the age of 5 caused her to need a wheelchair for mobility, a journey that led her to adaptive sports. Her initial experience was not positive. But when she discovered a welcoming adaptive […]
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There are a number of ways to honor retired athletes and their exemplary careers for which the criteria are generally understood. We sort of know a Hall of Fame player when we see one, though we can debate around the margins. We also recognize an athlete who has contributed to his or her team for […]
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The Premier League and NBC Sports will bring the Premier League Mornings Live Fan Festival to Chicago, September 21–22, 2024 at Lincoln Park on the shore of Lake Michigan. The free event allows soccer fans to see NBC Sports’ studio team of host Rebecca Lowe and analysts Robbie Earle, Robbie Mustoe and Tim Howard broadcast […]
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PARIS — The success of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris has put Los Angeles in the spotlight as the LA28 organizing committee switches fully into operations mode. At a press conference to close the Paris Games, LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass outlined some of their own ambitious plans […]
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PARIS — Events like the Olympic Games are significant boons to the host city. But lost in the story of the host city for mega sporting events is the opportunity for smaller destinations to get their own piece of the action. This week in Paris, an unlikely partnership formed between the Netherlands Olympic Committee and […]
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An Olympic Summer Games in Paris hailed as a success operationally and otherwise came to an end with a Closing Ceremony that put LA28 on the clock as it enters its next phase leading to the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the final act in Paris had several nods to the Hollywood-style approach […]
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Throughout SportsTravel‘s time in Paris for the Olympic Summer Games, we have reported on behind-the-scenes observations about how the event is organized. For previous takes: Eiffel Tower Shines Above All Olympic Venues Being the Scenes at the Summer Games Here is our final installment of what we saw, heard and felt during a memorable Olympic […]
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Kentucky Sports Alliance has announced it has completed a major rebrand. The consortium of 15 Kentucky tourism-based organizations has joined under one umbrella to bring sporting events to the Bluegrass State.
Jamie Corr has been named the managing director at Burson Sports, a specialist sports practice based in Lausanne, succeeding Lars Haue-Pedersen, who is stepping down after more than 20 years of leading the agency.
The Sports Facilities Companies has acquired Firland Management as part of launching a new ice division, which includes a partnership with Central Park Conservancy which assumes the management of the Harlem Meer Center in New York City.
As the @NCAA enters the final month of its deliberation on which cities will be future hosts for hundreds of events across all three divisions, destinations around the country anxiously await news of the status of their bids.
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