Sports Tourism

A record 54 current NBA players will be featured on national team rosters at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, up from 45 in 2014. 

SAS is starting its campaign Future Olympians today in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The campaign is part of SAS’s collaboration with the three Scandinavian Olympic committees DIF, NIF, and SOK.*

Evason Hua Hin announced the opening of four international standard pickleball courts as part of their vast leisure offerings.

The L.A. Clippers and Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) have announced that the Clippers will return to Honolulu for Training Camp to tip off the 2019-20 season.

SAS is responding to the great interest in English football by introducing a new direct service from Stavanger to Manchester. The service will be operating all year round, with two departures a week. 

LA Stadium and Entertainment District at Hollywood Park (LASED) announced American Airlines as its first partner at a press conference earlier today. American will be a Founding Partner of LASED and the official airline of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams.

Lufthansa is continuing its commitment to football and has extended its partnership with the German football association Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) until 2022.

Bangkok Airways recently organized the “Bangkok Airways Phuket Half Marathon”, the fourth running program of the Bangkok Airways Boutique Series 2019 at Saphan Hin Park, Phuket. Two more marathons will soon be organized.

Aeroflot has brought FIBA World Cup 2019 Trophy to Moscow. On August 1, the FIBA 2019 Trophy arrived in the Russian capital from Tokyo. On August 4, it will set off to China. The Trophy Tour will take place across the eight Chinese host cities where FIBA Basketball World Cup games will be played from August 31 to September 15.  

Irish golf is set for an extended spell in the golfing spotlight following Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory, with the announcement of Adare Manor as host venue for the 2026 Ryder Cup.

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, has signed an agreement today with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to become a “Supporting Partner” of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay.

This Summer Scotland is hosting three world class events. It is expected that around 80,000 fans will visit the East Lothian's stunning stretch of coastline when the Aberdeen Standard Investments Mens and Ladies Scottish Opens and The Scottish Senior Open will take place there over the next six weeks.

At the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, the visual imagery of  almost empty stadiums is a powerful narrative. But not the kind that African sports, African football, or corporate sponsors deserve.

Aeroflot, Russia's flag carrier, has become FIBA’s Global Partner and the Official Airline of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019. This summer Aeroflot and FIBA are taking the Basketball World Cup Trophy to cities around the globe, delivering an exciting World Cup experience to fans and showcasing its greatest prize as part of basketball celebrations and FIBA's flagship competition.