World Sport Tourism Congress to take place alongside 2011 Rugby World Cup
The World Sport Tourism Congress (WSTC) is scheduled to run in parallel with the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011.This conference will take place on a luxury cruise, the P&O Pacific Dawn, for four days which will kick off on October 10 and wrap up by October 14.
The exclusive event has been organised by TUI Travel’s Specialist & Activity Sector, in collaboration with the cream of the crop in Spots Tourism.
The WSTC conference will be held while the Pacific Dawn will cruise through New Zealand’s Bay of Islands. The whole idea behind this conference is to present networking opportunities for four days’ with the exchange of ideas through panel discussions amongst
the attendees.
Studded with influential speakers, this conference will have; Jeanine Pires (Minister Special Advisor of Rio Olympics 2016), Campbell Jamieson (Commercial Director of International Cricket Council), Geoffrey Lipman (Advisor to Secretary General United Nations
World Tourism Organisation-UNWTO) and Darren Mee (Chief Operating Officer, TUI Travel Public Limited Company, Specialist & Activity Sector).
Through this conference attendees will be able to meet in person with the key players of the Sport Tourism deal negotiators for the future mega events in sports, to have an in-depth perspective on the ever- expanding sector of tourism and sports.
With the merger of two, Sports and Tourism, this sector is grabbing attention of many, as it has blossomed into a multi-billion dollar industry. This industry which is estimated to be around $600 billion on average and is expected to mature further, with
the RWC 2011, tickets already crossing a million’s mark, surpassing anticipations already.
The timing could not have been more perfect, for the conference which will highlight the very latest “Sport and Tourism Boom”.
The luxury cruise will check out from the Queen’s Wharf, Auckland will be back in four days for the Rugby World Cup Semi Finals.
This event grants an opportunity to only senior executives and the tickets for this WSTC conference will be sold for £950 that will encompass all the expenses of four-day stay on board.
The exclusive package will cover for the four-day accommodation charges of knowledge sharing while cruising away the Bay of Islands of New Zealand.
This package will also fill in for the VIP receptions, networking and gala dinners on board.
For those who wish to be part of RWC 2011, there is also arrangement of special packages covering accommodation charges along with the tickets for the World Cup semi-final and final encounters.
With RWC 2011 kicking off in Auckland this September the WSTC conference is cruising its way in October and will be a knowledge imparting luxury trip which will grant the delegates with an up-close opportunity to meet influential people in the Sports and
Tourism industry.
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