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Although the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games are unlike any other, the one familiarity is the friendly and hard-working volunteers always greeting you with a smile (or at least smiling eyes). These volunteers not only signed up to support the Games but to move into the closed loop for two months or more, leaving family […]
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Editor’s Note: George Washington University sports management professor Lisa Delpy Neirotti is on the ground in Beijing for SportsTravel. A veteran of the Olympic Games, this will be her 21st consecutive Games in various capacities. Here is her inside look at her journey to Beijing. Delpy will be filing stories for SportsTravel throughout the Games. […]
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The Sports Events and Tourism Association, in collaboration with the Northstar Meetings Group, has engaged Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, to conduct an update of the 2019 State of the Industry Report that will look at the industry’s performance in 2020 and 2021. The study will provide strategic insights on market size, economic impact, […]
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The International Olympic Committee has approved the initial sports program for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, including the official inclusion of surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing. Still off the list for the moment are Olympic stalwarts boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon, whose administration have been called into question over a variety of […]
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Morrisville, North Carolina, will be the home of an international-quality cricket venue in a deal announced with the town and Major League Cricket. The multi-million-dollar, public-private partnership will lead to the expansion of Church Street Park, upgrading an existing venue to a capacity of 3,500, up from its current 2,000 permanent seats. The deal will […]
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Knoxville, Tennessee, has been selected to host the 2023 Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic presented by Huk, which will be staged four years after the city hosted the most well-attended event in the series’ history. The 2023 event, hosted by the Visit Knoxville Sports Commission, will be held March 24–26. Competition will be on […]
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The Sports Events & Tourism Association has named Bonny Bernat as director of learning and development, a position that will see her responsible for the growth and development of the association’s Sports Tourism Learning Institute. “We are excited to have Bonny join as a valuable member of our Sports ETA team,” said Al Kidd, president and […]
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The Professional Triathletes Organization will host its first PTO Tour event in the United States – The PTO USA Open – in partnership with USA Triathlon, the Dallas Sports Commission and the City of Irving. The event will staged September 17–18 in Las Colinas–Irving, Texas. The inaugural PTO USA Open will be the third race […]
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Visit Salt Lake has hired Evan Bauerle to oversee sports, tourism and event sales for the west region of Salt Lake County. As part of a collaborative new partnership with ChamberWest, Bauerle will help attract new and retain existing sporting events for venues and hotels in West Valley, Kearns, Taylorsville and West Jordan. Bauerle will […]
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Team TWENTY24, a diverse team of female professional and junior cyclists, will relocate their base of operations from Idaho to Virginia’s Blue Ridge and rebrand as Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24, a move announced by leaders of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and the Virginia Tourism Corporation. For more than 17 years, the women’s cycling team has […]
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