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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee and Northstar Meetings Group, a division of Northstar Travel Group, have announced a multiyear extension of the agreement that makes the TEAMS Conference & Expo the exclusive home to the USOPC’s annual Olympic and Paralympic SportsLink program. The USOPC’s SportsLink, which has been held in conjunction with TEAMS […]
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The sports tourism industry is closer to Opening Day than the World Series when it comes to harnessing the true power of event technology. The ultimate goal is to create a process so seamless that the technology quickly fades into the background behind the roars of exuberant family members, fans and other spectators. Now, new […]
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The Sports Events & Tourism Association, the only trade association for the sports events and tourism industry, has announced the expansion of its industry partnership with Northstar Meetings Group, the leading multi-platform brand for dedicated meeting and business planners and sports event organizers, to serve as presenting sponsor of Sports ETA’s State of the Industry […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced plans for the inaugural SportsTravel Leadership Forum, the premier gathering for leading sports event organizers and the destinations that host their events. Co-located with Northstar’s annual end-of-year meetings industry Leadership Forum, a perennial must-attend event for meetings industry leaders, the 2025 SportsTravel Leadership Forum will debut at the iconic Hotel […]
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International Sports Convention, the leading event dedicated to the business of sport, and Northstar Travel Group’s TEAMS Europe Conference will collaborate for the ISC edition in 2025, providing each other’s communities with expanded education, business and networking opportunities. Both events will be held March 19–20, 2025, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London’s newest state-of-the-art sports and […]
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A new Sports Events & Tourism Association State of the Industry Report reveals that sports-related travel provided $52.2 billion in direct economic impact in 2023, with more than 200 million people traveling to amateur and collegiate sports events, underscoring the power of the market to attract visitors across a variety of sports. The report also […]
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The Sports Events & Tourism Association is seeking data from sports-event industry professionals that will be used to create the 2023 State of the Industry Report, which will be unveiled at the association’s annual symposium in April. The report, conducted by Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics company, and sponsored by the Northstar Meetings Group, will […]
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In partnership with the Sports Events & Tourism Association and supported by Northstar Meetings Group and Playeasy, Stoll Strategies has released a new sports facilities report that analyzes the state of sports venues across the United States. The free report accesses Playeasy’s data to pinpoint a variety of information about sports venues across the country, […]
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For most people, sports and leisure are synonymous. Which is to say, sports is leisure. But for the athletes who participate in youth, amateur and professional sporting events, playing sports typically isn’t about rest and relaxation. Rather, it’s about hard work, self-improvement and healthy competition — which is why many athletes and their families are […]
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