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Events like trade shows, conferences and sports events fill the sports business with life. We have all the relevant insights and news.
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Esports World Cup with record purse of $60 million
Are you sleeping on e-sports? In an unprecedented move signaling a monumental leap for competitive gaming, the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) has unveiled plans for the inaugural Esports World Cup (EWC) with a staggering prize pool exceeding $60 million. This historic announcement sets a new benchmark ...
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UK Athletics, London Marathon Events and Great Run Co. launch joint venture
UK Athletics, London Marathon Events and The Great Run Company have announced the creation of Athletic Ventures, a new joint venture that is set “to transform the future and growth of athletics in the UK and to deliver major athletics events.” Athletic Ventures is launching ahead of this year’s London ...
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Fiera Bolzano announces date for Prowinter 2025
Following the conclusion of the seventh edition of the Prowinter Ski Rental Summit powered by ITASnow on April 12, 2024, Fiera Bolzano has now announced the date for the Prowinter 2025 winter sports trade show. The three-day B2B event will take place from Jan. 13 to 15, 2025, at the ...
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Local revenues up at this season’s Spain SailGP
According to Deloitte, as reported by Palco23, the “economic impact” of the most recent Spain Sail Grand Prix – event five of 13 in SailGP’s fourth season, held in Cádiz on Oct. 14–15 of last year – was 77 percent greater than the previous one. The catamaran race generated €93.7 ...
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New global partnership in running business conferences
European Athletics, Running Industry Alliance (RIA) and Running USA have announced a new partnership aimed at enhancing the global running industry’s business landscape. As part of this strategic alliance, the three running business conferences that each organization stages annually or biennially will support each other in terms of content, cross-promotion, ...
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End of an era: World Athletics pays track&field gold medalists at 2024 Olympics
In a historic move, World Athletics has announced plans to award prize money to gold medalists in track and field events at the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, marking a significant departure from traditional Olympic practices. A total of $2.4 million has been allocated for prize money at the 2024 ...
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Vogue to host fashion show to kick off Paris Olympics
Fashion magazine Vogue has unveiled plans for a one-off fashion show to celebrate the Paris Olympics that will bring together some of France’s leading luxury brands ahead of the sporting mega-event. The outdoor fashion show will take place in Paris’ Place Vendome on June 23, International Olympic Day, about a ...
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Padel Trend Expo kicks off in Milan
The second edition of Padel Trend Expo is kicking off on Jan. 19 at Allianz MiCo in Milan. The international event entirely dedicated to the sport of padel brings together industry operators to discover future trends and the latest innovations in the sport. In 2023, the inaugural edition of the ...
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Prowinter 2024 Bolzano: Jan. 10-12, 2024
The twenty-fourth edition of the Italian trade show Prowinter is just around the corner and takes place from Jan. 10-12 at the main hall of Fiera Bolzano’s exhibition center. Besides being a meeting point for companies, rental companies and retailers, Prowinter 2024 will be enriched with new initiatives that will ...
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Sport Achat Hiver: Jan. 29-31 in Grenoble
The French trade show Sport Achat Hiver will take place this year from January 29 to 31 at the Alpexpo in Grenoble. The event will welcome over 4,000 professionals from the outdoor industry to the 20,000 sqm exhibition center. If you would like to attend Sport Achat ...
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COP28: Outdoor & sports industries put reconnection with nature and physical activity on agenda
Read here how COP 28 went for representatives from the sporting goods and outdoor industry.
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Nordica launches US Connect Tour
Nordica announced The Connect Tour for the US market, a multi-resort national tour for women to help connect and build communities through group ski days. “Skiing makes people feel alive. We want to share that joy with others and help them connect with a new ski buddy,” explains Carly Driscoll, ...
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VIATT announced as ASEAN’s new comprehensive textile platform
The inaugural edition of the Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) will take place from Feb. 28 to March 1, 2024, at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. Messe Frankfurt (HK), which co-organizes the event with the Vietnam Trade ...
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Move City Sport is warming up for an expanded second edition
After a successful inaugural event in 2022, Move City Sport is heading toward its second edition, scheduled to take place at Fiera di Bergamo, Italy, on Oct. 22-23, 2024. Move City Sport is a multi-stakeholder event for industry operators as well as institutions, research bodies and other professionals who work ...
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Surf Expo announces diverse exhibitor list for January show
US-based trade show organizer Emerald announced that Surf Expo, returning to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 10-12, will feature a diverse lineup of more than 700 exhibitors. The list also includes nearly 100 new brands in the surf, bluewater, boutique, coastal gift, footwear, paddle, resort, ...
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Prowinter presents program of upcoming trade show in Bolzano
All the new features of the twenty-fourth edition of Prowinter, which will take place in Bolzano, Italy, from Jan. 10 to 12, 2024, were presented at a digital press conference this week. “At the request of the companies, the 2024 edition has been extended for an additional day,” said Geraldine ...
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Expanded career zone at the next PGA Show
Following its successful launch in 2023, the PGA Show Career Zone is expanding in 2024. In addition to staff recruitment by golf industry organizations, the Career Zone will offer professional networking events and presentations on employment-related subjects. Informal employer-professional networking receptions will be held each afternoon. Furthermore, the Career Zone ...
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ISPO Munich 2023: Alive and kicking
Our editors sum up the biggest themes, most important numbers, trends and pinch points on show at ISPO Munich 2023.
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Macron welcomed partners from four continents at its Club&Federation Meeting
Italian sportswear firm Macron welcomed executives, club managers and coaches from national and international partner federations to its Macron Club&Federation Meeting 2023. The event was held on Nov. 13 and 14 at the Macron headquarters in Valsamoggia, near Bologna. It gathered together 129 guests from 69 clubs and federations coming ...
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ANWR launches new sports and outdoor trade show format
The German footwear buying group ANWR has launched a new trade show format focusing on the sports and outdoor footwear segment. The new ANWR Order Lifestyle-Sport & Outdoor show will be held on Dec. 12 and 13, 2023, in ANWR’s Mainhausen Campus, near Darmstadt. So far, around 50 exhibitors have ...