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The Beijing 2022 Olympics want to engage 300 million Chinese in winter sports
The Beijing Organising Committee of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has integrated the goal of positioning China as a new winter sports destination for local and overseas visitors throughout the planning process for the Games. It has just released a 108-page “Legacy Report of Olympic and Paralympic Winter ...
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Pitti Studios: a new creative service for exhibitors
Pitti Immagine, the organizer of various fashion-related trade shows in Florence, is adding a new service, Pitti Studios, providing a new communication platform for exhibitors. They can have their new product releases photographed or filmed by the Pitti team. The customized images and film recordings can be integrated into a ...
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Spain's Festibike cancelled for a second year
In 2021, for the second year in a row, there will be no Festibike. The annual Spanish consumer-oriented cycling-industry festival – organized by a Portuguese events company called Lastlap – was scheduled for Sept. 10-12 in Las Rozas. Also canceled are the accompanying MTB Marathon and FBK Cyclocross, which were ...
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New British Cycling Show in June 2022
Raccoon Events, the U.K.-based company behind events such as the National Running Show, the National Snow Show or the National Outdoor Expo, announced today that it is adding another consumer event to its portfolio: The National Cycling Show, scheduled for June 18-19, 2022, at the NEC in ...
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Women’s Golf Day 2021 exceeds previous records
Women’s Golf Day (WGD) 2021 saw the total number of participating venues reach 941, exceeding previous records. The sixth edition of WGD took place in more than 80 countries around the world on June 1st. New Zealand, Japan and Argentina joined the WGD Community for the first time this year. ...
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Arc’teryx will hold its Alpine Academy on-site and digitally from July 1
Arc’teryx’ Alpine Academy will return to Chamonix for the tenth time on July 1-4, accompanied by a full digital program. For those who can make it to the French alpine village, the downtown area will host movie screenings, DJ sets, product demos and more. An Arc’teryx brand experience area will ...
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News briefsKeller Sports starts Brand City Clash, gets innovation award
Keller Sports, the fast-growing German online retailer for premium sports products and services, is organizing a special multi-sport challenge, the “Brand City Clash by Keller,” in five German cities - Würzburg, Dresden, Münster, Freiburg and Munich - with the help of five brands for the first time this summer. In ...
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China Sport Show places fitness at center stage
This year’s China Sport Show, scheduled to take place at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai on May 19-22, will have fitness equipment as its “main character.” The products for this segment will occupy more than 80,000 square meters out of a total exhibition area of 150,000 square ...
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Women’s Tour de France to return in 2022
Christian Prudhomme, manager of the Tour de France, has confirmed in an interview with the Guardian that there will be a women’s bicycle race in 2022 and that it will be held closely after the three-week men’s Tour. Further details on the race will be presented in October, which is ...
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ArticleMarkus Hefter leaves ISPO
After working for Messe München for 18 years, Markus Hefter has left the company, where he held the position of exhibition director for the ISPO Munich and OutDoor by ISPO trade shows, apparently to pursue a new opportunity with a yet unnamed Swedish company later in September. We understand that ...
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Buying groups partner with Nike and Brooks on charity runs
To help support sports clubs in Germany that are under pressure as a result of the Covid-19 restrictions and following withdrawals, Nike and Intersport are joining ranks for the launch of the new Nike Pegasus 38 running shoe with a “Keep Clubs Running” charity campaign, in which donations of up ...
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Pitti Uomo and Expo Riva Schuh reinstated as physical fairs
Following the Italian government’s decision to allow international trade fairs to be held in person from mid-June, Pitti Uomo said its show will take place in Florence from June 30 to July 2. The duration of the international menswear fair, which also serves generally as a showcase for some sports ...
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IOC announces first Olympic Virtual Series
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will partner with five international sports federations and game publishers to produce the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical digital sports. The OVS, which is scheduled to be held from May 13 to June 23, will include international sports ...
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TRADE SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS
+++ According to a new poll by Kyodo News, 39.2% of Japanese citizens want the Tokyo 2020 Games to be cancelled while 32.8% would like another delay +++ The European Tour will return to Belgium next season with the staging of the Soudal Open at the Rinkven International Golf Club ...
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TRADE SHOWS & OTHER EVENTS
+++ A new sportech event focusing on innovations and digital in sports is being launched in Spain, called Galicia Sportech Congress, whose first edition is scheduled to take place on April 21-22 +++ The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has announced that the 2021 Wimbledon championships are ...
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The European Outdoor Summit will be integrated into OutDoor by ISPO
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that this year’s European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be combined with the Oct. 5-7 edition of the OutDoor by ISPO Global Summit trade show to create one major European outdoor industry event. This year’s EOS was originally going to be hosted by ...
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IOC and IPC accept that Tokyo 2020 will have no foreign spectators
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) were informed by their Japanese parties, in a meeting on March 20, about their conclusion regarding overseas spectators at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. The IOC and the IPC have announced that they respect and ...
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ArticleISPO works on a B2B fitness show for Nov. 18-20
The ISPO Group is organizing a new international B2B event for the fitness sector at its Munich fairgrounds, to be held on Nov. 18-20. While it will feature exhibition stands, limited to 250 square meters in size, it is shaping up more and more as a high-level international convention with ...
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Paris 2024 commits to be the first climate-positive Olympics
The Paris 2024 board of directors, which met on March 16, approved a climate strategy that commits it to organize “the world’s first Olympic and Paralympic Games with a positive contribution to the climate.” In line with the Paris Climate Agreement, Paris 2024’s primary objective is to prevent and reduce ...
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AliExpress rewards consumers for Le Club Paris 2024 challenges
Until the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Le Club Paris 2024 is offering its own members the opportunity to participate in fun challenges and to earn points that enable them to enter prize draws and enjoy exclusive rewards - such as participating in special experiences with Olympic and Paralympic ...
