Emirates Offers Football Fans a First Class FIFA World Cup Experience
Released on: March 23, 2009, 6:18 am
Author: Emirates
Industry: Travel
Emirates has been announced as FIFA's Global Tour Operator
for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Emirates will be offering fans from around the globe the chance to purchase world
class, seamless travel packages that will include flights to South Africa,
accommodation, ground transportation and match tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Football fans will also have the opportunity to purchase, for the first time, unique
'follow your team' travel packages that will ensure they don't miss a moment of
their team's action over in South Africa and safeguard them should their team be
unfortunate enough not to qualify.
Emirates' partnership with FIFA began at the 2006 FIFA World Cup when it became the
first airline to be a sponsor of this prestigious global sporting event. Following
on from the success of 2006, Emirates then cemented its status as an Official FIFA
Partner up to and including the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive,
Emirates Airline & Group said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for Emirates and we
are pleased to be able to develop our partnership with FIFA by offering our world
class travel services to football fans globally. This newest development of our FIFA
activation demonstrates how, as a FIFA Partner, we are bringing the spirit of the
event to our existing and potential customers worldwide and offering a comprehensive
FIFA World Cup experience."
"Emirates is a valued partner of FIFA and we are delighted to have them on board as
our global Tour Operator," commented Jérôme Valcke, FIFA General Secretary.
He continued, "The goal of our Tour Operator program for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is
to facilitate safe and effective travel to the matches for the largest possible
number of fans from countries around the world, and we know that partnering with
Emirates will help us achieve this. As a partner of ours until 2014 we are looking
forward to working closely with Emirates and developing further initiatives for fans
across the globe over the coming years."
The Emirates FIFA World Cup Offers will go on sale shortly and a further announcement will be made detailing the World
Cup Packages.
About Emirates:
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, is one of the world's most
successful and rapidly-expanding airlines. With a focus on high quality service and
industry-leading products, Emirates has received over 400 international awards and
accolades for excellence since its inception in 1985. Emirates is currently the only
airline to operate non-stop flights to six continents from one hub.
Emirates Media Contact:
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