Rugby Travel & Hospitality (RTH) Limited has been awarded the contract to exclusively create, implement and market the official corporate hospitality and travel programmes for the Rugby World Cup 2015 and 2019.
RTH is a joint venture between Sodexo UK and the Mike Burton Group and achieved record sales figures for the official travel and hospitality programmes for Rugby World Cup 2007 in France.
The company is also managing the delivery of the official programmes for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand and with just over a year to go sales are ahead of target.
RTH is also part of the group that will create the exclusive in-venue official prestige ticketing programme for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London.
Under the agreement, RTH will also manage the in-stadia private hospitality catering for both tournaments.
RTH will establish offices in London in 2012 to plan and deliver the RWC 2015 travel and hospitality programmes before moving to Tokyo in preparation for Rugby World Cup 2019.