Rwc 2011 Names Travel Operators
Rugby World Cup Ltd (RWCL) and Rugby Travel and Hospitality Ltd (RTH) have announced the appointed Official Travel Agents (OTAs) for the 2011 tournament to be held in New Zealand.
The first official travel packages for the tournament will go on sale from 1st January, 2010 through 20 global OTAs worldwide.
The agent appointments follow a comprehensive tender evaluation and selection process. The appointed agents will ensure rugby supporters from around the world are offered a wide choice of travel packages based on content and price.
Three OTAs have been appointed in the UK – England Rugby Travel, Gullivers Sports UK, and Thomas Cook Travel.
RWC 2011 will be the seventh staging of the flagship tournament and with a little under two years to go operational planning is on track, the match schedule completed and the commercial programme advanced.
Official corporate hospitality packages will go on sale on 1st February, 2010 while match tickets will go on sale via the official tournament website www.rugbyworldcup.com globally in April 2010.
