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Rugby Travel & Hospitality awarded 2015 and 2019 World Cup contract

Rugby Travel and Hospitality, the joint-venture between Sodexo and Mike Burton Group, has been awarded the exclusive contract to create, implement and market the official corporate hospitality and travel programmes for the Rugby World Cups in 2015 (England) and 2019 (Japan).

RTH will establish offices in London in 2012 to plan and deliver the 2015 travel and hospitality programmes before moving to Tokyo in preparation for 2019.

“We are delighted to be extending our excellent partnership with RTH through to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan. The company has vast operational experience, a highly professional and innovative approach and is globally renowned for delivering exceptional travel and hospitality programmes,” said Bernard Lapasset, chairman of the Rugby World Cup.

“The commercial ticketing programme has been one of the major success stories for Rugby World Cup, enhancing the tournament experience for hundreds of thousands of Rugby fans from all around the world and contributing massively to the global development of the Game.”

RTH also won the contracts for the 2007 World Cup in France and 2011 World Cup in New Zealand.