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Hungary welcomed back Formula One for the thirtieth year running last weekend. Online tickets were completely sold out for the event, including children’s tickets and the Paddock Club. Last year’s event saw visitor numbers up by 10% hitting a record 186,000 visitors with the momentum set to continue this year. 

SPORTELMonaco, the most influential business convention for the sports content and media industry, will be held in Monaco from 24 to 27 October 2016 at the Grimaldi Forum.

The organisers of Host City 2016 are delighted to see new partners and sponsors signing up for what is set to be the largest EU-based gathering of event destination markets, international federations, event owners and rights holders, and suppliers.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Exhibition sales are now open online for the next SportAccord Convention (#SAC2017) taking place in Aarhus, Denmark from 2 – 7 April 2017. The 15th annual edition is set to take place at the Scandinavian Centre Aarhus and it is the first time the Convention will be hosted in Denmark.

The Budapest 2024 Olympic bid this week received further support from the Hungarian Hotel & Restaurant Association (HHRA). Around 96% of the hotels in the Balaton Corridor region attended a series of presentations over two days from the Vice Chairman of Budapest 2024 and Government Tourism Commissioner, Gusztáv Bienerth.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) will oversee five world championships in baseball and softball during the 2016 international calendar, with the flagship softball tournament, the XV Women's Softball World Championship, set to open in less than a month.

In its second year running, the TV Sports Awards (TVSA) 2016 will recognise, award and celebrate excellence in the sports media industry across nine categories. The event includes a gala dinner and auction, and will be held on Monday, 24th October at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention is delighted to announce the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award (MBRawards) Gold Partnership for #SAC2017. Celebrating a key milestone, the 15th edition of the SportAccord Convention will take place next year from 2-7 April at the Scandinavian Congress Center in the heart of Aarhus, Denmark. As active members in the world of sport, both Dubai and Denmark host a wide variety of major international sporting events and sports congresses each year.

Now in its third year of rapid expansion, Host City is the largest meeting of cities and sports, business and entertainment events. More than 350 delegates from cross-sector events, cities and suppliers are set to attend and exhibit at Host City 2016 in Glasgow on 21 and 22 November 2016.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has awarded the 2019 edition of the ITU Grand Final to Lausanne, the Olympic Capital, which will also organize an ITU World Cup stage in 2018. The other bidder for the event was the city of Edmonton (CAN).

Hungarian National Television and Budapest 2024 have teamed up to create a free live site for the duration of the UEFA European Championship in Budapest’s most popular urban green space, Erzsébet Square. T

In September, the International Football Business Institute (IFBI) will open its doors in Brussels. As the first football business institute in the world, the IFBI wants to prepare Belgian and foreign future executives with a passion for football and entrepreneurship for a promising career in the football industry. Renowned international football professionals from institutions and clubs will teach the students the in and outs of the industry. This postgraduate education is organized in partnership with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

The International Olympic Committee today announced that Budapest has been selected to continue to the second stage of the bidding process to become the next Summer Olympics Host City after Tokyo.

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has announced the appointment of Michael Hershman, co-founder of Transparency International, as Group CEO

Baseball, softball among new, youth-based sports package advancing to a final vote at IOC Session in August . The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today welcomed the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board to support the inclusion of baseball and softball among a new sports package for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The respective bodies of “H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Creative Sports Award” have extended invitations to International Sports Federations & National Paralympic Committees to participate in the 8th edition of the Award.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The future is bright for SportAccord Convention as it looks ahead to #SAC2017 where the 15th edition will take place at the Scandinavian Congress Center in Aarhus, Denmark from 2 – 7 April 2017. Announced during last week’s SportAccord Convention Opening Ceremony, this is the first time the Convention will be hosted in Denmark. Aarhus is the Danes beloved second city, the one that never sleeps and is known for its youthful vibe.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The SportAccord Convention returned to Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of numerous International Federations, organisations and the International Olympic Committee for six days of meetings, conferences and top-level networking. Going back to its roots and raison d’être, this year’s 14th edition of the SportAccord Convention was heralded a great success by delegates.