Pangaea Network for Global Sports Industry Congress
Pangaea Network, our international network, has confirmed its involvement in the Global Sports Industry Congress in London on Monday 1 November 2010.
The Congress, now in its second year, will bring together key decision makers in the world of sport, with a special focus on the ‘Emerging Sport Nations’ who are helping to radically change the shape of the industry, as well as the role that specialists in established markets can play in helping to fulfil their vision for the future. Confirmed speakers include: Dmitry Chernyshenko, CEO, Sochi 2014; Faruk Nafız Özak, State Minister for Youth and Sport of Turkey; Sergei Fursenko, President, Russian Football Union; Heather Hancock, Managing Partner of Deloitte in the UK; Colin Grannell, Executive Vice President, Partnership Marketing, Visa
Paul Deighton, CEO of The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) will be speaking at the dinner that is set to follow the Congress, as he did in 2009, where he gave an inspiring address about his team’s work behind the scenes in the run-up to London 2012. A wide range of issues facing the global sports industry will be addressed during the day including the changing role of sponsorship in the current financial climate, sport tourism and destination development, risk management in new markets and the enormous opportunities offered by innovations in media technology. Football will also be a major theme, in the run-up to the announcement due this December on the World Cup bids for 2018 and 2020, and following this summer’s historic tournament in South Africa.
Pangaea Network will be sponsoring and moderating a session on sport tourism and leveraging the staging of sporting events for tourism benefit. Confirmed participants for this session include Daniel Ritterband, Director of Marketing, Office of the Mayor of London; and Paul Gauger, Visit Britain’s Global Leader for 2012 Media.





AIGO welcomes in its client portfolio Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts and Angsana Hotels & Resorts, two enchanting luxury hospitality hotels chains. AIGO has been chosen as representative on the Italian market to reinforce the their positioning among the distribution channels focusing on TOs and Travel agencies networking. Moreover AIGO will coordinate Public Relations and Press Office activities, to promote brand and properties through media relations.
“Chiedimi perché sono felice” (“ask me why I am so happy”) is the claim of the new MTPA – Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority – campaign created by AIGO, who is representing Mauritius Island on the Italian market since 2000.
Barbados Tourism Authority is the prestigious new entry of the AIGO’s portfolio. The Authority, in fact, has assigned to AIGO its PR and Trade Marketing activities. Along with this new challenge, AIGO has launched the new online campaign “B Barbados”, supporting the forthcoming summer season. The campaign aims to involve people to book as soon as possible their holiday to the most British island of the Caribbean, choosing among the main Tour Operators’ offers. Campaign partners’ are Hotelplan Italy, Kuoni, Viaggidea and Condor.
AIGO adds to its clients portfolio Costa Navarino, new and uncontaminated destination on the continental coast of Greece. The other main character of the acquisition is Pangaea Network, of which AIGO is co-founding member, through the involvement of Indigo Consulting, the French partner.AIGO will handle all the Public Relations and Press Office activities. The communication plan aims to position Costa Navarino as the most exclusive destination in the Mediterranean and to spread the big attention paid by the destination to the environmental preservation of the surrounding area.
AIGO has been reappointed for the representation of MTPA, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, for the years 2010 – 2012.
AIGO was chosen from Darwin Airline, Swiss regional airline based in Lugano, to manage the Italian media relations.
Pangaea Network, the international organisation that includes independent agencies specialising in consultancy and communication for the tourism and travel industry, and co-founded by AIGO, becomes worldwide even further and enlarges its borders. Eventica in Russia, Agency in Scandinavia and The Wren Partnership in Australia are the new entries.
AIGO expands its customer portfolio with two new high-end hotels: Villa d’Amelia and Villa Pattono.
AIGO is to announce a new branch to be opened in Prague, Czech Republic. The location of the new office follows a scheme to address the needs arising in the dynamic and steadily-growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe, by transferring the experience gathered over twenty years in the destination marketing and tourism communication industries.
AIGO was responsible for the creation and planning of the new ‘Mauritius No Passport’ adv campaign, which was purpose made for MTPA Italy.
AIGO shall launch and position the exclusive InOcean Villas complex of the elegant Maldivian resort Angsana Velavaru on the Italian market. Angsana Hotels & Resorts (www.angsana.com) is a brand belonging to the prestigious Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts group. AIGO shall develop the corporate and product communication of Angsana Velavaru InOcean Villas towards media, VIPs, trendsetters and Opinion Makers through a series of targeted PR and press office actions.
AIGO expands its customer portfolio by managing the end-to-end communication of Salsomaggiore and Tabiano Spa, the largest one in Italy, through the reassessment of its corporate image, its media relations as well as its press office, advertising and below-the-line activities.
Costa Crociere, the largest Italian cruises company in Italy and Europe, chose AIGO to realize and coordinate the activities of its press office in Italy.
Amazing evening at the Civic Acquarium of Milan for Tahiti and its Islands: French Polynesia fascinated participants showing its underwater wonders!After an initial training session dedicated to travel agents, the spotlight has been pointed on the beautiful images created by the photographer Alberto Pelliconi, on the tales of the marine biologist Angelo Mojetta and on Charmiti, jewellery celebrate all the magnificence of the black pearl of Tahiti.
Light blue, turquoise, indigo or crystal … Choose your preferred shade of blue and go to Mauritius. This is the concept of the new advertising campaign created by AIGO for MTPA, Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, scheduled until 16^th of November as a support to the winter season 2008/2009.
During the first day of October, in Milan, Puerto Rico has launched the new Academy Puerto Rico Travel Expert, dedicated to travel agents. We organized a successful event with a double presentation of the new program and the destination. There was also a draw of 2 holidays in Puerto Rico, and everybody danced with the band “Las Estrellas del Comborican”.

