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Angeles, CA – September 2012 / Hospitality 1ST / Diana Nyad, whose inspiring
attempts at age 63 to swim without a shark-proof cage from Cuba to Florida
less than a month ago generated worldwide headlines and inspired widespread
admiration, leads a long list of sports notables who will appear at the
TEAMS
Conference & Expo, October 1-4 in Detroit. Nyad, whose appearance
at TEAMS will be one of her first since her swim in late August, will provide
the conference’s opening keynote address.
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Diana Nyad and Sanya Richards-Ross Called the “Ultimate Sporting Event” by PCMA Convene, TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, attracts the most diverse array of sports-event organizers of any international sports-industry conference. TEAMS provides destinations from around North America with the opportunity to meet and forge relationships with sporting events at the amateur, collegiate and professional levels. Home of the 11-time champion Detroit Red Wings, Joe Louis Arena will be put to good use during the NHL lockout as TEAMS attendees take to the arena’s floor for a welcome to Detroit and a panel discussion on the role sports is playing in the resurgence of the Motor City. Panelists will include Christopher Ilitch, president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, the parent company of Little Caesars Pizza, the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers. Also during TEAMS, event organizers for several of the leading brands in the sports and entertainment industries – including the National Football League, the U.S. Tennis Association, Penske Racing and World Wrestling Entertainment – will take the stage for a panel discussion on how cities large and small can connect with their brands regardless of whether or not they are currently home to their franchises or events. TEAMS ’12 will also feature the annual SportsTravel Awards Luncheon, which recognizes excellence in sports-event marketing and management at the amateur, collegiate and professional levels. This year’s SportsTravel Awards Luncheon will include a special commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX when three-time Olympic gold medalist Nancy Hogshead-Makar speaks on her role as the senior director of advocacy for the Women’s Sports Foundation. London 2012 has been coined the “Women’s Olympics” and one of its brightest stars – quadruple Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross|–|will also take the stage to share her inspiring personal story during the SportsTravel Awards. From
the TEAMS ’12 Opening Celebration – during which there will be “Dancing
in the Streets” between two of Detroit’s new and iconic sporting venues,
Ford Field and Comerica Park – to the closing party at the MotorCity Casino,
TEAMS ’12 promises to be a gathering of sports-event organizers that Motown
will not soon forget. For more information and to register, please visit
www.TEAMSconference.com
or call toll-free 877-577-3700.
The TEAMS Conference & Expo is organized by Los Angeles-based Schneider Publishing Company, Inc., (SchneiderPublishing.com) which publishes SportsTravel (SportsTravelMagazine.com), the sports world’s event magazine, and Association News (AssociationNews.com), America’s most-read magazine for association executives. Schneider Publishing recently acquired the Meetings Quest series of one-day trade shows for corporate and association meeting planners. The group travel markets served by Schneider Publishing generate 106 million hotel room nights annually. Association
News, SportsTravel and TEAMS are registered trademarks and Meetings
Quest is a trademark of Schneider Publishing Company, Inc.
| © 2012 Schneider Publishing Company, Inc. 11835 W. Olympic Blvd., 12th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel: 310-577-3700 Fax: 310-577-3715 Publishers of SportsTravel and Association News Organizers of the TEAMS '12 Conference & Expo, October 1-4, 2012, Detroit, Michigan |www.SchneiderPublishing.com| |
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