Commercial programme development for 2018 World Sailing Championships in Aarhus
The Sports Consultancy is delighted to announce its appointment by the City of Aarhus, host of World Sailing’s Olympic class championship, the 2018 World Sailing Championships, to develop an innovative commercial programme for this prestigious event.
The project will be undertaken by The Sports Consultancy’s dedicated rights marketing consultancy team, established in late 2015 to compliment the rights marketing sales team, both spearheaded by seasoned sponsorship sales professional, Marc Hope. The team will work with the city of Aarhus to establish the value proposition before forming an optimal commercial structure and dedicated packages.
The 2018 World Sailing Championships are organised in collaboration between the Danish Sailing Association, World Sailing, Sailing Aarhus, Sport Event Denmark and the City of Aarhus. The parties share a joint ambition about ensuring that the event becomes the biggest World Championship ever for Olympic boat classes involving 100 nations and upwards of 1600 sailors.
Commenting on the appointment Marc Hope, Director Rights Marketing, The Sports Consultancy said: “The 2018 World Sailing Championships provides a unique opportunity for us to demonstrate our innovations and ability to structure and package commercial assets and inventory.
Since we established the rights marketing division nearly one year ago we have been fortunate to acquire a broad portfolio of assets which we are marketing spanning International Federations, mass participation, sailing and other major events. It is exciting to see in parallel the strong demand for our consulting services which feedback into the core of The Sports Consultancy’s business offering.”
Franka Abrahamsen, Head of 2018 World Sailing Championships, added: “We were impressed with The Sports Consultancy’s breadth of expertise across a range of global sporting events and their innovative approach all of which were key to their appointment. They share our passion to make 2018 World Sailing Championships a game changer. We look forward to working with their team to break new ground with the commercial programme for Aarhus 2018.”
Credit: Martin Fruergaard/Sailing Aarhus
