By David Gold
March 6 – MATCH Hospitality has appointed Suseia as Belgium’s exclusive sales agent of FIFA hospitality packages for the 2014 World Cup, taking place in Brazil.
Suseia will also be an authorised sales agent in a host of other territories such as Slovenia, Serbia and Turkmenistan.
As well as the official hospitality programme of Brazil 2014, Suseia is offering official commercial hospitality packages to both corporations and individuals.
MATCH Hospitality is the exclusive worldwide rights holder of the FIFA hospitality programmes for the Confederations Cups and both the men’s and women’s World Cups until 2023.
The programmes include a range of services from stadium facilities such as private suites, lounges and gourmet catering to preferential parking and gifts.
International flights, accommodation and transport in Brazil will also be offered as part of the packages from Suseia.
Jaime Byrom, executive chairman of MATCH Hospitality, said: “MATCH Hospitality is delighted to announce this partnership with Suseia, a company with an outstanding track record in the global marketing of sports and football in particular.
“We are convinced that Suseia is best positioned to optimally market our large range of hospitality packages in these territories.”
Suseia have operated in the sports hospitality industry for eight years, and was a sales agent for the 2010 World Cup, as well as being an official sales agent for this summer’s London Olympic Games.
Jean-Sébastien Gosuin, Suseia’s chief executive, added: “For more than eight years Suseia has offered hospitality packages for the greatest sports event on earth, such as the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games and Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments such as Roland Garros.
“We will be able to leverage our expertise for the benefit of customers from all these regions where there is growing interest and involvement in world football.”
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