IMG SOLD TO MANAGEMENT BUYOUT INVESTOR Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 05:30am Further to our last report on the international restructure of global sports marketing and management business IMG, the company has now been acquired by New York-based private investment firm Forstmann Little & Co. We reported in . . . Read more
SURFING AND BEER GO HAND IN HAND IN SUNSHINE STATE Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 05:30am Surfing Queensland has secured a new sponsorship deal with Lion Nathan beer brand Tooheys Extra Dry, with the drink to become the official beer of the organisation until at least 2007. The new agreement . . . Read more
NO PLANS FOR NEW SPONSORSHIPS FOR TAC Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 05:30am John Thompson, marketing manager for Victoria's Transport Accident Commission (TAC), has told pando that they have no plans to replace their cancelled sponsorship of the Richmond AFL club (see story this issue) with any other deals in 2005. He said that . . . Read more
HARVEY WORLD TRAVEL EXTENDS BALI-BASED SUPPORT Saturday, 24 Sep 2005 05:30am Travel specialist Harvey World Travel (HWT) has extended its unique sponsorship and humanitarian effort for the poor in Bali with the launch of a national Australian campaign to collect unwanted spectacle frames of which can be used by the Bali-based John Fawcett Foundation (JFF). The JFF focuses . . . Read more