Travel & Tourism

Air New Zealand will serve as the title sponsor of the inaugural Hawke’s Bay International Marathon.

Euroleague Basketball has announced that its sponsorship income will increase by an additional 15 per cent in the 2015-16 season after three sponsors opted to extend deals with European club competition.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has signed All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) as the first second-tier partners for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Australian A-League football team Newcastle Jets has secured a sponsorship agreement with airfare specialist Flight Centre.

Spanish Liga champion Barcelona has an agreement in place to extend its main sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways through to 2020, according to daily newspaper El Mundo Deportivo.

The Emirates airline has expressed an interest in renewing its commercial ties with Fifa when the corruption scandal currently engulfing football’s global governing body has been resolved.

Private jet charter company XOJET has entered into a partnership with NBA basketball franchise the Golden State Warriors.

Azul Brazilian Airlines has secured a sponsorship agreement with US North American Soccer League club Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

99Taxis, a mobile phone application that allows people to locate nearby taxis, has expanded its presence in Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro top-tier football club competition by entering into a partnership with Corinthians.

Dubai-based airline Emirates has further bolstered its collection of shirt sponsorship contracts with major European football clubs by agreeing a three-year deal to become the new main sponsor of Portuguese Primeira Liga champion Benfica.

European mainland train operator Thalys has agreed to become an official partner of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2017 World Championship.

Emirates airline has renewed its title sponsorship of Team New Zealand for the 35th America’s Cup, which will conclude in June 2017.

Abu Dhabi airline Etihad Airways has become a legacy partner and the exclusive airline partner of NHL ice hockey team Washington Capitals and NBA and WNBA basketball teams Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics under an agreement with their operating group Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

Emirates airline has confirmed talks over a potential sponsorship deal for the English FA Cup club football knockout competition, as Qatar Airways denied interest in partnering with the competition.

Irish airline Aer Lingus has entered into a partnership with the Irish Rugby Football Union.

The Extreme Sailing Series has struck a partnership with the Oman Air national carrier.