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Matthew Glendinning, editor of Sports Sponsorship Insider, provides a round-up of articles found in the May issue of our monthly newsletter.

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Aerospace & Defense

Dorna Sports, organiser of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Superbike World Championship, has begun marketing race title sponsorship rights based on the model of MotoGP.

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Airlines

Dubai-based airline Emirates agreed a five-year deal, worth at least $30m per year, to become a global partner of Formula One
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FORMULA ONE’S RECENT sponsorship deal with luxury watch brand Rolex is the latest example of Formula One Management (FOM)’s strategy of recruiting “prestige” brands to its collection of centrally-sold Global …
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UNLIKE FORMULA ONE, the foundation of NASCAR does not lie in glamour
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Soft Drinks

COCA-COLA is evaluating Formula One as a sponsorship platform, a top marketer for the soft drinks giant has confirmed
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THE FIM SUPERBIKE World Championship (SBK) will have a new title sponsor for the 2012 season and beyond, after Italian energy company Eni agreed a multi-year deal ahead of round two of the series in Imola,…
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Information Technology

MICROSOFT DYNAMICS WAS named the official Business Transformation Partner of the Lotus F1 Team in March, marking parent company Microsoft’s debut in Formula One sponsorship.
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PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.
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Sporting Apparel

The US Army has signed a one-year partnership with Revolution Racing, which provides opportunities in NASCAR for minorities and women and is owned by Max Siegel and John Story, former executives at Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

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Sporting Apparel

FERRARI’S FORMULA ONE team has renewed its long-standing partnership with tobacco giant Philip Morris International until the end of 2015. As a result, the team will maintain its association with the Marlboro brand and continue to be known as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.