Record agent interest for RWC 2015
Rugby Travel and Hospitality Limited (RTH), the official travel and hospitality provider for the Rugby World Cup 2015, has confirmed that more than 400 global tour operators have expressed an interest to become an Official Travel Agent for the event.
The response, which is a record for this stage of the process and is greater than the response for the previous two Rugby World Cups combined, includes significant uplifts in traditional and new rugby markets.
England is preparing to welcome the world’s biggest rugby stars and more than 400,000 overseas fans in two years’ time.
Expressions of interest to become an Official Travel Agent have been received from 34 countries, including Brazil, Chile and the Netherlands for the first time, as well as Namibia, Kenya, Spain, Romania, Georgia, Dubai and Hong Kong.
A significant increase in applications has also been received from tour agents in senior playing territories, with the most notable increase in Argentina and Italy.
With RWC 2019 set to be staged in Japan for the first time, the number of applications has tripled and a number of Japan’s largest agencies are now included in the appointment process.
The application process has now been closed for agents wishing to apply to become an Official Travel Agent.
Official appointments will be made in September and announced in November 2013, and the official travel programme is due to go on general sale across the globe in January 2014.
General ticket sales for Rugby World Cup 2015 will go on sale in 2014.
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