Rio Ferdinand announces Football Escapes packages through ITC Travel
Footballer Rio Ferdinand has announced ITC Travel will sell packages for Football Escapes this year.
ITC said it was strengthening its family holiday and sports travel offerings through the partnership with Football Escapes, which provides world-class children’s football coaching by former professionals in luxury resorts.
Ferdinand, who is one of the stars who acts as a team leader for the coaching sessions, said in a video on Twitter: "Delighted to announce our partnership with ITC Travel who will now be able to provide you with bespoke packages for your next Football Escapes holiday."
Football Escapes specialises in coaching courses for five to 15-year-olds, led by former professional footballers and UEFA-licenced coaches. Other household names who join the UEFA-licenced coaching team for courses include Eidur Gudjohnsen, Dimitar Berbatov and Teddy Sheringham.
Through the partnership, ITC Travel Group will arrange luxury family holidays built around the coaching courses, which take the form of two-hour daily sessions over a week, held at luxury hotels and resorts around the world. Current destinations include Dubai, the Maldives, Portugal, Cyprus and Beijing.
ITC CEO Mal Barritt said: "As a parent of three boys myself I know all too well the challenges of keeping the whole family happy when abroad and I genuinely believe that the combination of ITC’s bespoke, tailor-made service and Football Escapes’ unique access to a whole host of footballing household names will be a World Cup winning formula.
"We are delighted to announce this latest string to our bow in providing a truly extraordinary portfolio to our clients and travel agent partners."
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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