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Travel
Management Group, a Warwickshire-based independent
travel company, has won the contract to organise
travel for the FA Premier League Asia Cup in
Malaysia later this month. The business
travel group will fly out premiership club Birmingham
City, Chelsea and Newcastle United from airports
in Manchester and London to take part in the
pre-season tournament, which also includes the
Malaysian national team.
TMG,
based in Leamington Spa, clinched the deal with
the English Premier League and sponsors ESPN
STAR - a joint venture between Rupert Murdoch's
News Corp media empire and US broadcaster ESPN.
Stuart Turnecliff, account manager at TMG, said
the matches would be played at the 86,000 seater
National Stadium at Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur
in front of an estimated television audience
of 150 million viewers. The final will
be held on July 27 and screened in Britain on
Sky.
"TMG
will be organising the flights, hotel and internal
travel for the Premiership clubs, as well as
for the media and official supporters,"
said Mr Turnecliff. TMG's sports division also
looks after travel arrangements for clubs such
as Arsenal, Southampton and Fulham and is also
the appointed agent for official England football
fans and for various FA organisations.
Recently,
TMG clinched the contract to organise worldwide
travel for one of the newest racing teams, Team
Maranello Concessionaires, on the hugely popular
FIA GT circuit.
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