Taking place on 6-8 October, the third Santorini Experience on the Greek island of Santorini recently won a silver award at the Sports Marketing Awards 2017. The event was recognised as part of the awards’ Sports Tourism category within Greece. On the back of its award win, and with the aim of strengthening the event’s sports tourism credentials, the Santorini Experience organising team are now pushing a number of promotions from its sponsor partners.
Featuring a run and swim event on the island, Santorini Experience is a collaboration between the Municipality of Thira of the Municipal Sports Cultural Environmental Organization of Santorini (D.A.P.P.O.S.) and Active Media Group.
Ryanair, the official airline partner of Santorini Experience, which has been recognised as the fastest growing company among the top 10 companies with the highest passenger traffic in Athens in 2016, is reinforcing the sports tourism message of Santorini. The airline will serve the Athens-Santorini route with fares starting from €14.99 for bookings completed by Sunday 23 July for travel within October.
At the same time, all those wishing to travel to the island by ferry, will be able to take advantage of offers from Blue Star Ferries. The top Greek shipping company is offering a 50% discount on ferry tickets to all those visiting the event and the island from 2-13 October 2017. Each person who has completed his/her registration is entitled to the same discount for 3 more people (if these are his/her escorts) or for 4 people (if these are family members).
For the third consecutive year, Ford Motor Hellas is an official supporter of Santorini Experience. Santorini Experience athletes will also receive the support of Avance Rent A Car. As an official car rental company, Avance Rent A Car will cover the event, offering a 15% discount on car rentals, with ‘one of the fastest growing car rental networks with a presence in Greece and Cyprus and all major airports’.
VitaNTravel, as the official travel agent of the event, will take care and assist all athletes with information about ferry routes, ferry tickets, car rental and accommodation on the island.
Santorini Experience is building its footprint with a global TV broadcast. A highlights show from the 2016 event was screened in Greece via FOX Sports and will also be broadcast in 13 Asian countries (Hong Kong, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Brunei) on 26 July (18:30 Hong Kong time zone) and 31 July (13:30 Hong Kong time zone).
