THG Sports
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THG Sports provides sports ticketing services and corporate hospitality programmes at sporting events around the world It has 63 offices worldwide and employs in the region of 3,000 people providing access to over 350 major events each year. Its areas of involvement include soccer, rugby
, American Football
, athletics, horse racing
, Formula One
motor racing and tennis
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The company is owned by the Marcus Evans
group whose other sporting interests include ownership of Ipswich Town Football Club, English League champions in 1962.
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The company has steadily expanded with the core business diversifying into the provision of business intelligence through business conferences, summits, business training and the publication of comprehensive reports on strategic industry issues. In October 2000, the new corporate identity and image was announced as Marcus Evans
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In early 2011 following the announcement from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games (LOCOG), a division of THG – THG Sports Tours was confirmed as Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) for three European Olympic Councils (Ireland, Greeceand Malta ) ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, taking place from 27 July to 12 August, 2012 The company is one of several overseas official ticketing agencies which are currently in the spotlight due to a series of unfortunate incidents of fraudulent ticket touting on unauthorised websites.
Popular consumer watchdogs like the BBC’s Moneybox programme have been strongly advising people to only deal with official ticket agencies as listed on the main London Olympics 2012 website.
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, athletics, horse racing
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
, Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
motor racing and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
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The company is owned by the Marcus Evans
Marcus Evans
Marcus Paul Bruce Evans is an English businessman who is also the Owner and Chairman of Ipswich Town Football Club. He has links with Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. He founded his company marcus evans in 1983. The group organises live business, sports and entertainment events around the world...
group whose other sporting interests include ownership of Ipswich Town Football Club, English League champions in 1962.
History
THG (The Hospitality group) was founded in 1983 as the division of the Marcus Evans Group which specifically concentrated on combining corporate hospitality with premier international sporting events. It has organised hospitality functions at distinguished events such as the US Grand Prix, World Cup Soccer, Masters, US Open and the Final FourFinal four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
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The company has steadily expanded with the core business diversifying into the provision of business intelligence through business conferences, summits, business training and the publication of comprehensive reports on strategic industry issues. In October 2000, the new corporate identity and image was announced as Marcus Evans
Marcus Evans
Marcus Paul Bruce Evans is an English businessman who is also the Owner and Chairman of Ipswich Town Football Club. He has links with Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. He founded his company marcus evans in 1983. The group organises live business, sports and entertainment events around the world...
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Offices
THG’s European Headquarters are based in London. Its North America headquarters are located in Chicago, with offices in San Diego and Montreal.London Olympics 2012 and Olympic Tickets
In 2010, The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) appointed thg as its official ticketing agent for the London Olympics 2012 and the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.In early 2011 following the announcement from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games (LOCOG), a division of THG – THG Sports Tours was confirmed as Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) for three European Olympic Councils (Ireland, Greeceand Malta ) ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games, taking place from 27 July to 12 August, 2012 The company is one of several overseas official ticketing agencies which are currently in the spotlight due to a series of unfortunate incidents of fraudulent ticket touting on unauthorised websites.
Popular consumer watchdogs like the BBC’s Moneybox programme have been strongly advising people to only deal with official ticket agencies as listed on the main London Olympics 2012 website.