Thursday 7 May, 2009 – The Volvo Ocean Race is to move its headquarters from the South Coast of England to Alicante, Spain. The Mediterranean city will become both the starting port and the home of the race for the next three editions.
Riding high on record media and spectator numbers in the current event, Volvo Event Management UK (VEMUK), event organiser of the Volvo Ocean Race, announced today that it has received 71 formal Expressions of Interest from 37 different countries to host one of a maximum of 8 “Stopovers” in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12.
Alicante (Spain) – 5 October 2008 – Organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race have announced that the next edition of the world’s premier offshore event will start in 2011.
Alicante (Spain) – 4 October September 2008 – The biggest Swedish TV production in 35-year history of the Volvo Ocean Race has been signed with TV4.
Portsmouth (England) – 26 September 2008 – Sailing is still one of the purest and most nature-friendly sports, with fast and fierce competition depending only on the wind as the source of energy. The sailors in the Volvo Ocean Race are known to be concerned and focused on preserving the marine life as well as the pollution of our oceans. To take this environmental concern a step further, it was announced today that the Volvo Ocean Race is to undergo a thorough environmental audit together with DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
Portsmouth (England) – 25 September 2008 — The Volvo Ocean Race has appointed The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to assist in creating a strategy for the most challenging round-the-world race to become the world’s undisputed sailing event.
Portsmouth (England) – 10 March, 2008 – FleetBroadband has been chosen to provide essential voice and data connectivity for the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 as well as sending high-definition television (HDTV) and rich multimedia content from the Volvo Open 70s while they race across the world’s oceans.
Portsmouth (England) – 5 March, 2008 – Volvo Cars began the countdown to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race in The Netherlands yesterday by launching a series of specially designed cars at the Amsterdam Boat Show. The new Volvo Ocean Race Edition includes three models, the Volvo V70, Volvo XC70 and Volvo XC90 in exterior colours of either ocean blue or electric silver.
Lennart Stegland, president of the special vehicles division at Volvo Cars said that the Volvo Ocean Race reflects the values that Volvo’s customers look for when they choose a car. “It’s all about an active lifestyle, adventure and passion. The cars in the Volvo Ocean Race Edition radiate all this. We are convinced that the marine design connection will make them very attractive,” he said.
The city state’s selection as the stopover on the marathon ocean race’s new route through the Middle East and
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