“Premiere, one of the leading providers of sports travel services in the college market, provides us the lowest costs and the best service options available” said Jeff Tallant, CFO of University of South Carolina Athletics. “We look forward to this partnership and the opportunity to improve the efficiency of our travel as a department.”

Cary, NC -- Premiere Global Sports (PGS), a national leader in specialized sports travel and tours, hospitality and event tickets, is pleased to announce its acquisition of TMP Sports, a Raleigh, N.C., based full service travel agency. TMP Sports specializes in the management of day-to-day travel for individuals and groups within collegiate athletic departments. With the acquisition, PGS will expand its product and service offerings to perform as a full travel agency for its university partners.

New York, NY -- Premiere Global Sports, a leading provider of specialized sports travel, hospitality, marketing services, and event tickets is pleased to announce Peter Rosenberger as the new Vice President of its Corporate Division.  Rosenberger’s vast industry and special event marketing experience will be focused on creating and selling new branded sports and entertainment experiences for Corporate 1000 prospects, including promotional sponsorships, hospitality and special marketing programs. 

A U.S. Air Force Veteran, Rosenberger has over eighteen years of experience working in event creation, management, brand marketing and product integration for ESPN, Madison Square Garden, The Sports Alliance and the Metropolitan Exposition Services.  As the Vice President of Event Marketing at ESPN, he was responsible for the “concept to completion” aspects of over 100 marketing events annually and the company’s ticket operations.  For the Metropolitan Exposition Services, Rosenberger established the Met Event Group.  Here he led the acquisition of the Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen’s Show and introduced the In-Show Network to core Metro-Expo clients in the trade show industry.  Rosenberger is also a member of the Board of Directors for the ALS Association of New York and an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Tisch Center for Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Management.  His classes focus on graduate level Planning and Developing Major Sporting Events, Marketing Conferences and Special Events. 

Indianapolis, IN -- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home to the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Crown Royal “Your Hero’s Name Here” 400 at the Brickyard, is proud to announce its partnership with Premiere Sports Travel, one of the nation’s leading sportstravel and hospitality providers, as its preferred travel provider. The partnership will include travel accommodations to all Indianapolis Motor Speedway events in 2012, including the 96th Indianapolis 500 on May 27 and 19th Brickyard 400 set for July 29.

The relationship with Premiere Sports Travel will now offer Indy 500 and NASCAR fans customized travel and hospitality packages like never before. Premiere Sports Travel’s packages will include tickets, hotel accommodations, deluxe motorcoach transportation to and from the track, track hospitality options, a welcome gift, as well as 24-hour on-site customer service.

“With hundreds of thousands of visitors who attend events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, we are excited to partner with an organization like Premiere Sports Travel that can work with our many fans that travel great distances to help ensure they have the best experience possible while in Indianapolis,” said Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and CEO Jeff Belskus. “We want IMS fans to have a great experience from the moment their travel begins until the return home after the event, and having experienced, professional travel partners can help ensure that goal is met.”