Singapore: The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced Tri Travel, Hannes Hawaii Tours, Nirvana Europe, Shanghai Triathlon Club (STC) and Waypoint as its official travel partners for the PTO Asian Open in Singapore, 19-20 August.
The five agencies will provide travel packages for the amateur 100km races around the iconic Marina Bay course as well as a range of soon-to-be-announced additional multisport opportunities that will give the chance for more amateur and everyday sports enthusiasts to get involved over the weekend.
PTO CEO Sam Renouf said: “We’re excited to partner with Tri Travel, Hannes Hawaii Tours, Nirvana Europe, STC and Waypoint on the inaugural PTO Asian Open and know that our athletes will be in safe hands with some of the most experienced travel operators in the sport. With general registrations selling out for the experienced amateur 100km race, booking through our travel partners is the only way you can still register a slot on the start line for that race. This expansion of official travel partners comes on the back of our successful partnership with Nirvana Europe in 2022, who had 130 athletes travelling to attend the Collins Cup weekend in Samorin.”
Travel packages for the PTO Asian Open will include entry accommodation in the PTO’s official partner hotels, on-the-ground training access for Swim, Bike and Run as well as ‘meet and greets’ with professional triathletes and exclusive course recces.
“Tri Travel have been taking athletes and supporters to major events around the world for more than 20 years. To be part of PTO Tour series of events, including the PTO Asian Open in Singapore, and having the opportunity to enhance athletes’ overall race experience is something the team at Tri Travel are looking forward to,” said Shane Smith, director and co-founder of Tri Travel.
Course information for the 100km PTO Asian Open for professionals and experienced amateurs and details of the travel partners are available on the PTO Asian Open events page.
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Professional Triathletes Organisation
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About the Professional Triathletes Organisation
The PTO is a new body, co-owned by the professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of Triathlon and take it to the next level. Each PTO Open is raced over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run). 2023 PTO Tour races announced to date include: the PTO European Open in Ibiza on 6 May, the PTO US Open in Milwaukee on 4-5 August and the PTO Asian Open in Singapore on 19-20 August. The season will be underpinned by the new PTO World Rankings, helping to create a compelling season-long narrative in the sport for the first time.
About Tri Travel
For over 20 years Tri Travel have shared the dreams and lived the passion of athletes and their supporters. Through seamless travel management that is designed to deliver peak sporting performance, athletes are empowered to achieve their goals. Using extensive industry knowledge, it is our mission to create an unparalleled life experience for our athletes, to the greatest events in the world, including the inaugural PTO Asia Open.
About Hannes
Creating memories since 1987! With more than 30 years of travel experience, Hannes Hawaii Tours is internationally recognised as an expert brand of sports travel. From training camps to full-service competition travel: Our more than 12,000 guests per year benefit from a personal and established network in more than 20 destinations. Built by passion for triathlon – driven by the goal to grant every athlete the perfect finish-line moment!
About Waypoint
Waypoint is the most representative triathlon integration company in Asia, providing triathlon training, organizing triathlon events, and this year’s PTO Asian Open travel package services.
About Nirvana
With an unrivalled passion for both events and travel since 1999, Nirvana have the worldwide knowledge and experience to provide participants and spectators with comprehensive travel solutions, for when it matters. The best possible event experience is most certainly a stress free one, so allow Nirvana to get you to and from your event.
About Shanghai Triathlon Company
In 2004, STC was originally known as “Shanghai Triathlon Club” started the journey of triathlon by holding the first duathlon in 2006. STC are holding 10-15 Triathlon /multisports races in China per year. Every year, around 15k-20k Athletes will join STC races. Based on the latest data in Feb 2023, more than 30,000 members are following STC official account.
