WEBSITE UPDATE AND INNOVATION

Nestea European Championship Tour 2005

The New Photo-Download Area is the Main Attraction of the Refreshed Official Tour Website www.eurobeachtour.com

Zurich, Switzerland, June 21, 2005. Since its release two years ago the Official Website of the NESTEA European Championship Tour has become one of the most frequented and most popular sites in the Beach Volleyball scene. The unique branding of the European tournament series continues to catch the eye, when players, media representatives and fans stop by to get the latest updates on the NESTEA European Championship Tour. In addition, the organisers of the tour, the sports marketing company Global Sports Marketing (GSM) in cooperation with the Leipzig based web designers Wige Data have introduced some new innovations to make their website even more attractive.  

The flash-intro, where pictures of the beach artists spin around the Beach Volleyball element of the Official Tour Logo, is just part of the overall refresh. On top of that, journalists can now take advantage of services at www.eurobeachtour.com to make their work easier. The innovations are especially visible in the photo area: www.eurobeachtour.com now offers a fully computerised photo download area, where journalists can choose from a large high-quality selection of photo material by Tour Photographer Mike Ranz from Vienna. Opening the various galleries of the respective Event Sections takes the user straight to the download area. All photos of the NESTEA European Championship Tour are available also in high resolution on demand. In addition, specific demands can be made available by easy access to specific photo selections – just try this out by clicking http://eurobeachtour.fotoserver.at/mb/sLBM?&lb=LB244&cs=1049eb482a6&skin=eurobeachtour.

The website of the NESTEA European Championship Tour continues to offer a wide range of facts and data: categories like events, news, database, and players have all the background information on the Tour as well as the live scoring during the tournaments. Users can also book attractive VIP Hospitality Programmes which are offered for every tournament. Whoever wants to know the current ranking for the smart season-end Prize and who therefore has the best chance for winning the smart forfour cars at the end of the season, will find the details on the homepage of www.eurobeachtour.com.  

All in all, the Official Tour Website offers a far-ranging service package for all fans of the NESTEA European Championship Tour. That does not mean the organisers of the Tour have reached their objectives in this area: “The current version is obviously not the final version”, Christian Scholbrock, Managing Director at GSM, stresses: “We continue to look for interesting innovations and updates, to guarantee our users exciting content and a user-friendly environment.” At the moment, GSM and Wige Data are in progress of realising the integration of an online shop with Tour Merchandise.

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Background information on the NESTEA European Championship Tour

The NESTEA European Championship Tour is the highest ranked series of European Beach Volleyball tournaments that promotes the sport and its star players on a European level. The series of tournaments culminates into the European Championship Final as the season’s highlight. 

For further information please visit www.eurobeachtour.com and/or contact the Communication Managers of the NESTEA European Championship Tour Klaus Wegener and Felix Meininghaus at communications@eurobeachtour.com.

Background information on the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball

The CEV is the FIVB supporting institution responsible for governing 54 National Volleyball Federations throughout Europe and is recognised as such by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) for Volleyball and Beach Volleyball. The CEV has the authority and responsibility for organising all European Competitions, especially the NESTEA European Championship Tour (Men & Women). 

For further information please contact the CEV Head Office in Luxembourg, Olivier Mottier at olivier.mottier@cev.lu or + 352 25 46 46 25. 

Background information on Global Sports Marketing Ltd. (GSM)

GSM is dedicated to the development and implementation of innovation in sports and entertainment. The company positions and markets international sports and entertainment properties on behalf of the respective rights-holders. Besides, it offers all services related to the marketing of commercial rights - media, sponsorship and licensing/merchandising rights as well as development of sports brands. GSM, based in Zurich (Switzerland) develops, promotes and markets the NESTEA European Championship Tour within a long-term partnership with the European Volleyball Confederation CEV. 

For further information please contact Global Sports Marketing, Christian Scholbrock at
christian.scholbrock@gsmglobalsports.com or +41 43 244 8970.