The 2015 BMO Vancouver Marathon welcomes Air France as Official Airline Sponsor
Another international brand signs on to be involved in Vancouver’s only Marathon
Vancouver, BC – April 27, 2015 – Leading international airline, Air France will welcome everyone, runners and visitors alike, to relax and enjoy the amazing scenery at the Air France Waterfront Lounge, Friday May 1st on the outdoor terrace of the Vancouver Convention Centre overlooking Coal Harbour and Stanley Park. The lounge will feature music entertainment as well as the possibility to win instant prizes and enter a contest for a pair of Economy tickets to Paris onboard Air France.
Since March 29, Air France has launched direct flights from Vancouver’s YVR airport to Paris’s Charles-de-Gaulle. The non-stop service now operates three times a week until May 3, after which flights will depart five times weekly: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
“A few weeks after our inaugural flight to Vancouver, we are proud of our involvement in the community as the official Airline Sponsor for 2015 of the BMO Vancouver Marathon, one of this city’s major events”, said Jean-Noel Rault, Vice President and General Manager, AIR FRANCE KLM Canada. “Our participation is not limited to the sponsorship as we are making a team building out of it by running the Marathon Relay race between partners: AIR FRANCE, KLM, DELTA and YVR AIRPORT.”
“We are very excited to announce Air France as the Official Airline Sponsor for the 2015 BMO Vancouver Marathon,” says Charlene Krepiakevich, Executive Director of the Vancouver International Marathon Society, the non-profit that organizes the event. “With the largest number of local and international sponsors coming on board in recent years, the event is cementing its global reputation as a world-class, top destination race.”
For more information and how to register visit: www.bmovanmarathon.ca
For more information on Air France: airfrance.ca
For more information about the Vancouver International Marathon Society visit: www.runvan.org