Sports Tourism News is an online magazine specialising in sports travel, sports destinations and sports events.
The co-founders and editors combine expertise within the world of sport and tourism, so can utilise their experience and knowledge to turn awareness into increased footfall, growth and revenue.
We are a clear voice within this valuable sector. Our range of content services enable destinations, event organisers, venues and hotels to leverage their sports tourism potential. Every city, region and country can benefit from the sports travel sector, which is worth in excess of US$800bn per year globally.
On our News page we publish stories and features about sports travel experiences. In our monthly Sport + Travel Magazine newsletter we also highlight some of the world’s best sporting destinations and events.
Sports Tourism News was formerly Sports Tourism Media
Meet the team
Our founders and editors – Mike Starling and Ramy James Salameh – each have more than 20 years’ experience in the following sectors:
- Sports publishing and media (print and digital)
- Content creation and editorial services
- Tourism industry public relations and marketing
- Sports events promotion
- Event management
- Communications (sport and travel)
Mike Starling
Mike is a sports journalist, editor and media professional who has more than 20 years’ experience in publishing (print and digital) and communications. He has worked on titles such as The Week UK, The Sunday Times, 7DAYS in Dubai, The Queensland Times and the Bristol Post. He currently works as editorial director at Action UAE in Dubai. You can connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- Favourite sports: football, tennis, golf
- Favourite travel destinations: Athens, Barcelona, Tokyo, Seoul
- Best sporting events he’s been to: 2022 Fifa World Cup final, Wimbledon and NFL London games
- Fun fact: Mike finished the 2018 London Marathon in 33,072nd place
Ramy James Salameh
Ramy is a destination PR consultant and award-winning travel journalist with more than 20 years’ tourism industry experience under his belt. He had a 17-year career with the Korea Tourism Organisation in London as PR manager, alongside which he carved out a career as a journalist. He is a correspondent for Conference + Meetings World Magazine and Event Point International. He has also written for Al-Jazeera (English); The Sunday Independent; Business Traveller and The Business Travel Magazine; Epoch Times; and The Luxury Channel amongst others. You can connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
- Favourite sports: tennis, football, boxing
- Favourite travel destinations: Paris, Istanbul, Beirut
- Best sporting events he’s been to: 2002 and 2006 Fifa World Cups, 2001 European Cup final and a Wimbledon ladies singles final
- Fun fact: Ramy appears in the 2002 Fifa World Cup edition of Four Four Two magazine after partying with the Republic of Ireland squad in Seoul ahead of their crunch match with Spain
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