To celebrate the club’s league title win, Manchester United, together with its official logistics partner DHL, is launching the United Trophy Tour around the world. Over the coming months, DHL will deliver the Premier League trophy to 31 locations globally. Manchester United trophies, transported by DHL directly from the museum at Old Trafford, will also go on tour, giving fans the opportunity to experience unique moments from the club’s history.
Following the official launch of the event in Manchester later this month, the United Trophy Tour will head to Rio de Janeiro on October 30th. During the five-month journey, the Premier League trophy will visit many locations, including Dubai, Mumbai, Jakarta, Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Tokyo, Bangkok, Moscow, and Istanbul. This exciting initiative will allow thousands of Manchester United fans around the world to take part in celebrating the 20th league title win.
The tour will feature numerous fan events, live match broadcasts, and displays of Manchester United memorabilia, which DHL will transport directly from the museum at Old Trafford. The Premier League trophy will be accompanied at various stages of the journey by some of the Club’s Legends, including Andrew Cole, Denis Irwin, Bryan Robson, and Dwight Yorke.
This event is a continuation of the successful partnership between DHL and Manchester United, which saw the DHL Champ19ns Trophy Tour in the 2011/12 season, celebrating the 19th league title win in 27 cities around the world.
– Winning the 20th league title is a huge milestone in the Club’s history, and the United Trophy Tour, with logistics handled by DHL, is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate this event on a global scale – said Richard Arnold, Group Managing Director of Manchester United. – Manchester United has 659 million fans worldwide, and this event is a unique opportunity for many of them to connect directly with the Club in a new, exciting way. We are delighted that we will visit each of the 31 cities during the tour.
– The United Trophy Tour, delivered to the world by DHL, is an opportunity for us to showcase the DHL partnership with Manchester United to our customers and employees in every location where the event takes place, and to celebrate the common elements that contribute to success in sports and business. The tour builds on the success of the DHL Champ19ns Trophy Tour in the 2011/12 season, of which DHL was incredibly proud – comments John Pearson, CEO of DHL Express Europe. – DHL has a global network in over 220 countries and territories. We are excited to be able to showcase Manchester United’s history to our customers and introduce the Club’s legends and the Premier League trophy in many of our key markets around the world.
The latest information about the United Trophy Tour and details of events in each city can be found at www.manutd.com/unitedtrophytour.