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Driving Your Event SUCCESS

To connect and engage the business of sport to the global tourism industry, one event at a time.

We are Sports Industry Professionals

Inspired on the success’ and foundation of Meeting Encore, FUEL SPORTS is leading the charge on accommodation sourcing and event housing solutions for the business of SPORT Events.  Since 1990, Meeting Encore has earned the reputation of being one of the most trusted and respected Site Sourcing and Hotel contract management firms in Canada.  

As a planner, you’ve got a lot on your plate.

Our Team of passionate specialists at FUEL SPORTS will be there every step of the way, engaging partners, sponsors, and destinations to ensure that your Hotel choice meets your budgets, housing requirements and overall goals.   With FUEL SPORTS, you get a TEAM of respected industry pros that work tirelessly and strategically behind the scenes, leveraging on buying power and experience to reduce costs, mitigate risk, and drive revenue opportunities. All this at no cost to you!

Contact us to help you drive your Sport Event Success!

 

Hotel Sourcing & Contract Negotiations

Our team of knowledgeable industry experts saves your organization time and money by researching and contacting the hotels on your behalf, finding the best fit and negotiating the best rates and concessions.

Revenue Generation

We understand the importance of identifying additional revenue opportunities and work with local tourism organizations and hotels to direct revenues back to your event.
 

Sport Housing

Many large events and championships require multiple hotels to accommodate athletes, officials, VIP’s, and spectators. We have partnered with Resiada to provide the most advanced and innovative housing platform.
 

Check out our latest articles:

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Sponsorship is a key component to the success of any event and getting your foot in the door of potential sponsors can often be a challenge. Companies are regularly contacted to sponsor sports, charitable and other local events and need to be selective in the ones that they choose to support. The economic climate has had an impact on sponsorship dollars over the past couple of years which has caused some further challenges in uncovering essential sponsorship dollars. As someone who has been on both the corporate side receiving sponsorship requests as well as requesting sponsorship, here are some key points that I’d recommend to consider when reaching out to potential sponsors.

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Fundraising for minor sports as you know is an important way to generate revenue. If you have had a child in sports or know family members that are involved with any teams or clubs, you likely have seen a few different fundraising events in the past.  With all that has happened with COVID-19 we now have to review these different ideas and realign with the new times. Read full article here.

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You have always done it this way!  Like many organizations you have always sourced and negotiated and contracted your hotels for your events.  Sourcing for your event and accommodation requirements may appear to be as simple as calling the nearby hotels to your preferred venue and securing a block for your athletes, officials, and attendees.   Well, it’s time to re-think this process as it can get complicated…”

What People Are Saying

Fuel Sports, a division of M.E., has looked after the hotel needs for Rugby Canada for a number of years and have always found us the hotels that best suit our needs whilst negotiating the best deal for us. Frank sources hotels in major cities across Canada for our international rugby events including the HSBC Canada Sevens in Vancouver where we host 16 international rugby 7s teams for a week each year. Fuel Sports and Frank are experts at what they do and a pleasure to work with.

Sam Carter
Manager, Event Operations Rugby Canada