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FC Barcelona, Qatar Airways extend sponsorship agreement

| | Jul 20, 2016, at 01:49 am
Madrid, July 19 (IBNS): Popular Spanish football club FC Barcelona and Qatar Airways have extended their main sponsorship agreement for one more season.

The club said the agreement has been extended till June 30, 2017.

"Qatar Airways and FC Barcelona have also worked closely to develop strategies to promote Barcelona in Asia, and this has produced an important increase in passengers from Asia Pacific to Barcelona," read the club website.

FC Barcelona’s vice-president of Marketing and Communication, Manel Arroyo was quoted as saying by the club website:“Qatar Airways has helped us to make Barça bigger in recent years. The success that has accompanied the Club has partly been their work. It is a pleasure to be able to work together for another season and we hope to continue along the same lines of mutual growth.”

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker said: "Three years ago was the first time we entered into such a landmark sports partnership. We are proud and greatly honoured to continue that relationship. We hope to have a great season together”.

 

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