Those who want to go to the World Cup, according to FIFA, are in the right place with this Latem travel agency
“Even though tickets should the Devils play the final” Want to see the Red Devils stunt at the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico? Then FIFA and the Belgian Football Association recommend Travel Lounge in Sint-Martens-Latem as a ‘FIFA accommodation reseller’. Managing director Olivier Van de Vijver and his team have been taking care of all the Red Devils' trips for a year now and, starting this week, are also offering travel packages for companies and supporters. But for that you have to dig deep. In sixteen years, entrepreneur Olivier Van de Vijver, featured in the television program Latem Leven, managed to build his travel agency Travel Lounge into a success story. In the midst of a corona crisis, Olivier moved the office from Deinze to the neighboring town of Sint-Martens-Latem, and Travel Lounge now has a team of 23 employees. In addition to luxury private travel, Travel Lounge also organizes fan trips for Family and Home fans, corporate incentives and team building events. One of the showpieces is Xperience Sports Travel, which covers everything related to sports travel. “I got a taste for sports travel years ago by organizing some winter internships for soccer club KMSK Deinze,” says Olivier. “I developed that further under the name Xperience Sports Travel and when the Royal Belgian Football Association launched a tender last year to find a travel partner for the Red Devils, I jumped at the chance. Out of about 40 candidates, among them some major international players, the Football Federation chose us. Since then, we handle all the travel for the players of the Belgian national team. From the moment they step on the plane in Zaventem until when they return, we are responsible. Of course, the soccer federation has high demands: from the number of massage rooms to the food and the temperature in the rooms; everything has to be in order. Meanwhile, two members of our team are working full-time on the trips of the Red Devils as well as the Red Flames.” “In addition to the Red Devils” trips, we also take care of their family and friends“ trips,‘ Olivier continued. ’Even when the soccer association wants to invite sponsors, we put together a complete travel program. That recently earned us the status of ”FIFA accommodation reseller'. This means that, according to the Royal Belgian Football Association and world football federation FIFA, we are the partner of choice for anyone who wants to travel to the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico this year. To my knowledge, we are the only Belgian travel agency authorized to offer these travel packages." SOURCE HLN Anthony Statius And what if the Red Devils make it to the final? “We have reserved tickets for all the games the Devils might play,” Olivier said. “We fortunately only had to pay for the tickets for the preliminaries in advance. Because for a good seat in the World Cup final, count on a price of 7,000 euros and that just for the match. This World Cup adventure is a boyhood dream come true for me. I have the chance to go to the matches myself and I'm getting paid for it too. But it's still hard work,” Olivier concludes.Travel partner for the World Cup
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