FACTSHEET
Bloomberg Square Mile Relay Dubai 2016
Date:
Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Start Point:
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
Start Time:
6.00 PM
Finish:
Dubai International Financial Centre Gate
Organiser:
Square Mile Sport
Headline Sponsor:
Bloomberg
Venue Partner:
Official Website:
DIFC
http://www.squaremilerelay.com/dubai
Official Facebook
Page:
https://www.facebook.com/BloombergSquareMileRelay
Official Twitter:
@SquareMileDubai
Official Instagram:
@BloombergSquareMileRelay
Official Hashtag
#WeRunThisCity
Race Delivery
Agency:
Promoseven Sports Marketing
Enquiries:
[email protected]
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Registration Fees:
Bloomberg Square Mile Relay
Team entry fees include:
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Early Bird Rate = AED 4,995
(16 Nov – 31 Dec)
General Entry = AED 5,500
(1 Jan – 21 Jan)
Entry fee for 10 runners
Runners T-shirts
Access to after race party
Hospitality with meal and drinks
Entertainment including Live Music
(Additional hospitality packages will be available to
purchase online at a later date).
Mode of Registration:
Open now until Thursday 21st January 2016
Registrants may register online at: www.squaremilerelay.com/dubai.
Award Categories:
Position
Award Categories
1st
Fastest Relay Team
2nd
Second Relay Team
3rd
Third Relay Team
1st
Fastest Individual
Fastest Team Donation Award:
Position
1st
Prize Money
30,000 AED donated to the winning team’s
nominated pre-approved charity.
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London Relay – Top Three Teams from 2015:
17th September 2015
1. Barclays
2. JP Morgan
3. Trayport
53:39
54.36
57.06
Shanghai Relay- Top Three Teams from 2015:
15th October 2015
1. Codoon
2. Will’s Gym
3. Jones Lang Lasalle
56:28
01:02:03
01:03:53
Hong Kong Relay – Top Three Teams from 2015:
5th November 2015
1. English Schools Foundation
2. Macquarie Group
3. CBRE
51:51
53:12
55:50
Media Enquiries:
Promoseven Sports Marketing
Joanna MacAdie / PR Manager
M: +971 509 843473
Email: [email protected]
Annex A
About Bloomberg Square Mile Relay:
Registration for the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay is now live on the event website - visit
www.squaremilerelay.com/dubai. General Entry for a team of ten runners is priced at 5,500 AED, however
an Early Bird Rate of 4,995 AED is available until 31st December. Only one representative from the
participating corporation will need to register and pay on behalf of the team – companies can enter up to a
maximum of 10 teams. Rates include entry to the post-race event that includes hospitality with food, drinks
and entertainment for all runners. Additional hospitality packages will be available to purchase online at a
later date.
For further details on the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay Dubai, please visit the official website at
www.squaremilerelay.com/dubai and the official Facebook page at @BloombergSquareMileRelay or follow
@SquareMileDubai on Twitter and @BloombergSquareMileRelay on Instagram for latest updates – make
sure you use the hashtag #WeRunThisCity
For any enquiries, please email: [email protected]
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About Square Mile Sport
Square Mile Sport is the event owner and delivery agency of the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay – a unique
event series designed exclusively to provide businessmen and women with an outlet for their sporting
passion. Established in 2007 in London, Square Mile Sport plans to replicate the event in cities across the
world. Square Mile Sport is wholly owned by Benchmark Sport, which operates leading international brands
including the Sport Industry Group and Beyond Sport.
www.squaremilerelay.com
About Bloomberg
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers
a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s
strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at
the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than
325,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core
strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and
information
across
organizations
more
efficiently
and
effectively.
Through
Bloomberg
Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and
analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. Bloomberg Beta, a venture capital fund, invests in
early-stage technology companies. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional
service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg
Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals
at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than
15,500 people in 192 locations around the world. For more information visit www.bloomberg.com/company
About Dubai International Financial Centre
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South
Asia, providing a world-class platform connecting the region’s markets with the economies of Europe, Asia
and the Americas. It also facilitates the growth in South-South trade and investment. An onshore,
international financial centre, DIFC provides a stable, mature and secure base for financial institutions to
develop their wholesale businesses.
The Centre offers all the elements found in the world’s most successful financial industry ecosystems,
including an independent regulator, an independent judicial system with a common-law framework, a global
financial exchange, inspiring architecture, powerful, enabling support services and a vibrant business
community. The infrastructure within the district features ultra-modern office space, retail outlets, cafes and
restaurants, art galleries, residential apartments, public green areas and hotels.
Located midway between the global financial centres of New York, London in the West and Singapore,
Hong Kong in the East, DIFC (GMT +4) fills a vital time-zone gap with a workday that bridges the market
and business hours of financial centres in both Asia and North America.
Currently, more than 1,225 active registered companies operate from the Centre, including 21 of the world’s
top 25 banks, 11 of the world’s top 20 money managers, 7 of the top 10 insurance companies, and 9 of the
top 10 law firms. The Centre supports a combined workforce of 18,000 people.
DIFC continues to pursue expansion into new services and sectors within the Middle East, Africa and South
Asia region, an area comprising over 72 countries with an approximate population of 3.0 billion and nominal
GDP of US$7.9 trillion.
For further information, please visit our website: www.difc.ae, or follow us on Twitter @DIFC.
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