สนับสนุนเทนนิสระดับโลก สุวัจน์ ลิปตพัลลภ นายกลอนเทนนิสสมาคมแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์ พร้อมด้วย ประสาร มาลีนนท์ ประธานกรรมการบริหาร บริษัท บีอีซี-เทโร เอ็นเตอร์เทนเม้นท์ จำกัด (มหาชน), ไบรอัน แอล มาร์การ์ กรรมการผู้จัดการบริษัท บีอีซี-เทโร เอ็นเตอร์เทนเม้นท์ จำกัด (มหาชน) ร่วมแถลงข่าวพิธีเซ็นสัญญาเป็นผู้สนับสนุนด้านการเดินทางในการแข่งขันเทนนิส “พีทีที ไทยแลนด์ โอเพ่น 2010” โดยมี มร.อัดนัน ไอคัช (ที่ 4 จากขวา) ผู้อำนวยการประจำประเทศไทย และกัมพูชา สายการบินเตอร์กิช แอร์ไลน์ส เป็นผู้ลงนามสัญญา ณ อาคารมาลีนนท์ ทาวเวอร์ พระราม 4

Turkish Airlines today signed an agreement with PTT Thailand Open to be a platinum sponsor of this year’s tournament,  which  will be held between 25th September  to 3rd October this year at IMPACT Arena – Muang Thong Thani.

In announcing the sponsorship deal with Turkish Airlines Mr Suwat Liptapanlop, President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand and the tournament's Executive Committee Chairman  said,  “We  welcome Turkish Airlines as a Platinum sponsor to this year’s PTT Thailand Open which promises to be a highly competitive and exciting event  having attracted such players  as World #1 Rafael Nadal.  It is encouraging to see an international airline based in Europe to have such vision and commitment for both the Thai and international markets.”  

Turkish Airlines Director for Thailand & Cambodia, Mr Adnan Aykac said “We arepleased to have signed the initial agreement for the prestigious PTT Thailand Open event,  which is  the world’s largest sporting event  held in Thailand annually. Turkish Airlines, this year, has taken the decision to sponsor major sporting events including both the Barcelona and Manchester United Football teams as well as the Euroleague basketball competition. Supporting events such as these will certainly assist Turkish Airlines on its way to becoming a global brand.

“We  are also on the way to becoming a key airline player in Thailand and this tennis event will  bring us even  closer to  both the Thai and expatriates living in Thailand. Turkish Airlines is one of the fastest growing airlines carriers in the world today,” Mr Aykac added.

In addition to sponsoring the event, Turkish Airlines is also offering a total of 14 airline tickets to Europe for lucky winners who join the PTT Thailand Open this year.  At  the Turkish Airlines booth, simply by filling in a boarding pass visitors will get the chance to win three sets of two tickets each  to one of the 67 destinations that Turkish airlines flies to in Europe.

In addition at both the semi-final and final matches there will be Lucky Seat draws giving two sets of two tickets each to Europe. The draw will be held courtside to announce the winners who will be sitting on the Lucky Seats pulled from the barrel.

This year’s ATP PTT Thailand Open promises to be bigger and better than ever the interest in tennis grows in both Thailand and around the world.

About  PTT Thailand Open
Thailand’s premier annual sporting event, the PTT Thailand Open enters its eighth year as part of the ATP Tour. Over the past seven years, the tournament has welcomed some of the biggest names in men’s tennis including Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick.

In 2010 we look forward to another exciting nine days of top world class tennis action at the PTT Thailand Open with a fantastic field led by Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin Del Potro, Fernando Gonzalez and Ernests Gulbis.

About Turkish Airlines
Being established in 1933 with a fleet of only five aircraft, Turkish airlines is today a four-star airline company with a fleet of 144 aircraft flying to 166 destinations around the world, comprising 39 domestic destinations and 127 international destinations.

Turkish Airlines recently won two prestigious awards from Skytrax both the World’s Best Economy Class Onboard Catering at 2010 World Airlines Award and the Best Airline in Southern Europe.

Turkish Airlines has been flying to Thailand for over 21 years and has daily flights between Istanbul and Bangkok