http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/rss/1073909/QPRs-7m-Gulf-Air-sponsorship-deal-ends/ Queens Park Rangers (QPR) football club is parting company with shirt sponsor Gulf Air after three years, and is on the hunt for a replacement commercial partner to leverage its promotion to the Premier League. Gulf Air: QPR deal comes to an end Gulf Air: QPR deal comes to an end The club is in talks with a number of prospective new sponsors about a multimillion-pound deal, sources have disclosed to Marketing. A spokesman for the club confirmed that QPR and Gulf Air have parted company. Gulf Air has been QPR's main sponsor since signing a £7m three-year deal in 2008, with the gulfair.com web address appearing on the team's shirts. Lotto is the club's technical sponsor. QPR is owned by business tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and his family, Flavio Briatore and Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone. Gulf Air is owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain. The club, which is managed by Neil Warnock, was promoted to the Premier League after winning the Championship this year.
The three year deal just ended, and there will be a new deal withn a sponsor - it's probably being held up by the ownership issues. You can be sure that if we move into full Indian ownership, the deals will be announced pretty quickly.
I heard we had done a deal with French Connection and the parcel carrier UPS, which is in line with Flav's vision, the front of shirt will have both logos... FCUK UPS
No James, you're not getting any older, you're still the same age you always were, just like the rest of us, if that makes any sense?!?!
I actually didn't mind Gulf Air by the end, at the start with all the arabic, i was a bit bamboozled but last season it wasn't that bad. I pray for Compaq or Guiness! Yet I still bet you any money neither will happen.
Oh Gawd, can you imagine the new kit? Out go the holy blue 'n' white hoops, in come the black 'n' white chequered tops!!!
