{"id":73533,"date":"2025-06-20T10:02:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=73533"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:02:38","slug":"visit-central-florida-partners-with-swansea-city-through-2027-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/visit-central-florida-partners-with-swansea-city-through-2027-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Central Florida Partners With Swansea City Through 2027-2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Central Florida will be the destination partner for Welsh club Swansea City through the 2027\u20132028 season with the bureau&#8217;s logo on the sleeve for the team&#8217;s home, away and third kits for the duration of the agreement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Related Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/world-sevens-football-moves-stateside-to-fort-lauderdale\/\">World Sevens Football Moves Stateside to Fort Lauderdale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/2026-fifa-world-cup-draw-to-be-held-at-kennedy-center-in-washington-d-c\/\">2026 FIFA World Cup Draw to be Held at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/aston-villa-stadium-expansion-set-for-vote-in-birmingham\/\">Aston Villa Stadium Expansion Set for Vote in Birmingham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/pittsburgh-riverhounds-announces-planned-stadium-expansion\/\">Pittsburgh Riverhounds Announces Planned Stadium Expansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-tourism-a-major-focus-for-2026-fifa-world-cup-host-cities\/\">Sports Tourism a Major Focus for 2026 FIFA World Cup Host Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Our partnership with Swansea City has steadily grown over several years and we are excited to extend this relationship with the football club,&#8221; said <strong>Kris<\/strong> <strong>Keprios<\/strong>, senior tourism sales and marketing manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/visitcentralflorida.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Central Florida<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cWe here at Visit Central Florida have built our entire business model on relationships \u2013 and we value our relationship with both the Jack Army and club as we continue to expand our partnership. We are excited for what the future holds for both of our organisations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<div class=\"m-textarea paragraph paragraph--type--textarea paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-main-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item\">\n<p>Central Florida will become the hub for US-based Swans fans with plans for watch parties and fan events in the pipeline. Visit Central Florida is based in the Sunshine State\u2019s Polk County and Lakeland \u2013 spring training home of the Detroit Tigers \u2013 is nicknamed Swans City due to the presence of the birds in the area. The town of Lake Wales is also nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be extending our partnership with Visit Central Florida,&#8221; said Kelly Quigley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swanseacity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swansea City&#8217;s<\/a> head of international partnerships. &#8220;As we look ahead to the next three seasons, this relationship will take on even greater significance\u2014with Central Florida becoming the club\u2019s official US hub. We&#8217;re excited to activate the partnership in new ways, including watch parties and fan events, to our coaches engaging with local clubs and communities, bringing the club closer to our supporters across Central Florida. Central Florida is more than just a partner\u2014it\u2019s a place where the Swansea story can grow, travel, and be shared meaningfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Central Florida will be the destination partner for Welsh club Swansea City through the 2027\u20132028 season with the bureau&#8217;s logo on the sleeve for the team&#8217;s home, away and third kits for the duration of the agreement. &#8220;Our partnership with Swansea City has steadily grown over several years and we are excited to extend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":73532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2979,2977,3046,2981,3042],"tags":[17821],"class_list":["post-73533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hosts-suppliers","category-latest-news","category-soccer","category-sponsors-media","category-sports-sponsorship","tag-visit-central-florida"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/sportstravelmagazine.com\/visit-central-florida-partners-with-swansea-city-through-2027-2028\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Visit Central Florida Partners With Swansea City Through 2027-2028","url":"http:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/visit-central-florida-partners-with-swansea-city-through-2027-2028\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/visit-central-florida-partners-with-swansea-city-through-2027-2028\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20094247\/Swansea-Visit-Central-Florida-150x150.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20094247\/Swansea-Visit-Central-Florida.jpg"},"articleSection":"Hosts &amp; 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