Breeders’ Cup hopes new corporate chalets are an infield hit

By Don Muret
The Sports Business Journal

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships has hired the same firm that sells corporate hospitality packages for the Super Bowl and Kentucky Derby to market its first infield hospitality offering.

QuintEvents, official provider for the NFL’s On Location corporate program the past four Super Bowls, is selling 26 infield chalets called Champions Village for this year’s Breeders’ Cup races. They’ll take place Oct. 24-25 at Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles. (READ MORE...)

Churchill Downs offers customized Derby packages

BY LISA BERNARD-KUHN

With the countdown to the Kentucky Derby in full swing, there's still some good news for last-minute party planners.

This year Churchill Downs has teamed with Atlanta-based Quint Events to offer a variety of travel packages that include tickets to the Derby on Saturday and the Kentucky Oaks on Friday, hotel accommodations, transportation around Louisville and all the food and drink you can stuff yourself with while placing your race-day bets. (READ MORE...)

Norcross firm just the ticket for pricey events

By BILL TORPY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/24/08

The Final Four is over. The Masters has come and gone. And now corporations and well-heeled sports fans are eyeing the next big event on their horizon: the Kentucky Derby.

Instead of surfing the Internet or calling scalpers to fix them up with tickets, those wanting to indulge themselves in "the most exciting two minutes in sports" can call a Norcross firm hired by Churchill Downs to peddle some of its tickets. (READ MORE...)

Mingle with millionaires at the Derby

By Jim Jordan

The 134th Kentucky Derby is less than a month away. If you haven't prepared, don't panic. There's a way to get there in style.

In conjunction with Churchill Downs, Quint Events in Atlanta is offering "travel experience packages" of tickets to the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks that include three nights' lodging, transportation in Louisville, food, drink and even a gift bag.

The packages vary, but if you don't find what you want, "we have the flexibility to customize the offering to fit specific needs" and its "guaranteed by Churchill Downs itself," says Brian Learst, president of Quint Events. (READ MORE...)

And You're Off!

The following is an article featuring QuintEvents and the Kentucky Derby® in the Wall Street Journal

By SHELLY BANJO
April 1, 2008; Page D6

Is the stock market giving you a run for your money? Try betting instead on the horses at the Kentucky Derby.

Head to Louisville, Ky., May 1 through May 4 for a couple of mint juleps and a three-night's stay at the Hampton Inn. At $2,449 per person (double occupancy), you will receive grandstand tickets to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, a gift bag, fast-access passes and an open premium bar and gourmet food each day.

Want to up the ante? Upgrade to the Millionaire's Row Package for $8,999 per person (double occupancy). Enjoy a three-night stay in your choice of the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, the Brown Hotel or the Hyatt Regency-Louisville, plus the best seats in the house for the big race, on Millionaire's Row, which typically is filled with celebrities and state officials. Book your package at Quint Events, 1-866-834-8663 or visit www.quintevents.com/kd134.

Marketer will sell Derby, Oaks packages

By Gregory A. Hall-The Louisville Courier-Journal 1/19/08

After selling Kentucky Derby entertainment packages through a ticket scalper two years ago and on its own last year, Churchill Downs will now market them through the same company that works with the National Football League on the Super Bowl. (READ MORE...)

CDI Venture: Derby/Oaks Packages

By Ryan Conley-bloodhorse.com 1/18/08

Following the lead of other premier sporting events such as the Super Bowl, Churchill Downs Inc. has partnered up a with full-service travel agent to offer event packages for its two biggest days of racing, the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) Presented by Yum! Brands and the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).

Quint Events, an Atlanta-based agency that handles selected events for the National Football League and other major sports, is offering packages including both Derby and Oaks tickets that range from $1,649 to $11,399, depending on accommodation requirements. (READ MORE...)

Live Vividly
ASC Provides Dream Super Bowl XLII Package

(Charlotte, N.C.) -- One lucky raffle ticket winner will receive a Super Bowl XLII package with a pair of game tickets and exciting deals courtesy of the Arts & Science Council (ASC) through a generous anonymous donor and QuintEvents – a Charlotte-based company that creates one-of-a-kind experiences for corporate groups and individuals. (READ MORE...)

Sentient Jets Offers Luxury Package for Super Bowl XLII

Written by Meg Donohue-Helium Report  1/15/08

Worried that it’s too late to get prime Super Bowl tickets? Want to fly to Phoenix in style? Feb. 3 may be right around the corner, but football fans need not fear. (READ MORE...)

Sentient Jet Membership Offers VIP Access to Premium Events
Through Official Partnership With QuintEvents.

Publication: Business Wire  11/15/07

WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Sentient Jet Membership, the leading provider of private jet membership, announced today an official partnership with QuintEvents, an industry leader in development and support of world-class experiences. (READ MORE...)