Euro 2012 and National Stadium in Warsaw

For the Euro 2012, Sodexo is managing the 30 kiosks, 65 VIP lodges and 2 Club areas for up to 2,500 guests during the opening match and four others taking place in Warsaw. Sodexo has also been entrusted with a 10-year food services contract at the National Stadium in Warsaw of 55,000 seats where large sports and cultural events as well as seminars and PR events can be organized.

Roland Garros

Sodexo manages the “Roland Garros” restaurant as well as meeting rooms, the self-service restaurant for the Stadium’s personnel, and the Museum Sodexo also delivers the private food services during the French Open which attracts 400,000 tennis fans each year during three weeks.

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Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Olympic  and Paralympic Games, the world’s top athletic event, draws some 500,000 spectators every four years to see champions from 200 countries compete in 35 sports. Sodexo has provided services at the Games in Calgary (1988), Barcelona and Albertville (1992), Lillehammer (1994), Sydney (2000), and Vancouver (2010).

Rugby World Cup

The Rugby World Cup is the third largest international sports event. Held every four years, the Cup matches attract 2 million spectators and are broadcast to more than 4 billion people.  A Sodexo-Mike Burton Group joint venture has been managing and delivering travel & hospitality package sales and foodservices for the event since 2004.

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Dakar Road Rally

In almost 30 years, the Dakar Rally has attracted drivers of cars, bikes, quads and trucks to a challenging off-road race. In 2010, 430 vehicles from 51 countries set off on a 9,000-km journey across Argentina and Chile. As the official Rally service provider since 2009, Sodexo has been committed to respect the environment and employ local staff and source locally.

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Royal Ascot

The 5-day Royal Ascot horse races are a national institution and major social event in the UK held every year in June, attended by Her Majesty the Queen, the racing community and the public. Sodexo ensures hospitality package promotion and sales, logistics and premium foodservices for 300,000 visitors under the largest catering contract in Europe.

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Tour de France

The 3-week Tour de France bicycle race, one of Europe’s most famous athletic events, takes place every summer. The race is organized in daily stages over a 3,500 route ending in Paris Up to 15 million spectators line the roads to catch a glimpse of the cyclists. Sodexo runs a caravan and takes care of the foodservices for the VIP village.

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Chelsea Flower Show

The Chelsea Flower Show is the most celebrated gardening event in the United Kingdom. The five-day show, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society, receives 35,000 visitors a day on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London’s Chelsea district, where Sodexo has overseen hospitality, catering and a gala dinner for over 25 years.

World Youth Day

World Youth Day brings together hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world every two years for a week of religious and cultural activities under the sponsorship of the Vatican. Sodexo staff runs mobile kitchens and supervises and coordinates thousands of volunteers serving quality meals to pilgrims in a safe environment.