Cortina Foundation starts work towards the 2026 Games: the decisions of the last Board of Directors

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Cortina Foundation starts work towards the 2026 Games: the decisions of the last Board of Directors

The institution will have to manage the sporting events towards the years leading up to the five-circle appointment in Italy. "A fundamental task awaits us for the whole territory". The appointments of vice president and general manager.

With the Board of Directors and the Steering Committee staged last Wednesday, the works of the Cortina Foundation, a body strongly desired by the Veneto Region, the Province of Belluno and the Municipality of Cortina, together with the territory of Cortina (Association of Hoteliers, Consortium Cableway systems and Cortina Ski Club) to manage the major sporting events of the next few years. The two Councils have made the Foundation operational, which now has all the tools to be able to start its work, also essential to seize the many opportunities that the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics will also bring to the Veneto region. With the already confirmed President Stefano Longo, Avv. Stefano Campoccia and the position of General Manager with operational powers was also conferred on Michele Di Gallo, in very close continuity with the great work carried out for the World Championships in Cortina 2021, in which he was Operations Director. The task of the management will now be to build an industrial plan and expand the calendar of major sporting events, starting with the Alpine Ski World Cups (three races this year on 20, 21 and 22 January 2023), and summer and winter sporting events. (Skimocup, Alpinathlon, etc) present in the locality, as well as starting a close dialogue with the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation in anticipation of the next Winter Olympic Games. From August work will also begin on the communication, promotion and involvement plan of the Veneto and Italian business world, which has Cortina and sport as its center, but which will become an innovative platform for activating the whole territory for a four-year period of great importance. "A fundamental and strategic task awaits us for the territory of Cortina d''Ampezzo, the Province of Belluno and the Veneto Region, made up of Sport and promotion, in support of institutions and companies, because as the Alpine Ski World Championships have shown 2021, if managed with great professionalism and innovation, major events can be a real driving force for the whole of society ”, says Stefano Longo, President of the Cortina Foundation. “Sport is a great social aggregator and through sporting events new business and networking opportunities can arise, which is why I am proud and proud to be able to support this new adventure with my experience and work”, says Avv. Stefano Campoccia, Vice President of the Cortina Foundation. “The 2021 World Cup was a great adventure and a great team success in a difficult moment in our history; Cortina has emerged strengthened and the visibility obtained all over the world has made us proud. Now a new adventure always at the service of the territory and of Sport at the highest levels, trying to treasure all the experience gained, continue the growth path started with the world experience and increase the legacy to leave after the Olympic event ”, are the first words of Michele Di Gallo, the new General Director of the Foundation. The Board of Directors of the Cortina Foundation is made up as follows: Dr. Stefano Longo, Renzo Minella, Enrico De Bona, Americo Angaran and Dr. Federico Michielli. The Board of Trustees: Dr. Stefano Longo, Ilaria Della Vedova, Stefano Campoccia, Nicola Colli, Igor Ghedina, Marco Zardini and Stefano Pirro.
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