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		21st WORLD FESTIVAL ON THE BEACH 
		Mondello – 15th –21st MAY 2006 
		www.wwfestival.com  
		 
		Partnership 
		THE 21ST WORLD FESTIVAL ON THE BEACH WITH FESTINA WATCHES 
		ALWAYS BESIDE SPORT 
		 
		The 2006 edition of the World Festival on the Beach will be 
		embellished by an exceptional sponsor Festina Watches, a leading 
		watchmakers company in Europe, who will work beside the organisers of 
		the Albaria for the 21st edition of the World Festival on the Beach, to 
		take place in Mondello from the 15th to the 21st of May 2006. 
		 
		This prestigious name which is internationally known and is recognized 
		to have participated as a sponsor in a few well known sports events. 
		Just to mention a few: Festina is the official time keeper of the Tour 
		de France and a co-sponsor of the motorcycle team Honda Fortuna-Lotus 
		250cc class with its pilots Jorge Lorenzo and Hector Barberà. These 
		initiatives, together with a constant presence of the Festina group in 
		big sports events in the past few years, confirm their strategy to focus 
		on sport in order to make their brand known internationally. 
		 
		It’s this strong relationship with sport that brings Festina to the 
		World Festival on the Beach, an event that offers great sports events 
		and shows in Mondello beach close to Palermo. It’s here that the 
		following events will take place: the European Windsurfing Championships, 
		sailing races, surf contests, the international beach volley tournament, 
		Golf, Sky Diving, Kitesurfing, Beach Rugby, but also the music shows 
		with the New Jazz Festival, the classical music by Symphony on the Beach 
		and also pop, rock and dance music for the younger audience. 
		 
		 
		Press Office:  
		Tel. +39 091/ 6844483 
		albariapress@tin.it  
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