Etihad, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is a proud partner of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority’s major involvement in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race.

The website will bring you the latest news and information about this partnership as well as a state-of-the-art “tracker” for the yachts taking part in the Volvo Ocean Race.



Etihad and the Volvo Ocean Race

Within this multi-tiered partnership the Etihad logo features prominently on the hull and sails of the ADTA’s Volvo Ocean Race yacht, Azzam (Arabic for “determination”), as well as across its Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team clothing during the 2011/12 global event.

Etihad is a presenting sponsor of the two week race stopover in Abu Dhabi, which begins on New Year’s Eve 2011 at the purpose-built ‘Destination Village’ on the Corniche Breakwater, as well as title sponsor of the In-Port Race on January 13, 2012.

The airline’s destination management company, Hala Abu Dhabi, is the preferred travel partner for the Abu Dhabi stopover.

The Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12 began in Alicante, Spain on 29 October and concludes in Galway, Ireland in summer 2012.

It is a 39,000 nautical mile, nine-month, round-the-world sailing race, taking in 10 destinations over nine gruelling legs across four oceans.