ESA Press Releases

After a record-breaking entry in 2021, the 2022 ESA Awards offers another chance to celebrate the best of the sponsorship industry in the face of adversity. The prestigious #ESAawards will again be ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association is an elected trade body representing the interests of its members – our goal is to inspire, unite and grow a welcoming and diverse sponsorship industry. ESA ... read more

Three new Directors have been elected to the Board of The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) at today’s online AGM. Rebecca Martin of O2 Telefonica, Khadeen ... read more

The European sponsorship community favours relaxing the media commitment required from professional sportspeople, new research from the European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has found. The ... read more

A dip in confidence within the European sponsorship marketing community has reflected ongoing challenges in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest research from the European Sponsorship ... read more

Confidence among the European sponsorship marketing community has reached its highest point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from the European Sponsorship Association has ... read more

The European sponsorship market shrunk for the first time in almost a decade as the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were felt across the continent, new research from the European Sponsorship ... read more

Confidence among the European sponsorship marketing community has risen sharply, new research from the European Sponsorship Association has found. The eighth edition of the ESA Sponsorship ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association revealed the winners of the 2021 ESA Awards over two nights this week, marking the culmination of the most significant ESA Awards in the prize’s 14-year ... read more

Tuesday 2 February, 2021 Confidence about the overall health of the European sponsorship industry has taken a dip in the latest ESA Sponsorship Sentiment Tracker, as a third COVID-19 wave continues ... read more

ESA is recruiting a Marketing Communications & Events Manager to help us to continue to deliver our strategic vision of uniting, inspiring and growing the sponsorship industry in Europe. The ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association is thrilled to reveal the nominees for the 2021 ESA Awards, the most coveted prizes in sponsorship. After a record number of entries, a judging panel full of ... read more

The European sponsorship industry has demonstrated the clearest signs yet of an imminent recovery, according to a continent-wide survey of senior industry leaders conducted by the European Sponsorship ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) is pleased to announce that leading sports marketing and data analytics business, DataPOWA, has partnered with the 2021 ESA Awards. As part of the ... read more

Brands continue to be the most confident, while positivity amongst agencies has bounced backCOVID-19 pandemic spurs all parts of the sponsorship industry to do more to measure and evaluate ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association is delighted to announce the successful completion of the largest ever ESA Diploma class. A total of 76 students from the January 2020 intake of the ESA Diploma ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association is thrilled to reveal the judging panels for the 2021 ESA Awards, the most prestigious sponsorship prizes in Europe. The panels are a who’s-who of the European ... read more

Confidence amongst sponsorship industry professionals has fallen slightly in the European Sponsorship Association’s continent-wide survey, but rights holders are feeling more confident than ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association, the membership body that aims to inspire, unite and grow the sponsorship industry, has launched the 2021 ESA Diploma. Enrolment is now open for the ESA ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association is pleased to announce the conclusion of another successful ESA Sponsorship Sales Certificate course. 13 students successfully graduated from the June intake of ... read more