Hydroptere team receive additional sponsorship from Lanson Champagne

After the loss of their major sponsor DCNS the Hydroptere team have been seeking to recruit new partners for sponsorship to allow them to resume their Ocean record programme.  Lanson Champagne have stepped up their involvement.

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LANSON champagne strengthen its partnership with Hydroptère

 

Saturday, 17 November 2012

 

As a partner of Alain Thébault since 2008, the Champagne house LANSON has decided to strengthen its partnership with the Hydroptère project by becoming "official partner of Hydroptère."

 

The United States represent a new challenge for LANSON and they wished to increase their support to the project in order to accompany the team in their Pacific record attempt next summer, departing from Los Angeles. This announcement was warmly greeted by the entire crew.

 

"We are entering a period of transition. With the strengthened support of LANSON, a new chapter begins. This will help maintain an operational team in San Francisco in the short term, which is very important. I thank LANSON for their faithfulness and confidence. The French luxury joins the adventure with style," said Alain Thébault, designer and skipper of Hydroptère.

 

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