Marathon Tours & Travel Announced As Official Partner of the 2025 Shanghai Marathon

April 15, 2025

- Marathon Tours & Travel confirmed as Official International Tour Operator for the 2025 Shanghai Marathon - The Shanghai Marathon will take place on Sunday 30 November 2025

London/Shanghai (April 15, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Shanghai Marathon has today announced Marathon Tours & Travel as the Official International Tour Operator for the 2025 Shanghai Marathon, taking place on Sunday 30 November 2025.

The partnership will see Marathon Tours & Travel work in tandem with international travel companies to offer a range of travel options for international runners who have already secured their entry in this year’s Shanghai Marathon.

The partnership between Marathon Tours & Travel’s and the Shanghai Marathon comes as the marathon embarks on its debut year as an Abbott World Marathon Major candidacy race. Marathon Tours & Travel will market travel packages directly to participants as well as help them, along with their friends, family and supporters, source seamless travel options to Shanghai from around the world ahead of Marathon Day, along with accommodation options that allows for easy access to the Start and Finish of the Shanghai Marathon.

Marathon Tours & Travel now offers a 4-night package staying at deluxe accommodation, located close to the race start at the Bund and the heart of the city center. Curated packages cater for runners and their supporters including invitations to take part in activities such as a welcome briefing, a half-day guided orientation tour of Shanghai including the Shanghai Tower and Yu Garden, a lunch at a local restaurant, a visit to the Expo to pick-up your race number, a warm-up run, pre-race dinner, post-race celebration dinner and drinks. Marathon Tour and Travel’s bilingual team will be on hand for guidance and support to help make everyone’s trip a fun, enjoyable and successful time. There is also the option to add a 3-night post-race extension to your stay to discover Hong Kong.

Kris Van Goethem, Managing Director of Marathon Tours & Travel China, said: “In view of the global network of Marathon Tours & Travel with our own team based in Shanghai, we’re excited to have been appointed to build up the overseas ITO programme. We’ve already been able to showcase our expertise during the 2024 Shanghai Marathon in providing high-level service to dozens of international runners.”

For more information please visit: marathontours.com/en-us (US), marathontours.com/en-gb/ (UK) marathontours.com.cn/en (China)

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Contact

Name: Micheal Costello – Compete PR
Email: micheal@competepr.com
Phone: +44 7754 072648

About Marathon Tours & Travel

Founded by runner and travel visionary Thom Gilligan in 1979, Marathon Tours & Travel (MTT) is a longstanding recognized leader and innovator in the destination travel industry for runners and their supporters. With offices in Boston (USA), Manchester (UK) and Adelaide (Australia), the team has industry-leading global prominence.

Marathon Tours & Travel are an approved International Tour Operator to many marathons and other running events, including the Abbott World Marathon Majors, which consists of the Boston Marathon, TCS London Marathon, TCS New York City Marathon, BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the Tokyo Marathon, TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS and candidate races – the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon and Shanghai Marathon.

Their global team of Trip Designers, Trip Leaders and Trip Specialists makes each trip they offer unique and special. They have sought out the best in the industry, and their combined knowledge and experience makes them a global leader in the endurance sports travel industry.

MTT also owns a number of global events, including Patagonia Running Festival Marathon, Madagascar Marathon, Antarctica Marathon®, Arctic Marathon and Kangaroo Island Marathon; and the team is excited about further expansion plans across 2025 and beyond.

MTT joined Destination Sport Experiences in 2022 as the world’s leading international running events company.

About the Shanghai Marathon

• The 2025 Shanghai Marathon will take place on Sunday 30 November 2025.
• The inaugural race was held in late Autumn 1996.