Boston, Mass., March 8, 2016 – Global Rescue, the leading travel risk and crisis management firm providing integrated medical, security, evacuation, and travel intelligence services to organizations, individuals and governments, today announced its partnership with The World Championships of Snowboarding (WCS), set to kick off in Yabuli, China, March 9-16, 2016.

Through the partnership, Global Rescue is the Official Medical Evacuation Provider of the 2016 World Championships of Snowboarding event, enabling WCS 2016 organizers to provide world-class medical evacuation services to riders, teams and staff.

The WCS 2016, a premier snowboarding event organized by TTR Pro Snowboarding and the World Snowboard Federation, brings snowboarding to the emerging winter sports market of China. The world’s best freestyle riders will compete for the World Champion titles in Big Air, Halfpipe and Slopestyle. More than 200 of the world’s best athletes will participate, including superstars such as Shaun White, Yuki Kadono and Chloe Kim.

In 2016, WCS will be the main professional elite championship event in China across any snow sport. Yabuli, a well-known winter sports destination in China, is quickly developing its reputation as an emerging winter sport powerhouse and will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Founded in 2004, Global Rescue has performed more than 7,000 operations for individuals, families and enterprises experiencing travel emergencies.

About the World Championships of Snowboarding

The World Championships of Snowboarding (WCS) is the pinnacle snowboarding event organized by TTR Pro Snowboarding and the World Snowboard Federation. The WCS crowns snowboarding’s true World Champions in the disciplines of Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air. It is a high calibre celebration of the sport held every 4 years, bringing together 400 riders representing 43 WSF Member Nations, staged by alternating resort locations around the world. In 2016, Yabuli resort, the largest winter sports resort in China, will host the 2nd edition of the World Championships of Snowboarding.

About Global Rescue

Global Rescue is a worldwide provider of integrated medical, security, intelligence, travel risk management and crisis response services to enterprises, governments and individuals. Founded in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Global Rescue’s unique operational model provides best-in-class services that identify, monitor and respond to potential threats. Global Rescue has provided medical and security support to its clients, including Fortune 500 companies, governments and academic institutions, during every globally significant crisis of the last decade.

For more information, call +1-617-459-4200 or visit www.globalrescue.com.

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