SAN DIEGO, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading online
floral gifting brand Florists' Transworld Delivery
(NASDAQ: FTD) will host the 2019 FTD World Cup flower design
competition at the Philadelphia Flower Show, bringing top floral
designers from around the globe under one roof.
The FTD World Cup is the one of the world's most prestigious
events in the floral industry, held approximately every four to six
years. This is the first time the three-day floral design
competition will be held in the United
States since 1985. Designers will compete through multiple
preliminary design tasks. Winners from the semi-final round will
complete a final design task at a ticketed gala dinner before the
overall winner is selected.
This career-defining, live competition starts Friday, March 1, 2019 and will showcase 23 of the
world's most talented creative floral designers representing their
respective countries. Former FTD World Cup champion,
Per Benjamin, will be the
commentator during the event, and crown the winner title of FTD
World Cup Champion 2019 on March 3,
2019 during the gala dinner.
"FTD is honored to be hosting such a prestigious international
design competition and welcoming the floral community from around
the world to the United States,"
said Tom Moeller, FTD Executive Vice
President, Florist. "Hosting this event is a significant investment
by FTD, and it is an example of how we are supporting the industry
and our members to build the FTD brand and recreate a network of
strong partnerships with the world's best florists."
For more information and admission tickets, including watching
five of the six live competition tasks, visit
www.FTDWorldCup2019.com.
About FTD Companies, Inc.
FTD Companies, Inc. is
a premier floral and gifting company. Through our diversified
family of brands, we provide floral, specialty foods, gifts, and
related products to consumers primarily in the United
States and the United
Kingdom. We also provide floral products and services to
retail florists and other retail locations throughout these same
geographies. FTD has been delivering flowers since 1910, and the
highly-recognized FTD® and Interflora® brands
are supported by the iconic Mercury Man logo®,
which is displayed in approximately 35,000 floral shops in over 125
countries. In addition to FTD and Interflora, our diversified
portfolio of brands includes the following trademarks:
ProFlowers®, ProPlants®, Shari's
Berries®, Personal Creations®, and
Gifts.com™. FTD Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Downers
Grove, Ill. For more information, please visit
www.ftdcompanies.com.
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