It was over their mutual love of football that Rayan Ismail, Georges Batrouni and Firas Arab hatched their plan to create Fly-Foot, the first football game travel company in the region. Football (or soccer) is the world’s most popular sport with an estimated fan-following of 3.5 billion people. The 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil reached a total of 3.2 billion viewers, with 1 billion fans tuning in for the final between Argentina and Germany. Football is also tightly interwoven with the lives of people from the Middle East, being the region’s most popular sport. However, the Middle Eastern football fan community remains underserved. While Lebanon is host to numerous football fan clubs such as the Manchester United Supporters’ Club and Chelsea FC Lebanon, not many people get the opportunity to travel abroad to watch their favorite players in action. With the upcoming UEFA European Championship in France, Fly-Foot,
