CHARLOTTE, N.C. — October 6, 2026 — Fastbreak AI, the leading AI-powered sports operations company, today announced the acquisitions of Groupbook and Competition Travel, two group travel companies that together expand Fastbreak Travel's reach into new customer categories and event types. Both companies will be brought under the Fastbreak Travel umbrella.
The two acquisitions extend Fastbreak Travel's category coverage across the full spectrum of sports travel. Groupbook adds a club and team travel offering purpose-built for youth sports coaches, team managers and club administrators. Competition Travel adds deep expertise in group travel for cheer and dance competitions, through an integrated approach to competition travel that includes hotel strategy, ground transportation, practice facilities, on-site logistics, and customized travel experiences for event partners, athletes, families, and staff.
Groupbook, based in the U.S. and trusted by more than 2,500 youth clubs and tournament organizers, was built to solve travel and administration for the coaches and team parents who live tournament chaos every weekend. Groupbook's platform connects families to a network of more than 30,000 hotels, automates team communications, and handles the operational load of collecting waivers, tracking payments, and coordinating trip logistics.
Doug Freeman, founder and CEO of Groupbook, joins Fastbreak AI as a General Manager. In his new role, Freeman will lead Fastbreak Travel for Clubs, a new offering that gives club directors, coaches, and team managers the tools to book, manage, and customize travel for every event their teams attend. Fastbreak Travel for Clubs will be available as part of Fastbreak AI for Clubs, the company's platform for club sports organizations.
"For too long, club and team travel has been an afterthought inside sports travel, treated as a smaller version of tournament housing rather than what it actually is, which is a completely different job with different needs," said Doug Freeman, General Manager of Club Travel at Fastbreak AI. "Coaches need custom arrangements. Team members and their parents and relatives need clear communication. Clubs need to see everything in one place. Bringing Groupbook into Fastbreak Travel means every club now has a travel offering built for how they actually operate, backed by the negotiating power of one of the largest group travel businesses in sports and an innovative platform that improves the entire experience. That's a real step forward for the community."
Competition Travel, founded in 2014 by industry veteran Susan Tucker, is a leading event housing and travel management partner specializing in competitive cheer, dance, and international event producers. The company supports more than 500 events annually, from regional competitions to major national championships. Competition Travel’s expertise extends well beyond traditional team housing, delivering a concierge approach to event travel that includes hotel strategy, practice facilities, ground transportation, on-site logistics, and customized travel experiences designed around the unique needs of event organizers, athletes, families, and staff.
Susan Tucker joins Fastbreak Travel as Vice President of Concierge Travel, where she will lead the expansion of Fastbreak Travel's offerings across fast-growing event categories. Her expertise in event travel and tourism will also join the Fastbreak Travel group, extending the platform's reach into travel-intensive sports.
The two acquisitions follow Fastbreak's acquisition of GroupHousing earlier this year and reflect the accelerating growth of Fastbreak Travel across every level of sports travel. Fastbreak Travel now serves national governing bodies, tournament directors, sports commissions, club administrators, coaches, and families across North America, with hundreds of thousands of room nights booked annually and a growing footprint in cheer, dance, and traditional team sports.
"Sports travel has been fragmented for a long time. Different companies for different customer types, different agencies for different sports, and families and organizations left to piece it all together on their own," said John Stewart, Co-Founder and CEO of Fastbreak AI. "That's changing. Fastbreak Travel now serves tournaments and clubs with purpose-built offerings across every event category, meeting customers where they are, from an NGB running national championships to a club coach booking a single weekend. Doug and Susan are exactly the leaders to help us grow this business and make travel more affordable for every family in sports."
“Concierge travel is built on relationships, service, and understanding the unique complexities of event travel,” said Susan Tucker, Vice President of Concierge Travel at Fastbreak Travel. “We know our clients, we know our hotel partners, and we understand what it takes to successfully support thousands of traveling athletes and families. With Fastbreak's scale in sports travel, we will bring the same personalized, hands-on level of concierge service that we provide our cheer and dance clients to more event organizers, athletes, and families while continuing to deliver the experiences our clients have come to expect.”
The Fastbreak Travel platform is available as an integrated function of the Fastbreak AI amateur sports platform, and as a standalone offering for event operators, national governing bodies, and clubs managing team and family accommodations.
About Fastbreak AI
Fastbreak AI is the leader in sports operations and optimization. Fastbreak Travel, its group accommodations business, serves national governing bodies, tournament directors, sports commissions, clubs, and families across North America, with hundreds of thousands of room nights booked annually. It's part of a broader platform trusted by professional leagues worldwide, including the NBA, NHL, MLS, and MLB, to run their most complex operations.
The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at www.fastbreak.ai.
