I'd say, one of us cannot read English.
You cannot read English. Nowhere does he say he did not agree to publication.
More to the point, do you seriously claim he is so stupid he did not notice they were broadcasting the results? If he did not agree to publication, why didn't he say, "please stop putting the data on the Internet"?
He wrote: "At this time the tickets were already billed."
Unless you buy the cheapest tickets available, you can always reschedule a trip at no cost. For a trip of this nature, I suppose the MFMP people paid a little extra to allow a reschedule.
(You may not be eligible for a refund, but you can reschedule.)