The International Fair of Tourism, mounted in the centre Ifema in Madrid, from the 18th to the 22nd of January, it leaves a unique balance of experiences, results and agreements of the business to the Dominican Republic, as a consolidated tourist destination as the Caribbean’s leading.
by the numbers: 5 recognitions and international awards; 34 tourist companies located in the country, including two local airlines, 17 hotels, 9 agencies and 5 tour-operators, conducted dozens of rounds of businesses, including banks – two of which (Reserves and Popular) conducted special meetings for national investors, and spaniards, and proclaimed the amount of their financing; four awards to the country through their personalities in the industry and 18 media professionals to perform one of the most extensive coverage of this event, which opens the circuit of the great international fairs.
Fitur edition XXXVIII served to proclaim, by the disposal of the International Organization of Tourism (OMT), the International Year of Sustainable Tourism and to highlight the new profile of the tourist of the present, characterized by its use of the technology, prior to the purchase of the travel ticket, new conditions that compel the countries of inbound tourism to develop their better conditions of service.
The main general lesson that leaves Fitur is the validation that has been made of the sustainable tourism and manager, in function of defending and promoting its greatest asset: the environment, which – to be affected – would leave the countries of the tourism experience, without anything to offer.
Location
Dominican Republic managed to make their pavilion in the front of the entrance of hall 3 (which housed the countries of America), next to the Mexico pavilion and next to the guest of honor (Argentina), close to the united States, Cuba, Colombia, and Peru. It is one of the best locations, obtained in the step of the DR for this, the most important tourism fair in Spanish.
Present business
34 private companies in the dominican republic 4 banks, 2 airports, the two national airline and an energy company, and the Tourism Cluster of Puerto Plata. Particularly Fitur was particularly important for the projection of the line Pawa (who managed a module in front of the pavilion dominican general) and Dominicans Wings, another of the projects of air transportation from the capital criollo.
The modules of sales were occupied by:(In Punta Cana): Vista Sol VH Hotel&Resort and Karisma Resort&Club, the Hard Rock Hotel. There were also the hotels Amsa Marina, Casa de Campo, Crowne/ Plaza-Hollydays Inn, CHC Hotels&Resorts, Ifa Villas Bavaro, Lifestyle Holydays, Vacations, Resort, VIK Hotel Group Hodelpa, Puerto Plata Village, Viva Windham and the Blue Beach.
there were Also Dominican Airports (Aerodom) and the active airport of La Romana; travel agencies and tour-operators, BD-Travel, KM Destinations, Domitur, Nexus Tour, Prohotel, Otium International, and the Energy Consortium Punta Cana-Macao.
The cultural
The delegation cultural dominican is supported in three of its forms: the craftsmanship excellent nationwide (with exquisite jewels in amber, larimar and accessories in horn, leather and other materials ) which were offered by two artisans; the tobacco produced in front the public, by an expert craftsman, and the group Dances Foklórico of the Ministry of Tourism, who gave presentations on day-to-day charge of the body of eight dancers (four men and four women, and its director), bringing the music and dance indigenous to the environments of the Fair.
the official Delegation
The presence of the dominican
The delegation of the Dominican Republic at FITUR, headed by the minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier García, and includes a representation of the business tourism of the dominican republic, where are the president and the executive vice president of ASONAHORES, Joel Santos and Andrés Marranzini Grullón and personalities as Frank Rainieri of the Puntacana Group; Rafael Blanco Canto, the Chain Viva Wyndhan; Edmundo Aja, chain HODELPA; Luis Lopez, the chain Amhsa Marina; Ernesto Veloz of the Association of Hotels of the East; Simon Suarez, a past president of Asonahores; and Roberto Casoni, president of the Tourism Cluster of Destiny Puerto Plata; Monica Infante of AERODOM and Lorenzo Sancassani, the provincial director of Tourism of Puerto Plata, and the mayor of Port-Door, Walter Musa, the latter with a style that is very low profile.
Delegation of journalism
This edition of Fitur 2017, received a wide coverage in the national press, thanks to the presence of 18 communicators (among journalists, cameramen and photographers), invited by the Ministry of Tourism which included a delegation of five members and leaders of the Association of the Dominican Press Tourism (ADOMPRETUR) Rafael Rodriguez, Odiles Cesarina Ravelo, Margaret Ramirez, Ysmeli Nairobi Viloria, Guillermo Tejeda, Nestor Estevez, Moises Gonzalez, Nelson Peralta, Maria Mercedes (Daily Metro), Miguel Susana, Demetrius Sarita, Sandra Guzman, Antonio Almonte de Leon (News 37, Puerto Plata), Hugo Cesar Gomez G. By Adompretur were invited: Wendy Almonte (Grand Prize Epifanio Lantigua 2016), Luis Jose Chavez, (president), José Rafael Sosa, Cristian Mota (Adompretur Young).
it should Be noted the care attention that they received from the staff of the Department of Communication of the Mintur, which led Napoleon Of the Cross, and his colleagues Xiomara Payano Liberato and Theodore Infant, as well as the staff of Tourism office of Paris (which he paid attention to the group that was 19 hours in the French capital) and the new director of the office of Tourism in Spain Leila Boasier-Budecke.
Taking into account that he had to leave very early every day from the hotel to Ifema, to comply with a program that included successive activities (news coverage, press conferences and signing agreements), lunches or dinners, the behavior of the group was characterized, in general by its timeliness and program compliance.
The minister of tourism offered a lunch to the motorcade as a journalist in the Casino Madrid, a place exquisite in its architecture and its food service is supported by a Michelin star.
Six recognitions
The country and its personalities received six awards:
- Medal of Tourism Merit for his contribution to the industry, the highest award granted by the Ibero-american Conference of Ministers and Businessmen of Tourism (CIMET)
- chain Blue Bay Hotels declared the minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, as a personality tourist, 2016.
- The group Preferred (Spanish and specialized in communications, tourism) to Arturo Villanueva, as a personality fundamental of tourism dominican from Asonahores.
- The Awards XIII of the World Tourism Organization recognized with the medal of Excellence and Innovation at the Fundación Tropicalia, an institution working for the social and economic development of Miches since 2008.
- The Prize monuments by 2016, the president of the Puntacana Group, Frank Rainieri and his wife Haydee Kuret de Rainieri, Senior vice president of the Puntacana Group.
- The Prize your Excellencies "Ramon Alvarez in memoriam" Simon Suarez, vice president of Institutional Relations and Special Projects at Grupo Punta Cana.
The Banks
The banks of the Progress, BHD, Popular and Bookings, participated in the modules of the pavilion and the initial report is that they did their work with a lot of impact.
The Popular offered its gala dinner at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in which its executive vice president of Business and Business Investment, René Grullón, said that in 2016 the Popular participation in the financing of new projects worth of US$ 225 million, ending the year with a turnover of more than US$ 900 million. The Popular has contributed, to build 26,500 rooms and to generate 33,000 jobs, direct.
The manager of the Reserve Bank said that tourism is of high national priority and therefore has allocated more than $ 270 million for the construction of new and the remodeling of hotels
Simon Lizardo Mézquita, in a meeting held in the Presidential Ballroom of the hotel Villa Magna, in front of dozens of executives of hotel chains, investors and tour operators, that have financed projects to Sunscape Puerto Plata; the Dreams Dominicus, Bayahíbe; the Karisma Hotels and Resorts; and the Secret Resorts & Spas, both in Punta Cana, Lizardo Mézquita reveals that the funding of the Reserves has facilitated the incorporation of ,916 new rooms and the creation of 2,500 jobs in different job categories.
By: José Rafael Sosa
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