Fernando Estany is elected new president of the AEAT, the association of non-hotel establishments in the province of Las Palmas

 

The Gran Canarian economist and businessman Fernando Estany Castro is the new president of the Association of Tourist Accommodation Businessmen of Las Palmas (AEAT), after the celebration, today, of the extraordinary assembly of the employers' association of non-hotel establishments. The meeting, held at the Gloria Palace Hotel in San Agustín (San Bartolomé de Tirajana), also marked the farewell of Tom Smulders, who has been president of the AEAT for the last 13 years. The board of directors led by Estany has 14 members, with the jurist and businesswoman Dunia Santana in the position of vice president. The AEAT represents the non-hotel sector on the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

 

 

Fernando Estany has a degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. He has been dedicated to the tourism business since 2000 as a continuator of the activity of a family business, and since 2011 he has been part of the board of directors of both the AEAT and the Federation of Hospitality and Tourism Entrepreneurs (FEHT) of Las Palmas . Currently he is involved in the management of hotels and apartment complexes. The new vice president of the AEAT, Dunia Santana Santana, has a degree in Law from the ULPGC and a Master's Degree in Senior Management from the Bravo Murillo Foundation. She has a long career in her specialty as a jurist, Tourism Law, in addition to being a businesswoman in the non-hotel sector itself.

 

After the assembly, Fernando Estany highlighted, among the objectives of the new board of directors of the AEAT, the purpose of maintaining and even improving the quality of the sector, threatened by, he noted, “phenomena such as residentialization and especially rental illegal within complexes with an exploitation unit.” On the other hand," he added, "we are concerned about the state of the oldest tourist areas of the Islands and we will work so that new corporations at all levels collaborate in their improvement, both at a regulatory and executive level."

 

Regarding the regulatory reforms announced by the Government of the Canary Islands, the new president of the AEAT highlighted that businessmen in the non-hotel sector will work with the Executive to, he stated, “make our contributions to the legislative battery announced for this legislature, both regulating the uses tourism in a way that puts a stop to the aforementioned illegal rental, such as in the renovation and modernization of tourist spaces, with special emphasis on obsolete shopping centers. Regarding municipal management, stated Fernando Estany, “we will be in contact with the city councils to report problems and promote improvements in aspects such as garbage collection, the installation of shaded spaces on the streets and the implementation of new Modernization Plans. and Improvement (PMM) of currently obsolete tourist areas.”

 

The new president of the AEAT also stressed the importance that access to public aid for all types of entities would have for non-hotel activity, “including communities of owners, which until now are usually excluded because they do not have responsible legal personality.” he clarified. “We will work to have an increasingly professional, sustainable destination that is a leader in the renewal of tourist infrastructure,” concluded Fernando Estany.