This Thursday the Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum begins, which celebrates its ninth edition on December 9 and 10, 2021, and already exceeds the forecasts of 2020, when it was the first tourism event open to the sector after the closure of markets due to the Covid19 pandemic.
For the UNWTO, partner of the Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum, "the true restart of tourism, with the benefits that it entails, continues to be delayed, while the existence of disparate rules and regulations and unequal vaccination rates continues to affect the confidence of trips".
The president of the Organizing Committee of the Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum, doctor from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Juan Manuel Benítez del Rosario, said this Wednesday that the opening of the sector and other priorities of the industry will occupy a key space in this meeting with virtual sessions and in-person events, at Expomeloneras.
Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum will bring together more than 300 business leaders, governments and experts to discuss new partnerships, showcase innovative solutions and mobilize actions in support of more sustainable and inclusive service sector destinations and economies.
The Maspalomas Costa Canaria International Tourism Forum will feature José Luis Bonet Ferrer, president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce; Javier Gándara, president of the Association of Airlines (ALA); Mario Otero, director of AENA in the Canary Islands; Rodolfo Nuñez, president of Binter; Armando Bojórquez Patrón, CEO of Viajes Bojórquez and Advisor to the Tourism Secretariat of the GDF of Mexico; José Juan Lorenzo Rodríguez, managing director of Promotur Turismo Canary Islands; Lenka Vikova, founder and general director of Canarias Travel and the airline company Smartwings, from the Czech Republic; Anabel Rivero, director of Tourism of the Chamber of Commerce of Gran Canaria; Antonio López de Ávila, president of Tourism Data Driven Solutions (TDDS); Ricardo Fernández Flores, general director of the Destinia Group; Javier Melero, CEO of Aumentur and research professor at the University of Granada; Francisco Diéguez, Mirai product developer; Jacques Bulchand Gidumal, director of User-Oriented Digitalization at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and José Ramón Díez Guijarro, director of International Economies and Markets at CaixaBank.