http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/noticias.php?tipo=eventos Professionals - visitcostadelsol.com - Events in professionals.visitcostadelsol.com es-es Wed Sep 8 1:37:42 CEST 2010 Wed Sep 8 1:37:42 CEST 2010 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/noticias.php?tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=982&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board considers this year’s international press trip on the occasion of Málaga Fair to have been really successful. Thanks to this promotional action, reporters from all over Spain and from other countries stayed for a few days in the province, invited by the Tourist Board. The results were positive in terms of the participants, the interest they showed in our travel destination, and the advertising impact the trip will have in the leading media where the reporters work. 2010-08-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=982&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=981&tipo=eventos Once again this year, the Tourist Board has organised a press trip for Málaga Fair, inviting journalists from Spain and abroad to stay in the city for four days. The journalists, who are staying in Málaga from Friday, August 13 to Tuesday, 17, will cover the event in the prestigious Spanish and international media they represent. 2010-08-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=981&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=980&tipo=eventos Representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board have been present in a new edition of the Scandinavian Masters. The tournament was held for the first time in Bro Hof Slott Golf Club in Stockholm, a golf course first chosen by the Swedish Golf Federation as seat of the Ryder Cup 2018 and then withdrawn from the bid. Since the club’s authorities and the European Tour have signed a seven-year agreement, the Scandinavian Masters will take place in this golf course for this period of time. 2010-07-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=980&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=979&tipo=eventos Today, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board was present in the press conference held by the Business Association of Andalusian Travel Agencies (AEDAV) and the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS) to present the prospects for the summer season. According to the data released at the conference, the prospects are good, although not good enough to hint at economic recovery. In winter, the number of overnight stays dropped, but the trend can be reversed in July and August whose growth prospects hover around 5%, or 7% in Málaga City. 2010-07-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=979&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=977&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of ten students and authorities form Hotelová Akadémia Liptovsky Mikulas, a tourism school in Slovakia. The request had been made by the incoming travel agency Ekip Europa. 2010-07-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=977&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=978&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has considered its participation in the reverse forum on tourism in Italy as successful. Organised by Turismo Andaluz, the forum was held in Seville. Italy is the fourth largest outbound market for Spain, with a share of 6.6% and stands ninth for the Costa del Sol. Last year, the Italian market shrank as a result of the crisis, but the results for the first half of 2010 are better than the Jan-Jun 2009 figures. The goal for both Turismo Andaluz and the Costa del Tourist Board in attending the forum was publicising the travel products available and the latest developments in our travel destination and encourage contacts between Costa del Sol entrepreneurs and Italian brokers in a special workshop. 2010-07-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=978&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=976&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the IAGTO Mid-Year Convention, held in Prague. (IAGTO is the International Association of Golf Tour Operators.) During the four-day event, our staff made contacts with the leading global brokers and collected first-hand data on the difficult situation the golf market is going through. They also discussed alternatives to go back to normal. 2010-07-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=976&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=975&tipo=eventos Today, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and Royal Air Maroc’s Manager for Spain, Adil Mohamed Korchi, introduced the airline’s new daily flight from Casablanca to Málaga. The new flight is in line with the stronger business relations with Morocco and the promotional action there taken by the Tourist Board in the past few years. 2010-07-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=975&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=974&tipo=eventos Today, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board signed a support agreement for Málaga as a candidate to be the European Capital of Culture 2016. The event was attended by the President of the Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the President of the Málaga Cultural City Foundation, Juan López Cohard, who thus showed both institutions intention to cooperate. 2010-07-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=974&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=973&tipo=eventos Today, Málaga City became an official candidate to be the European Capital of Culture in 2016, after the President of the Málaga Cultural City Foundation, Juan López Cohard, submitted all the required documents at the registry of Government Office. Afterwards, several members of the Foundation –including the President of the Provincial Government of Málaga, Salvador Pendón; the Mayor of Málaga City, Francisco de la Torre; and the representative of the Andalusian Government in Málaga Province, María Gámez– presented a project under the slogan “Infinite City,” comprising seven main courses of action and encompassing all the arts. 2010-07-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=973&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=971&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has recently welcomed a group of Russian travel agents in our headquarters, after receiving a request from Turismo Andaluz some time ago. They were part of a fam trip organised for 40 Russian travel professionals as a result of contacts made at MITT in Moscow in 2009. They represented the Russian tour operator Vremia. 2010-07-06 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=971&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=972&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has taken part in an interesting campaign carried out with the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Berlin, “Travel One,” a magazine specialising in the German travel market. The campaign, known as “Travel Scout,” included a fam trip for travel agents, who then wrote about their experiences and published their writing online. It also had offline activities. 2010-07-06 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=972&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=969&tipo=eventos The Country Club of the Spanish Royal Equestrian Society has played host to the 4th round of the 4th Madrid-Costa del Sol Masters Golf Tour, organised by the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The tournament drew over 180 golfers. 2010-07-05 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=969&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=970&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended the leading cruise event in the UK, namely, the UK Cruise Convention, held in Southampton from June 24 to 26. 2010-07-05 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=970&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=968&tipo=eventos In the summer, the Tourism Department of the Antequera Town Hall is carrying out its traditional programme “Antequera, Luz de Luna,” which consists in the opening of the town’s main sights at night. The event to introduce the programme’s new edition was attended by the President of the Provincial Government of Málaga and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the Mayor of Antequera, Ricardo Millán. 2010-07-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=968&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=966&tipo=eventos Members of the International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board have made a presentation for a group of Romanian professors, after a request from the incoming travel agency Ekip Europa. The group comprised 15 faculty members of Liceul Grigore Moisil, a tourism school in Romania. This form of cooperation, which was consolidated itself over the years, is framed within the Leonardo da Vinci mobility programme, “Modern Strategies for the Development of the Entrepreneurial Mind,” a European-level project. 2010-07-01 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=966&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=965&tipo=eventos Representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board have attended the second of the Marketing Workshops on Emerging Markets organised by organised by Turespaña through the General Sub-Directorate for Foreign Tourism Promotion and Marketing. On this occasion, the workshop was in the Japanese market, with the aim of facilitating the marketing of Spanish travel products in Japan. 2010-06-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=965&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=967&tipo=eventos Tomorrow, the Ministry of the Interior is launching Operation Summer 2010, a plan aimed at reinforcing security in the main tourist areas in Spain. The plan was introduced at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board this morning. The operation, which takes place every summer, will involve the participation of 222 agents of the Spanish Security Forces in Málaga, who will join the province’s permanent security staff. 2010-06-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=967&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=964&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has welcomed the representatives of eight Netherlands-based travel agencies and incentive companies to show them the hotels, conference venues, entertainment and cultural activities, and restaurants the Costa del Sol offers for meetings, product presentations, conventions, and incentive trips, emphasising the latest developments and the projects currently under way. 2010-06-29 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=964&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=963&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed the representatives of the French tour operator Top of Travel. The request for our involvement in this fam trip had come from the Spanish Tourist Office in Paris. Top of Travel has launched a weekly flight from Paris to Málaga with Europe Airpost. In addition, they offer regular flights from Iberia, Air France, or Air Europa to our destination. 2010-06-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=963&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=962&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Turismo Andaluz, alongside other provincial tourist boards in Andalusia, have signed an agreement for the development of tourism promotion and marketing projects in Málaga Province for a 1,464,517-euro budget. The signing ceremony was attended by the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón; the Andalusian Minister of Tourism, Trade and Sports, Luciano Alonso; and the representatives of the other tourist boards in Andalusia. 2010-06-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=962&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=961&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has organised the 4th edition of the Sol Swedish Cup and the Sol Danish Cup, which were held in Stockholm and Copenhagen, respectively. The tournaments included professional meetings between tour operators specialising in golf in both countries and managers of Costa del Sol-based golf courses. 2010-06-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=961&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=960&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of representatives of Italian companies, after being requested by Turismo Andaluz to get involved in the organisation of their fam trip. The group comprised 15 people in charge of CRALs (company recreational tours) and two escorts from the tour operator Spagnamania and the Spanish Tourist Office in Rome. They came to Andalusia on an inspection visit. 2010-06-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=960&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=959&tipo=eventos The airline Ryanair has opened an operations centre at Málaga Airport, serving 44 direct flights to Málaga. This step in the company’s expansion was celebrated with a welcoming ceremony for a plane hailing from Liverpool, which was saluted by two fire brigades. Also, a “panda de verdiales” was waiting to greet the passengers. 2010-06-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=959&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=958&tipo=eventos The meeting organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, gathering experts to discuss the future prospects of the German market for Málaga and the Costa del Sol, has been very successful. The event, which was brought to a close by the President of the tourism promotion agency, Salvador Pendón, was attended by over 90 Costa del Sol-based entrepreneurs. It was organised with the cooperation of Turismo Andaluz, Turespaña, the magazine “Travel One”, and Air Berlin. 2010-06-18 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=958&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=957&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has carried out two promotional campaigns in USA, namely, in Minnesota and Florida. According to our President, Salvador Pendón, America is an important market, which we have been targeting for the past few years, and many of our affiliates are interested in doing business here, given its economic potential and the high return on investment. In fact, a growing number of entrepreneurs want to activate this market, which they still consider as an emerging market. 2010-06-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=957&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=956&tipo=eventos The team representing Los Naranjos Golf has won the 12th edition of the Costa del Golf Pro Am Tournament, a competition organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board on an annual basis. Held at Almenara Golf, the tournament drew 28 teams representing Costa del Golf-based golf courses. The hosting course took part in the organisation of the event, which has been a huge success. 2010-06-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=956&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=954&tipo=eventos After attending the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre last month, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board considers this action to have been positive. Our goal for this trade show was gathering information on destination preferences among Persian Gulf travellers and showcase the wide range of travel products available on the Costa del Sol, emphasising segments like luxury and family holidays (the most sought after in this market). 2010-06-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=954&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=955&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has recently welcomed a group of executives representing the airline Emirates. They came to Spain on a fam trip organised and coordinated by Turismo de Madrid, on the occasion of the launch of the direct Dubai-Madrid flight on August 1. 2010-06-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=955&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=952&tipo=eventos A few days ago, the project “Costa del Sol: Responsible Destination, Sustainable Destination” was introduced at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. It is the first Sustainability and Social Responsibility Conference, to be financed by the Tourist Board and the Provincial Government of Málaga. The event was attended by our Managing Director, Ana Gómez. 2010-06-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=952&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=950&tipo=eventos Yesterday and today, about 100 businessmen and agents in the travel industry attended the 1st Online Marketing Conference in Axarquía-Costa del Sol, sponsored by the Business Association of Torre del Mar (ACET) and the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS), and supported by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The conference included the discussion of a study analysing Internet brand positioning for Axarquía. 2010-06-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=950&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=949&tipo=eventos A delegation representing the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS) and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has travelled to Antalya, Turkey, on an inspection trip. The initiative was sponsored by the Málaga Chamber of Commerce with the aim of gaining knowledge of the hotel infrastructure in this tourist area and its potential. The Costa del Sol delegation was led by the Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, and the President of AEHCOS, José Carlos Escribano. It also comprised a group of businessmen and entrepreneurs. 2010-06-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=949&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=951&tipo=eventos On July 28 at 10:00 p.m., Málaga’s bullring, La Malagueta, is playing host to a concert that is part of Julio Iglesias’s “Starry Night” World Tour. The concert was introduced at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board in a conference held by the President of the Organisation, Salvador Pendón; the manager of Julio Iglesias in Spain, Miguel Ángel Pastor; and the President of "La Malagueta” Association (the organising company), Julio Gutiérrez. 2010-06-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=951&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=947&tipo=eventos In line with the goal of catering to the demand of golf travellers coming to the Costa del Sol, the Gold Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board attended the 3rd edition of the Women’s European Nations Cup. Our aim was to find a place in the world of women’s golf, which is clearly expanding: in Europe, women account for one every three golf licenses. 2010-05-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=947&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=948&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been involved in the planning of a fam trip for Italian travel agents. Our involvement was the result of a request from Turismo Andaluz. The Italian agents represented Carreblu, a tour operator in Northern Italy specialising in golf packages for travellers with high purchasing power, mainly from Bologna and Milan. 2010-05-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=948&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=946&tipo=eventos Yesterday, the Association of Car Rentals of Andalusia (AESVA) held an information workshop on “The New Traffic Law and the Impact of the Omnibus Law on the Car Renal Industry.” The workshop was aimed at protecting the common interest of the more than 200 companies associated to achieve the highest possible quality and competitiveness. 2010-05-27 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=946&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=945&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board attended the professional workshops organised by Turismo Andaluz in Milan, Paris, and Brussels. Our goal –in line with that of Turismo Andaluz– was contacting the leading representatives of the travel industry in each of the cities, introducing the latest developments in our travel destinations and making contacts with brokers and intermediaries in each country. 2010-05-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=945&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=944&tipo=eventos Today, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the Deputy Manager of Air Berlin for Spain and Portugal, Pablo Caspers, signed a strategic alliance whose foundations were laid in the context of ITB in March. This important alliance is aimed at increasing the number of German arrivals in the summer 2010 season. 2010-05-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=944&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=943&tipo=eventos More than 350 Andalusian travel agents have been present in the workshops organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and held in Granada, Jaén, Córdoba, and Seville from May 17 to 20. The workshops add up to the joint action carried out with sector entrepreneurs to boost demand, bringing suppliers into contact with buyers and thus strengthening the image of our travel destination in our autonomous community. 2010-05-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=943&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=942&tipo=eventos During the campaign carried out in Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm to excellent results, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board learnt that over 100 direct flights from Scandinavian cities to Málaga Airport will soon be available. The rise in the number of flights is expected to increase the number of travellers from these markets –an increase that can be observed already. 2010-05-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=942&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=941&tipo=eventos In January-March 2010, the number of Danish travellers coming to the Costa del Sol grew by 43.9% over Jan-Mar 2009. This fact, revealed in the second meeting with travel professionals and journalists of our campaign in Scandinavia, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2010-05-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=941&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=940&tipo=eventos Today, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board sealed an important strategic alliance with Norwegian in the context of a series of business meetings with tour operators, airlines, and media that are being held in Scandinavian cities –namely, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. 2010-05-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=940&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=938&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has welcomed the representatives of a group of German companies, filling them in on the hotels, conference venues, cultural sights, and leisure activities available in Málaga Province for corporate meetings, product presentations, conventions, and incentive trips. Our staff emphasised the latest developments, such as the airport’s new terminal 3, new corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, and so on 2010-05-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=938&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=939&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended the launch of Jason Floyd International Junior Golf Academy, Sotogrande –a project developed by Making Golf Group, Jason Floyd, and Sotogrande. It is the first integrated golf academy in Europe offering a full annual programme of school, golf, and accommodation for teenagers (12-18). The first group of students will start school in September 2010. 2010-05-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=939&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=937&tipo=eventos About 100 travel professionals have attended the conference on tourism and technology organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. Our Managing Director, Ana Gómez, thanked all attendees for being there and also all lecturers for having come to Málaga to take part in the event. The lecturers included the Deputy Manager of Air Berlin for Spain and Portugal, Pablo Caspers; the Sales Manager of TripAdvisor, Samuel Izquierdo; the Technology Manager of Vilau Media, Ricardo González; the Managing Director of New Mind, Richard Veal; the Visitor Services Development Manager of the Regional Development Agency covering North East England, Andrew Marchbank; and the Weblog visitor strategy manager Antonio Ortiz. 2010-05-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=937&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=936&tipo=eventos The campaign carried out by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board in Morocco can be described as very successful. The events in Casablanca, Rabat, and Tangier drew over 350 travel entrepreneurs and 60 journalists. The Costa del Sol delegation included 25 hoteliers. They showed their products to the Moroccan travel professionals, who were really interested in our travel destinations and closed group tour deals for next summer. 2010-04-29 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=936&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=935&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has organised the 4th Costa del Sol Masters Golf Tour. This year, the successful tournament comprises one more golf course, which will add up to the six in past editions. This addition is meant to strengthen our presence in Madrid. Thus, the tour will unfold in the following golf clubs: Golf La Moraleja, Club de Golf Lomas-Bosque, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo, Club Jarama R.A.C.E., Golf Olivar de la Hinojosa, and Retamares Casino Club de Golf (new this year, as a result of the success of the first three editions). 2010-04-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=935&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=933&tipo=eventos In 2010, the number of Moroccan travellers coming to the Costa del Sol is expected to rise by 5% over 2009, according the estimates made by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. For the fourth straight year, the tourism agency is carrying out a promotional campaign in the African country. 2010-04-27 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=933&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=934&tipo=eventos Today, representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board visited the Eastern Maritime Station in the Port of Málaga, where they had the chance to watch the cruise passenger management operations, for five cruise ships had called at the port. 2010-04-27 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=934&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=932&tipo=eventos Today in a press conference, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, introduced a joint action programme to be carried out with entrepreneurs in the travel industry in the next few months. The action is aimed at boosting demand. 2010-04-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=932&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=930&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, held a press conference to launch the Action Plan 2010, based on the new demand patterns and a series of surveys revealing the best strategies to target tourists and face the challenges of the travel industry this year. After the press conference, the Board of Directors approved the Action Plan. 2010-04-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=930&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=931&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol has been present in the presentation of Salme’s Cup 2010. The event was hosted by Guillermo and Sinacio Salmerón, and journalist Vicente Ortega of Radio Marca, drawing a high number of attendees. Salme’s Cup is one of the most original amateur golf tournaments in Spain. Last year it was held on the Costa del Sol. 2010-04-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=931&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=929&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, has attended the closing ceremony of “Tourism: And Industry to be Improved,” a workshop organised by the the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS) and the magazine “Preferente.” It has been a top-level forum drawing the leading professionals and businessmen in the domestic travel industry. 2010-04-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=929&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=928&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Provincial Government of Málaga, Salvador Pendón, has attended the opening ceremony of the 20th Professional Exhibition of the Costa del Sol Hospitality Industry – EXPOAEHCOS 2010, alongside the Mayor of Torremolinos, Pedro Fernández Montes, the President of AEHCOS, José Carlos Escribano, and the Secretary of Tourism of the Andalusian Government, Antonio Souvirón. The event was organised by the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS), and it is being held at the Torremolinos Exhibition and Conference Centre until April 16. 2010-04-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=928&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=927&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has been present in the 4th Gulf Incentive, Business Travel & Meetings Exhibition (GIBTM), held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. GIBTM is the most important trade show in the Middle East. 2010-04-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=927&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=926&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board held a promotional event in Lisbon aimed at publicising the Costa del Sol as a tourist attraction in the Portuguese market and thus increasing the number of travellers from Portugal coming to Málaga. The event took place at the Vincci Baixa hotel. Here, representatives of the Tourist Board, led by our President, Salvador Pendón, filled tour operators and journalists in on the travel products available on the Costa del Sol, where the crisis’s impact on the behaviour of tourists from the neighbouring crisis was negligible (-0.48% in 2009 vis-à-vis 2008). The event, organised with the Spanish Tourist Office in Lisbon, drew over twenty travel professionals. 2010-04-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=926&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=923&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present for the first time in Salon du Golf à Paris, where it was part of the Turismo Andaluz Stand. The Parisian golf show took place from March 20 to 22. 2010-04-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=923&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=924&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of students from the Department of Business and Economics at INHOLLAND University of Applied Sciences in Diemen, Netherlands. 2010-04-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=924&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=925&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has taken part in the 5th Scottish Golf Show –the largest golf trade show held in Scotland. The Andalusian delegation at the event comprised representatives of the Tourist Boards of the Costa del Sol and Huelva, the Andalusian Royal Golf Federation, and several Tourist Board affiliates, such as Marco Polacci Promotions, Hotel Meliá Don Pepe, Hotel Meliá La Quinta, La Cala Resort, Hotel Beatriz Palace & Spa, or Sunset Beach Club. 2010-04-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=925&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=921&tipo=eventos A team from Brazilian national TV service provider Sky-DirecTV have been to Málaga Province on the occasion of the Easter international press trip organised by the Communications and Protocol Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. They gathered material for several cultural shows to be broadcast soon. 2010-04-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=921&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=922&tipo=eventos Following our Action Plan 2010, the Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has carried out a door-to-door campaign with Barcelona-based event planning agencies, technology companies, and food makers. 2010-04-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=922&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=920&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board considers this year’s Easter press trip to have been very good, estimating its advertising impact at €1.5 million. In face, it has been a record-breaking press trip, for as many as 55 journalists from national and international media in fourteen countries were invited to come to Málaga and experience the Holy Week. They liked the programme of activities we designed for them and enjoyed themselves during this special week. 2010-04-06 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=920&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=919&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, has released the Tourist Board’s Easter 2010 hotel occupancy report, showing a 10% rise in rates over 2009. In Easter 2010, hotel occupancy rates on the Costa del Sol were higher than 76%. 2010-04-05 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=919&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=917&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has made a series of educational presentations of our travel destination for the leading incentive travel companies in Singapore, as well as for two multinationals (finance and insurance sectors) and two airlines in the country. According to Tourist Board President Salvador Pendón, this is an interesting market, containing travellers with a high purchasing power. 2010-04-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=917&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=918&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of nine travel agents working for Magik Tours and a representative of this Canadian tour operator, who came on a fam trip to Andalusia. 2010-04-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=918&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=953&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board keeps betting on the cruise industry, as shown by the results of our presence in the most important event serving the cruise industry at the global level: Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami. A member of our International Marketing Department travelled to the US to promote the travel products available on the Costa del Sol and position the Costa del Sol as one of the leading cruise travel destinations in the Mediterranean. 2010-04-01 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=953&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=916&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board is about to engage in a record-breaking event, for we have invited 55 journalists from 14 different countries to visit Málaga during the Easter holiday. The largest press group invited before had amounted to 47 –on the occasion of the opening of the Picasso Museum–, according to President Salvador Pendón, who released all these data at a press conference. 2010-03-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=916&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=915&tipo=eventos The National Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has recently welcomed a group of students who are doing a training course in tourism at IES María Zambrano. The Tourist Board is committed to quality tourism, which we believe can only be attained by having qualified travel professionals. Therefore, we enthusiastically support and take part in training activities like this one. 2010-03-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=915&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=914&tipo=eventos The Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, has attended the General Meeting of the Provincial Association of Leisure Centres and Companies on the Costa del Sol, APECO, held at Skal Club, as a token of the Tourist Board’s intention to be in good relations with the associations in the travel industry. Ms Gómez stressed the important role of such associations as “key instruments to defend the interests of Tourist Board affiliates.” 2010-03-24 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=914&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=913&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board keeps betting on cruise travel. Proof of this is our presence in the 3rd Excellence Cruise Awards ceremony and the 1st Excellence Cruise Forum, to excellent results. The Tourist Board sponsored the luncheon for national and international lecturers at this forum at the Molina Lario Hotel in Málaga City. 2010-03-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=913&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=911&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of seven professors from a travel and tourism school in the Czech Republic. The request for their trip had been made by the incoming travel agency Ekip Europa. 2010-03-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=911&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=912&tipo=eventos A second group of TUI travel agents were invited by the International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board to visit Málaga. In January, we had received a request from the TUI office in Torremolinos to get involved in the planning of this fam trip. 2010-03-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=912&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=909&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board was present in the 8th Donostia-San Sebastián International Leisure and Travel Trade Show (Sevatur), held at Moneo’s great building, the Kursaal Palace, from March 12 to 14. 2010-03-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=909&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=910&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has helped organise a fam trip for travel agents representing RTK, the largest ravel consortium in German, after our International Marketing Department got a request from Turismo Andaluz to do so. This fam trip was framed within an agreement signed by the Marketing Subdivision of the Andalusian agency, which envisaged two fam trips to Andalusia. 2010-03-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=910&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=908&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, has had a meeting with representatives of the travel industry to discuss the Costa del Sol’s candidacy for the Solheim Cup 2015. A biennial tournament for professional women golfers, the Solheim Cup is one of the leading golf events in the world, the equivalent men’s event being the Ryder Cup. 2010-03-18 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=908&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=906&tipo=eventos A group of TUI travel agents were invited by the International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board to visit Málaga. We had received a request from the TUI office in Torremolinos to get involved in the planning of this fam trip. 2010-03-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=906&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=907&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has welcomed a group of travel professionals representing nine incentive travel agencies from Poland. The staff at our MICE travel division showed the visiting Polish group hotels, conference venues, cultural activities, restaurants, and leisure facilities available in Málaga for their meetings, product presentations, conferences, and incentive trips, emphasising the latest developments. 2010-03-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=907&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=904&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Provincial Government of Málaga, Salvador Pendón, opened the 3rd Intelitur Tourism and Innovation Forum, organised by the High Council of Spanish Chambers of Commerce with the help of the Andalusian Council of Chambers of Commerce and the Málaga Chamber of Commerce. The event aroused great interest, drawing 500 people in the travel industry. It was held at the Provincial Government headquarters. 2010-03-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=904&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=905&tipo=eventos The Tourist Board has been present in a workshop conducted by the tour operator Donatello and the Spanish Tourist Office in Paris. The invitation to attend the event had been made a few months ago at the International French Travel Market - TOP RESA. 2010-03-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=905&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=903&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau was present in the 18th edition of the AsiaPacific Incentives and Meetings Expo (AIME), held in Melbourne, Australia. This trade fair gathers strategic markets with a huge potential for Andalusia and the Costa del Sol, in a region we have been coming closer to over the past five years. In fact, Southeast Asian markets are the focus of interest of several Tourist Board and Convention Bureau affiliates, who are doing business in the area. It is an area opening up interesting possibilities for the near future with regard to the much-needed market diversification. 2010-03-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=903&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=902&tipo=eventos On the last day at ITB Berlin, the representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board held meetings with the heads of most important Spanish Tourist Offices in Germany, namely, Horacio Díaz del Barco (Frankfurt), Alicia Lillo (Düsseldorf), and Eduardo Butler (Munich). They were all optimistic about next year’s prospects. 2010-03-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=902&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=901&tipo=eventos In the context of ITB Berlin, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board signed an agreement with the magazine “Travel One.” The agreement, led by Turespaña and supported by Turismo Andaluz, consists in a test bench to select some twenty representatives of travel agencies. This training activity is carried out by “Travel One” with the aim of showing German travel agents original attractions in top-rate international travel destinations. 2010-03-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=901&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=899&tipo=eventos In the context of ITB Berlin, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the German airline Air Berlin began talks for an important agreement aimed at increasing the number of German arrivals at Málaga Airport in 2010. The negotiations were led by Tourist Board President Salvador Pendón and Air Berlin Deputy CEO and Sales Manager Pablo Casper. 2010-03-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=899&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=900&tipo=eventos Representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, led by our President, Salvador Pendón, are attending ITB Berlin (March 10-14) and holding meetings with about twenty tour operators, travel agents, and airlines. 2010-03-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=900&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=898&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of about thirty tourism students from Germany, who are staying for a few months in Málaga City, in the context of the Erasmus programme. In the reception organised for them, we made a presentation of the Costa del Sol and our promotion activities in different departments. 2010-03-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=898&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=896&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Málaga Chamber of Commerce, Jerónimo Pérez Casero; the President of the Provincial Government of Málaga and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón; and the President of the Málaga Business Confederation (CEM), Vicente García Martín, signed a joint action agreement under the title “2010, Year of Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean,” aimed at improving the positioning of the brand name “Costa del Sol” and all the travel products available in the region. 2010-03-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=896&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=897&tipo=eventos The Association of Stay Tour Operators (Adeture) and the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS), with the help of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, are organising the first Adeture-AEHCOS workshop. Under the title “Main Challenges for Tour Operators in the Current Situation of the Tourism Industry,” the workshop is intended to be a meeting point to share ideas and opinions, and make contributions on the current situation of the industry and its future prospects. 2010-03-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=897&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=895&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board is travelling to Berlin to take part in ITB, one of the three most important trade fairs in the tourism industry (the other two are London’s WTM and Madrid’s FITUR). On the occasion of this event (March 10 to 14), this morning our President, Salvador Pendón, disclosed the most important facts about the German market. 2010-03-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=895&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=894&tipo=eventos Today, over 400 travel professionals are getting together for the European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) 2010 –the only MPI conference to be held in Spain. In a press conference at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre, Málaga Mayor Francisco de la Torre, MPI CEO Bruce MacMillan, MPI Spain President Oscar Cerezales, Costa del Sol Tourist Board Managing Director Ana Gómez, and representatives of Turespaña and the Government of Andalusia revealed the details of the conference being held today and tomorrow in this venue. 2010-03-01 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=894&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=893&tipo=eventos Staff members of the International Marketing Department at the Costa del Sol Tourist Board have made a presentation for the representatives of a UK-based school of tourism. Some months ago, we got a request from Turismo Andaluz and the Spanish Tourist Office in London to make a contribution in this fam trip for 38 students and 3 teachers of Worcester College of Technology. 2010-02-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=893&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=892&tipo=eventos Today, there was a press conference at the vice-chancellor’s office of the University of Málaga (UMA) to present a new stage in the “MálagaCon: Congresos Contigo” campaign. The conference was attended by the Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez; the President of the Tourism Committee of the Málaga Chamber of Commer, Antonio García del Valle; the Tourism Secretary of the Málaga Town Council, Elías Bendodo; and the Vice-Chancellor of UMA, Adelaida de la Calle. 2010-02-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=892&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=890&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has recently carried out a door-to-door campaign in Munich, Germany. The campaign was part of the strategy our Convention Bureau has pursued since 2008 to make new contacts and publicise the Costa del Sol travel offer in those German cities with high numbers of incentive travel agencies, event planners, and communication companies. Germany is still one of the outbound markets to Spain; this is why we continue promoting our travel destination in the country. 2010-02-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=890&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=891&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has considered its attending Dublin Holiday World Show to have been positive. The trade fair, recently held at the Royal Dublin Society, drew over 2,000 professional visitors and exhibitors representing 70 countries around the world. 2010-02-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=891&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=889&tipo=eventos The travel group MuchoViaje has granted the Costa del Sol Tourist Board the award to Best Tourism Promotion 2009 in the domestic market. The award ceremony, held at Casino de Madrid, was attended by authorities and entrepreneurs in the travel industry, ambassadors, and executives from communication companies, among other guests. 2010-02-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=889&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=888&tipo=eventos This morning, the Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, attended the presentation of the Cruising Excellence Awards, whose ceremony is taking place on February 18. This is the second time Málaga has been the host city. 2010-02-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=888&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=887&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, has been present in the opening ceremony of the 23rd National Conference of the Spanish Federation of Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs). This MICE industry event, unfolding until February 12, is taking place at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre. 2010-02-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=887&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=886&tipo=eventos The Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, has attended the 23rd Annual Conference of the Spanish Federation of Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs). In her speech, she thanked Turismo Andaluz, Turespaña, Málaga Town Hall, AVE-Renfe, Barceló Hotels, and Hoteles Silken for their support. She also acknowledged Vicente Serrano for his efforts to establish Málaga as the federation’s headquarters in Andalusia and for holding the conference in the city –an initiative he had put forward with Ascensión Durán. 2010-02-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=886&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=885&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended the 40th edition of Vakantiebeurs, where it shared a space with Turismo Andaluz in the Turespaña stand. The stand also hosted the Andalusian Camping Federation and some of our affiliates –Insur Travel, TSC, Rural Andalus, Ruta Solar, Serhs, and the Town Halls of Málaga, Benalmádena, Torremolinos, and Nerja. 2010-02-01 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=885&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=884&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has carried out a promotional campaign in UK. It was a door-to-door campaign in which they visited big travel agencies in nine cities, namely, Coventry. Gloucester, Eastbourne, Farnham, Bath, Haywards Heath, Leamington Spa, Stroud, and Bradford on Avon. 2010-01-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=884&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=883&tipo=eventos The new developments in the travel industry in different Málaga towns caught everybody’s eye in the Costa del Sol Tourist Board’s stand on the second day at Fitur. The projects that got under way in Mijas, Benalmádena, and Ronda, among other towns, were introduced at the press room, in an event attended by our President, Salvador Pendón, and our Managing Director, Ana Gómez. The presentation was complemented with a series of food samplings: mollete from Antequera, Perota soup from Álora, and pork products from Serranía de Ronda. 2010-01-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=883&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=881&tipo=eventos In the context of Fitur, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and RENFE have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening joint promotion efforts for Málaga as a travel destination and the high-speed train serving the province. The President of the Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the Director of RENFE’s high-speed train (AVE) serving the southern corridor, María Magdalena Bodelón, have undertaken to “keep working together to strengthen our common goals and boost both the tourism and the transportation industries,” our President said. 2010-01-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=881&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=882&tipo=eventos Once again this year, Málaga Province is present in the International Tourism Trade Fair, Fitur, being held at the IFEMA convention centre in Madrid from January 20 to 24. The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Head of the Provincial Government of Málaga, Salvador Pendón, attended the fair’s opening ceremony. The opening of the Tourist Board stand was attended by the Minister of Equality, Bibiana Aído, the President of the Andalusian Government, José Antonio Griñán, and several authorities and businessmen from Málaga. 2010-01-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=882&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=880&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and its Managing Director, Ana Gómez, released the data of the domestic market for FITUR 2010. They also revealed the activities to be held by the Tourist Board on the occasion of FITUR, International Travel Fair, 2010. 2010-01-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=880&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=879&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 8th International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), held in Cannes, where we had a desk of our own in the stand set by Turespaña for Spain as a travel destination. 2010-01-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=879&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=877&tipo=eventos Yesterday, in a press conference at Málaga Airport, Ryanair announced they would open their base nº 38 in Málaga in June 2010, with 4 aircraft and 19 new routes, which will add up to the 20 existing ones. The project, budgeted at US$250M, will create 200 jobs and result in 360 flights to and from Málaga a week. 2009-12-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=877&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=878&tipo=eventos The President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, unveiled the Nativity Scene set up by the Cofradía del Discernimiento for the Christmas season in the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The ceremony was attended by other high-ranking members of our staff, including Managing Director Ana Gómez, as well as Brother Superior Antonio Luis Ramos. 2009-12-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=878&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=875&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has welcomed the representatives of 14 travel agencies and incentive travel companies and showed them the hotels, event venues, cultural and leisure activities, and food available on the Costa del Sol for meetings, conventions, product presentations, and incentive trips. This fam trip followed EIBTM in Barcelona, focusing on the latest developments and the projects being carried out in Málaga Province. 2009-12-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=875&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=876&tipo=eventos Once again this year, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board was present in the annual conference of Travel Counsellors, which was held in Manchester, in the old train station, now converted to convention centre, housing most meals, seminars, and work sessions. The conference drew over 1,100 travel agents and suppliers. 2009-12-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=876&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=874&tipo=eventos Today, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, its Managing Director, Ana Gómez, and several staff members attended the 1st Tourism Day in Montejaque, a food and cultural event organised to show all the travel products and services available in this municipality. 2009-12-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=874&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=873&tipo=eventos A promotion focusing on the Costa del Sol as a tourist attraction in the French market was launched by the Tourist Board in Paris with the aim of increasing the inflow of French travellers. In an event at the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, our representatives, led by our President, Salvador Pendón, showed tour operators and specialist media the travel products and services available on the Costa del Sol, where the financial crisis has affected and reduced the number of French visitors. 2009-12-11 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=873&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=872&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has been present in one of the leading business travel shows worldwide, EIBTM, held in Barcelona. The Tourist Board’s MICE travel department brought a delegation comprising some thirty affiliates –four- and five-star hotels, MICE travel agencies, and service companies– with the aim of publicising both the Costa del Sol as a travel destination and the travel products and services offered by associated companies. 2009-12-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=872&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=871&tipo=eventos On Saturday 12, Montejaque is celebrating its 1st Tourism Day, starting at noon. The food and cultural event was presented at a press conference at the seat of the Provincial Government this morning, attended by the Secretary of Territorial Development, Jesús Mora, and the Mayor of Montejaque, Miguel Alza. 2009-12-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=871&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=870&tipo=eventos The International Marketing department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 34th Travel Trade Workshop, TTW, held in Montreux, Switzerland. We shared a space with Turismo Andaluz within the stand Turespaña sets up for Spain as a travel destination. 2009-12-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=870&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=868&tipo=eventos A group of Chinese travel agents have come to Málaga in a fam trip organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board upon request by Turismo Andaluz and the Spanish Embassy in China. The group comprised nine representatives of the Outbound Travel Department of the People’s Republic of China. They came to Málaga City escorted by a member of the Spanish Tourist Office in Beijing and stayed at a prestigious hotel in the city. 2009-12-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=868&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=869&tipo=eventos Taking stock of the latest edition of the International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), held at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre, the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol has considered it to have been a successful event. This time, our Golf Department had its own stand at the fair, given the rising number of tour operators present. Our appointment calendar did not have a single blank. The Costa del Sol was one of IGTM’s sponsors. 2009-12-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=869&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=865&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended the 13th edition of the International Interior Tourism Trade Fair (INTUR) to good results. Held in Valladolid, INTUR has consolidated itself over the years. Being present in it is in line with the Tourist Board’s bet on inland travel. 2009-11-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=865&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=866&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of visiting travel agents representing the travel professional network Signature. Our involvement in this fam trip was a response to a request made by Turismo Andaluz and the Spanish Tourist Office in Los Angeles. This is the third year Turespaña and Signature have signed an agreement for a series of promotional activities and events, this trip among them. 2009-11-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=866&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=867&tipo=eventos A group of 15 travel agents representing Japan-based tour operator Miki Travel have been to Málaga Province on a fam trip organised by Turismo Andaluz and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The group comprised representatives of the Miki incoming travel agency in Spain (3) and of several Japanese outbound travel agencies working with this tour operator. 2009-11-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=867&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=864&tipo=eventos Jarama R.A.C.E. has won the 3rd Madrid-Costa del Sol Masters Golf Tournament, organised by the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The finals took place at Flamingos Golf Club, and it was followed by the award ceremony at the Hotel Villa Padierna. All in all, it was a great day. 2009-11-29 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=864&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=863&tipo=eventos Tomorrow, Flamingos Golf Club is playing host to the finals of the 3rd Madrid-Costa del Sol Golf Tournament. The award ceremony will take place in the evening, starting at 9:00 p.m. at the Hotel Villa Padierna. The ceremony will be hosted by the Tourist Board’s Managing Director, Ana Gómez, who will be accompanied by members of our staff. The ceremony will be attended by the finalists, guests, and tournament sponsors, including some of our affiliates, the Andalusian Royal Golf Federation, AVE-Renfe, Hotel Villa Padierna, and Flamingos Golf Club. 2009-11-27 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=863&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=861&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 46th edition of TTG Incontri, sharing the Turespaña stand with Turismo Andaluz. Held in Rimini, this is the second largest travel show in Spain, coming behind Milan’s BIT only. 2009-11-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=861&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=862&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has recently welcomed a group of American travel agents representing the big tour operator Central Holidays. This fam trip had been organised by Turismo Andaluz, with the help of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Málaga Town Hall for Málaga Province. 2009-11-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=862&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=859&tipo=eventos After the world’s premier golf travel show, IGTM (Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre, 17-19 November), the Costa del Sol Tourist Board invited some twenty tour operators who had attended the event and wanted to explore the Costa del Sol on a fam trip, which we organised with Turismo Andaluz. 2009-11-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=859&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=860&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of professors from Súkrommá stredná odborna škola, Dunajská Streda, a Travel and Tourism School in Slovakia. The request for their trip had been made by the travel agency Ekip Europa. 2009-11-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=860&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=858&tipo=eventos Today, a press conference held at the Málaga Chamber of Commerce revealed the results of the “MálagaCon: Congresos Contigo” campaign, which have been very good. The conference was held by Elías Bendodo, the Tourism Councillor at Málaga Town Hall; Ana Gómez, the Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board; and Jerónimo Pérez Casero, the President of the Málaga Chamber of Commerce. Together, they reviewed the campaign and announced a series of activities to be carried out in 2010. 2009-11-24 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=858&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=857&tipo=eventos Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri, met with the representatives of the Málaga Chamber of Commerce and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board (a delegation headed by Jerónimo Pérez Casero, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, and Ana Gómez, the Managing Director of the Tourist Board) in his private residence, on the occasion of the gala dinner closing ASCAME’s 20th General Meeting. This has been Mr Hariri’s first official event after being elected as prime minister. 2009-11-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=857&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=855&tipo=eventos The President of the Málaga Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Shipping, Jerónimo Pérez Casero, has been re-elected as President of the Tourism Committee of the Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) at the Association’s 20th General Meeting, held in Beirut. 2009-11-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=855&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=856&tipo=eventos Yesterday, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, attended the opening ceremony for a new hotel in Málaga. Owned by French Louvre Hotels Group, the Campanile Málaga is a three-star hotel and restaurant on 111, Velázquez Avenue in Málaga City. It features 114 guestrooms. Developed under a new hotel concept, it is designed to accommodate business travellers mainly, as it is close to the airport and the convention centre. 2009-11-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=856&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=854&tipo=eventos Yesterday, about twenty students in the Tourism Marketing and Information Higher Training Programme at the I.E.S. Cánovas del Castillo in Málaga visited the Tourist Board’s headquarters, where they met our National Marketing staff. 2009-11-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=854&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=853&tipo=eventos Representatives of French companies specialising in meetings and incentives trips have recently been to the Costa del Sol in search for new event venues and activities. We showed them a wide range of products and services meeting their needs, including for the first time environment-friendly activities favouring sustainable development and social commitment in our travel destination. 2009-11-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=853&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=852&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Manager of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Lynn J. Mitchell, has been given the Award to the Executive Woman of the Year 2009 by the Association of Andalusian Professional, Executive and Business Women, ADEPMA. The fifth award ceremony took place a few days ago. 2009-11-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=852&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=850&tipo=eventos This morning, the Spain Incentives and Meetings Association (SIMA) presented the promotional activities it will carry out in Europe, aimed at publicising Spain as a new travel destination. The presentation took place in the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board. The campaign will be launched in February 2010, starting in the UK and France. The Association has been working in this kind of initiatives in North America since 1998. 2009-11-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=850&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=851&tipo=eventos The National Marketing and Golf Departments of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, together with the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Buenos Aires, have organised a series of professional workshops for travel retailers, journalists, and executives in this city, the capital of Argentina. 2009-11-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=851&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=848&tipo=eventos French travel agents belonging to the Selectour network have been to the Costa del Sol in a trip organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Paris, after being contacted by Air Europa. The group comprised ten travel agents and a writer for a prestigious travel magazine. They were escorted by representatives of Air Europa and the OET in Paris. 2009-11-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=848&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=849&tipo=eventos A group of MICE travel professionals from Germany have been to the Costa del Sol in search of new activities and venues for their corporate events. Their fam trip was organised by the Costa del Sol Convention Bureau and TMF-Travel Marketing Factory GmbH. 2009-11-12 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=849&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=846&tipo=eventos Media representatives and British entrepreneurs have attended the presentation of the innovative advertising campaign launched by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board on the occasion of World Travel Market (WTM), which is being held in London. The presentation was attended by our President, Salvador Pendón, and representatives of Costa del Sol business, who applauded the initiative. 2009-11-10 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=846&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=845&tipo=eventos Today, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Irish airline Aer Lingus signed an agreement for a powerful strategic alliance aimed at boosting flights from Ireland and Great Britain in late 2009 and early 2010. The agreement was signed at London’s World Travel Market (WTM). 2009-11-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=845&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=847&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 4th edition of Madrid Golf, a golf show recently held in Madrid. Madrid Golf first took place in 2006. Since then, it has never stopped growing in terms of the numbers of both exhibitors and visitors, only to become a meeting place for golf professionals and aficionados. 2009-11-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=847&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=844&tipo=eventos Nature, monuments, culture, food, good weather, special routes, sports, landscapes, peace and quiet… These are some of the attractions of country travel. Being aware of them, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board launched a plan early this summer to boost this segment. It is our Hinterland Tourism Advertising and Promotion Plan for Málaga Province. 2009-11-06 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=844&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=842&tipo=eventos Today, TUI UK & Ireland presented its annual conference, being held in Benalmádena since last Sunday. The presentation, which took place in a press conference at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, was attended by our President, Salvador Pendón. The TUI annual conference drew over 1,000 attendees. 2009-11-03 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=842&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=841&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in a German travel forum organised by Turismo Andaluz and held in Cádiz. This promotional activity targeting the German market was included in our action plan. The event drew about 200 German travel agents, who took part in lectures and workshops. 2009-10-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=841&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=843&tipo=eventos Three out of four hotels in Málaga offer users the possibility to make online reservations. This is 13% above the national average. This is one of the facts included in the Report on ICT implementation and use by the Planning and Development Agency (SOPDE) of the Provincial Government of Málaga. The report’s presentation, which also included one on the current energy situation in hotels, was attended by the President of the Provincial Government and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the President of the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS), José Carlos Escribano. 2009-10-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=843&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=840&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board considers the presence of its National Marketing Department in the recently-held 4th Tourism Trade Show of Aragon (ARATUR) to have been positive. As in past editions, ARATUR coincided with the Zaragoza General Trade Fair. 2009-10-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=840&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=839&tipo=eventos The golf club Golf Olivar de la Hinojosa has played host to the last qualifying round of the 3rd Madrid-Costa del Sol Masters Golf Tournament, organised by the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board with the help of the Andalusian Royal Golf Federation, AVE-Renfe, Flamingos Golf Club, Hotel Villa Padierna, and many other affiliates, who contribute wonderful prizes. The tournament’s qualifying rounds take place in Madrid throughout the year. 2009-10-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=839&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=837&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed forty travel agents representing ITAKA, one of the leading tour operators in Poland selling trips to the Costa del Sol. After a meeting held with Michal Szmyt, Product Manager at ITAKA, in the context of T&T (a travel show recently held in Warsaw), we got a request to help plan this fam trip. 2009-10-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=837&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=838&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of twenty-eight Russian travel agents. Our involvement in this fam trip was the result of a request made by NT Incoming, the incoming travel agency of leading Russian tour operator Natalie Tours. 2009-10-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=838&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=835&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board attended the 31st International French Travel Market - TOP RESA, which was one of the events in our Action Plan 2009. We shared Turespaña’s stand with Turismo Andaluz and other institutions representing Spanish travel destinations. 2009-10-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=835&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=836&tipo=eventos Invited by Turespaña and the Spanish Tourist Office in Moscow, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has for the first time been present at OTDYKH Leisure, the Moscow International Trade Fair for Tourism, recently held at the IEC Crocus Expo fair venue. In fact, OTDYKH comprises three parallel fairs, held at three different halls in the same pavilion. 2009-10-20 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=836&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=834&tipo=eventos For the fifth year in a row, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the annual conference of the Association of British Travel Agents, the ABTA Travel Convention, which was held in Barcelona this year, from October 6 to 8. Formed in 1950, ABTA – The Travel Association now has 1,351 members (travel agencies, tour operators, and service companies) operating in 5,700 POS. It is the largest travel association in the UK, offering 90% of all the travel packages sold in the country and millions of individual services. In 2008, it amalgamated with the Federation of Tour Operators (FTO), thus creating a still more powerful engine in the travel industry. 2009-10-19 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=834&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=833&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau received an honourable mention to the Four Best Travel Destination Promotion Catalogue at the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) ceremony. The Tourist Board department specialising in MICE tourism was the only Spanish organisation nominated in any of the twelve categories, sharing its nomination with 80 travel destinations from around the world. No doubt, it is an important recognition of the Tourist Board’s advertising efforts in a leading segment in Málaga Province. 2009-10-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=833&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=832&tipo=eventos Taking advantage of the trip to Rome by a Costa del Sol Tourist Board delegation led by our President, Salvador Pendón, on the occasion of Columbus Day celebrations at the Spanish Embassy, we held a meeting with the press, which was attended by the leading travel media in the country –Radio Televisione Italiana (RAI), Plein Air, “Travel Quotidiano,” “Turismo Actualitá,” “Italia a Tavola,” and the EFE Agency in Italy. 2009-10-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=832&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=831&tipo=eventos Over 1,700 people came together at the reception thrown by the Spanish Ambassador in Rome, Luis Calvo, to celebrate Columbus Day. The Costa del Sol was the guest region at the reception, so the best of our land was offered to the leading personalities who attended the event. 2009-10-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=831&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=830&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Association of Hoteliers of the Costa del Sol (AEHCOS) have agreed on a series of measures aimed at raising the number of visitors, specially in the winter season. These measures were announced by our President, Salvador Pendón, and AEHCOS President José Carlos Escribano in a press conference held at the Tourist Board headquarters this morning. 2009-10-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=830&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=829&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of about fifty tourism students from Germany who are staying for a few months in Málaga City, in the context of the Erasmus programme. In the reception planned for them we made a presentation of the Costa del Sol and our promotion activities in different departments. 2009-10-08 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=829&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=828&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended Seatrade Europe for the first time. The cruise fair took place in Hamburg, Germany, from September 15 to 17. Targeting cruise travel professionals only, the trade show has been held in the same city every two years since 2001. 2009-10-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=828&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=827&tipo=eventos “Álora makes the soup, you bring your spoon.” This is the motto of what has become one of the most popular events in Málaga Province: Perota Soup Day. Its 7th edition is taking place in Plaza de la Fuente Arriba, Álora, on October 3. Over 6,000 plates of the famous soup are to be distributed, alongside other regional dishes. 2009-09-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=827&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=825&tipo=eventos This morning, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board released a report on the activities it carried out in the last term. From January to September, the Tourist Board realised 155 activities in over 50 countries, and 83 more and 4 strategic alliances have been scheduled to take place in the same countries in the fourth term, as reported by Tourist Board President Salvador Pendón. 2009-09-29 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=825&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=826&tipo=eventos Málaga has been chosen as the host city for the 23rd National Conference Professional Conference Organisers (PCOs), which was announced today. The conference is to unfold from February 10 to 12 at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre. It is expected to draw over 350 professionals representing organisations in this industry, who will discuss current trends and market challenges. 2009-09-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=826&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=824&tipo=eventos The press trip organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board with the help of the Málaga Town Hall and Turismo Andaluz on occasion of the International Cultural Tourism Fair, unfolding from September 17 to 20, has been a huge success. The visiting group comprised about twenty journalists from different media. 2009-09-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=824&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=822&tipo=eventos The 5th round of the 3rd Madrid-Costa del Sol Masters Golf Tournament –a huge success– took place at the Jarama R.A.C.E. club, which also hosted events in the Tournament’s 1st and 2nd editions. This time, the game drew 200 golfers. 2009-09-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=822&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=823&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of travel agents working for the leading tour operator in the Czech Republic, namely, Cedok. They came after a request made by the incoming travel agency smilo (part of Orizonia Corporation) in July and were met by staff at our International Marketing Department. 2009-09-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=823&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=820&tipo=eventos Malaca Instituto has won the Estrella LTM International Award for Spanish Schools again, beating other Spanish schools from all over the world. Nominated for this award in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 and having won it before in 2007, this Málaga-headquartered institute is thus considered to be the best Spanish as a foreign language school in the world. 2009-09-18 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=820&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=821&tipo=eventos This week, the 3rd Sierra de Mijas Hiking Competition, which is sponsored by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, was announced. Taking place on Saturday, October 24, it’s a tough competition over a 22km course along Mijas roads and trails. Experts have classified it as a high-difficulty race. 2009-09-18 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=821&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=819&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, attended the opening ceremony of the International City Break and Cultural Tourism Fair, unfolding until September 20 at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre. City Breaks have been added this year as one of the fair’s major developments. The event is sponsored by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Turespaña, Turismo Andaluz, the Málaga Chamber of Commerce, and the Málaga Town Hall. 2009-09-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=819&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=817&tipo=eventos As of Wednesday, Río Real Golf Club is playing host to the final round of the Senior Golf Tournament organised by the Spanish Senior Golf Association and sponsored by the Costa del Sol, Cajamar Tourist Board, Cajamar, Seniors Golf Club, and the travel agency Marimartur. 2009-09-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=817&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=818&tipo=eventos This morning, the Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, attended a press conference introducing a new edition of the International Cultural Tourism Fair, to be held at the Málaga Trade Fair and Conference Centre from September 16 to 20. The press conference was also attended by the Representative of the Andalusian Government for the Provincial Department of Tourism, Antonio Souvirón, and the Head of the Tourism Department at the Málaga Town Hall, Elías Bendodo. 2009-09-16 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=818&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=816&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board is working on a review of the hinterland tourism sites, products, and services available in Málaga Province. The project, resulting from an agreement between the Tourist Board and adventure travel website MasNatura.com, is intended to boost the sales of this kind of products. 2009-09-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=816&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=815&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board considered the press trip gathering journalists from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, the UK, and Russia for Málaga Fair to have been a huge success. The trip was organised by the Tourist Board itself and the Málaga Town Hall. The twenty journalists were satisfied with the trip and the service provided by both institutions’ staff. 2009-08-18 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=815&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=814&tipo=eventos Once again this year, the Tourist Board has organised a press trip for Málaga Fair, with the help of the Málaga Town Hall. The journalists, who are staying in Málaga from Friday, August 14 to Tuesday, 18, will cover the event in the prestigious Spanish and international media they represent. 2009-08-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=814&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=813&tipo=eventos Last Wednesday, the Costa del Sol Association of Chefs and Pastry Cooks (ACYRE) gave the President of the Provincial Government of Málaga and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, their gold and diamond badge, “for his commitment to quality improvement in the travel and tourism industry, especially in the catering industry, and his revival of Málaga’s cuisine and foods.” The ceremony took place at the Torrequebrada hotel. 2009-08-13 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=813&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=812&tipo=eventos Invited by Turismo Andaluz, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has for the first time been present in the Ricoh Women’s British Open. The tournament was held at Royal Lytham & St Annes, one of the most traditional golf clubs in the UK, from July 30 to August 2. On July 29 there was a pro-am golf tournament for 31 teams comprising the best women golfers and representatives of sponsoring companies. 2009-08-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=812&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=810&tipo=eventos This morning, the President of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón, and the manager of the Association of Stay Tour Operators (Adeture), Daniel Rodríguez, have announced a marketing campaign aimed at boosting the sales of travel products on the Costa del Sol and wooing last-minute demand, taking advantage of new technologies and the changes in tourist profiles. 2009-08-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=810&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=811&tipo=eventos The Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 5th Costa del Sol International Amateur Open, which was held at the Santa Clara Golf Club in Marbella. The tournament was sponsored by the Tourist Board itself and GolfSpain.com, with the help of Iberia, AVE-Renfe, Cajamar, Malaga Wagen, and Bodegas de la Real Divisa. 2009-08-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=811&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=808&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in a new edition of former Scandinavian Masters, now known as SAS Masters for sponsorship reasons. The tournament was held at the Barsebäck Golf & Country Club near Malmö, in Sweden. 2009-07-31 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=808&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=809&tipo=eventos Invited by Turismo Andaluz, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 2009 edition of “A Taste of Spain.” This event, organised by Turespaña through the Spanish Tourist Office in London, unfolded in Edinburgh from July 17 t o 19. 2009-07-31 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=809&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=807&tipo=eventos On July 31 and August 1, there will be special night performances of “The Passion” (El Paso) in Riogordo. Put on by local residents, “The Passion” was designated as a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest in 1997, and now they want it to become a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest. The night specials were announced in a press conference held at the seat of the Provincial Government of Málaga this morning by the President of the Government and the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Salvador Pendón; the Mayor of Riogordo, Francisco José Alarcón; and the Director of El Paso, Antonio Gavilán. 2009-07-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=807&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=806&tipo=eventos The Managing Director of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, Ana Gómez, has been present in the 20th anniversary ceremony of La Cala Resort. La Cala is certainly a model company in the Costa del Sol golf travel industry, regarding quality and leadership among golf travel destinations in Europe. 2009-07-23 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=806&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=804&tipo=eventos From last Saturday to next Sunday, a group of journalists representing leading media in Russia are travelling around Málaga, on a press trip organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, the Russian tour operator Natalie Tours, and local tourism authorities in different townships. This trip was organised after our President, Salvador Pendón’s visit to Moscow with a Tourist Board delegation, in which they signed several cooperation and business agreements. These included a series of joint activities to be organised with Natalie Tours (the most important tour operator in the Russian Federation), this press trip among them. 2009-07-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=804&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=805&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has been present in the 138th edition of the Open Championship, or British Open, which was held in Turnberry, Scotland, this year. “The Open” is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf, and probably the one drawing the largest number of spectators. Due to the crisis and to high ticket prices, it attracted fewer people this year. 2009-07-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=805&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=803&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Convention Bureau has been present for the first time in the summer courses and workshops organised by the British association Eventia, of which it became a member in May 2009. The association was created in January 2006, following the merger of two complementary trade associations: the Corporate Events Association (CEA) and the Incentive Travel & Meetings Association (ITMA). Then, the British Association of Conference Destinations (BACD) was subsumed into Eventia in January 2009. 2009-07-21 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=803&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=801&tipo=eventos Representatives of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the leading media in Málaga Province have attended the opening ceremony of the summer campaign launched by the Antequera Town Hall, consisting in the opening of the town’s main sights at night. The campaign, called “Antequera, Luz de Luna,” includes nine new sights this year. 2009-07-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=801&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=802&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended a series of “Andalusia in Germany” Professional Workshops, held from June 22 to 26. They were aimed at enhancing competitiveness for Andalusian travel products and publicising all the travel resources and segments available in Andalusia in the German market, emphasising cultural tourism in particular. 2009-07-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=802&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=800&tipo=eventos The National Marketing Department has just welcomed a group of travel agents from Madrid and Málaga (45 and 40 travel professionals, respectively), who came on a fam trip planned with the Málaga Town Hall, Royal Caribbean, and AVE-Renfe. The fam trip was organised to coincide with the call of “Independence of the Seas” at the Port of Málaga, showing these travel agents the products and services available in the city. 2009-07-15 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=800&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=798&tipo=eventos Our staff at the International Marketing Department have welcomed a group of representatives of American language schools and colleges. The Costa del Sol Tourist Board participated in this fam trip, which was part of the Marketing Plan of the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Los Angeles, after a request from Turismo Andaluz. The activities were planned with the Association of Spanish Language Schools for Foreigners, including members in Málaga, Granada, and Seville in Andalusia. 2009-07-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=798&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=799&tipo=eventos A leading cruise company, Silversea Cruises, has become interested on the Costa del Sol as a voyage destination. As a result, the International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Turismo Andaluz organised a fam trip for it, with the help of the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in London. 2009-07-14 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=799&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=797&tipo=eventos This morning, the 2009 edition of ICCA’s Research, Sales & Marketing Programme opened at the Barceló Málaga hotel. The event, ending on July 11, is sponsored by Turespaña, Turismo Andaluz, the Costa del Sol Convention Bureau, and the Málaga Convention Bureau. It will gather over one hundred professionals in the MICE industry, representing the leading travel agencies, travel associations, hotel chains, PCOs, and convention bureaus around the world. 2009-07-09 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=797&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=794&tipo=eventos This morning, the Mayor of Antequera, Ricardo Millán, and the Head of the Tourism Department, Pepa Sánchez, announced a summer campaign at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board to be carried out by the Antequera Town Hall, consisting in the opening of the town’s main sights at night. In addition, a series of fact and figures on the city’s tourism industry were disclosed at the press conference, which was also attended by our Managing Director, Ana Gómez. 2009-07-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=794&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=795&tipo=eventos A group of fifteen travel professionals have just been to the Costa del Sol on a fam trip organised by the International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Turismo Andaluz. These visitors represented Bath Travel, the leading independent travel agency in the south of UK. Bath Travel is one of ABTA’s founding members and it owns a tour operator, Palmair. 2009-07-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=795&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=796&tipo=eventos A group of eight Polish travel agents, a representative of the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Warsaw, and a representative of Norwegian Air Shuttle have been to the eastern area of Málaga Province. Their fam trip was organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Warsaw OET. 2009-07-07 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=796&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=793&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Provincial Government of Málaga have been honoured at a ceremony held by the Marbella Centre for Tourism Initiatives (CIT Marbella) on Friday, on the occasion of this association’s 20th anniversary. At the ceremony, CIT Marbella paid tribute to all the people and institutions that had supported it for the past two decades. 2009-07-04 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=793&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=791&tipo=eventos The International Marketing Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board has just been involved in a fam trip to Andalusia for eight Swiss travel agents and tour operators. The group was escorted by the Director of the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Geneva. Taking into account that this OET had not organised a fam trip since 2005, this has been an interesting activity, for Swiss travel professionals were eager to come to our autonomous community. 2009-07-02 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=791&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=789&tipo=eventos This morning, the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board played host to a meeting between the representative of the Spanish Government in Málaga, Hilario López Luna, the Deputy Chief Police Officer, Salvador Ferres, and actors in the tourism sector in Málaga Province. The meeting was aimed at stepping up citizen safety measures in travel destinations. On behalf of the Tourist Board, it was attended by our Managing Director, Ana Gómez. 2009-06-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=789&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=790&tipo=eventos This morning, the Mijas Town Council introduced a series of tourism projects to be carried out in this town. The projects were presented in a press conference at the headquarters of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, which was attended by the Mijas Mayor, Antonio Sánchez, and the Tourist Board Managing Director, Ana Gómez. With this initiative, the tourism authorities aim at supporting the changing patterns in the local travel industry by developing their own projects and running joint programmes with other government agencies, the Tourist Board, and actors in the tourism industry. 2009-06-30 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=790&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=788&tipo=eventos Sponsored by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, the tournament has been a huge a success, mainly due to stars present in it. Funds raised in aid of Cáritas Diocesana de Málaga totalled €11,175. This first edition of Salme’s Cup was held at Finca Cortesín in Casares. 2009-06-28 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=788&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=787&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has got involved in the organisation of a fam trip for travel agents from Central and Eastern Europe. The request for collaboration had been made by Turismo Andaluz. 2009-06-26 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=787&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=786&tipo=eventos The 5th Sol Irish Cup, held in Ireland, has been a huge success. It was organised by the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board, the Spanish Tourist Office (OET) in Dublin, and the Spanish Embassy in Ireland. The event went beyond expectations, as it has been growing steadily in importance and interest. 2009-06-25 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=786&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=785&tipo=eventos This morning, the Costa del Sol Tourist Board Managing Director, Ana Gómez, and Provincial Secretary of Tourism, Trade and Sports, Antonio Souvirón, held a press conference to introduce the “Andalusia in Andalusia” professional workshop, coming to Málaga today. 2009-06-24 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=785&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=783&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol Happening paddle tennis tournament for buyers from all over Spain has been a huge success. Organised by the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and Convention Bureau and sponsored by Turismo Andaluz, Renfe, Aena, Hotel Puente Romano, Molina Lario Gallery Hotel, and the incentive travel companies DirecTo Spain and Técnica Incentives, the event unfolded from June 19 to 21. 2009-06-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=783&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=784&tipo=eventos The Costa del Sol International Marketing Department has welcomed a group of twenty-four travel agents selling the travel products offered by the tour operator Transat. They were escorted by Transat staffers. The request for us to help plan this fam trip had been made by the incoming travel agency Viajes Euroamérica. 2009-06-22 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=784&tipo=eventos http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=781&tipo=eventos About two hundred people attended the event paying homage to Ángel Gallardo in the 11th “Costa del Golf/ Turismo” Pro-Am Golf Tournament, recently organised by the Golf Department of the Costa del Sol Tourist Board and held at Real Club de Golf Guadalmina, on the occasion of the golf club’s 50th anniversary. 2009-06-17 http://professionals.visitcostadelsol.com/bd/mostrar_noticia.php?ident=781&tipo=eventos