VIII International Tourism Forum Maspalomas Costa Canaria
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE“CHALLENGES OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY”
Resilience in response to new tourism business challenges.
GENERAL PROGRAMME
Thursday 10th December 2020
8:30 – 8:55 DELIVERY OF CREDENTIALS
AUDITORIUM HALL
9:00 – 9:30 OPENING SESSION
9:30 – 10:00 TRIBUTE TO MR. ALEJANDRO DEL CASTILLO, COUNT OF LA VEGA GRANDE, FOREFATHER OF MASPALOMAS COSTA CANARIA
- Mr. Fernando del Castillo y Benítez de Lugo – President of the Gran Canaria Centre for Tourism and Initiatives
10:00 – 11:00 ROUND TABLE – POLICIES IN TOURIST DESTINATIONS
- Mrs. Yaiza Castilla Herrera – Counselor of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Canary Government
- Mr. Carlos Álamo Cabrera – Counselor of Tourism for the Island Council of Gran Canaria (pending confirmation)
- Mr. Alejandro Marichal Ramos – Counselor for the Government Area of Tourism, Urban Planning, Environmental Policies and Human Resources of the Town Hall of St. Bartolomé de Tirajana
- Mrs. Cristina del Rio Fresen - Author of the Proyecto Canarias Fortaleza (Canary Strength Project). Canary Head of SGAE (Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers) and former Manager of the Gran Canaria Tourism Board.
- Moderator Mrs. Anabel Rivero Vera – Head of the Tourism Department for the Gran Canaria Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Top Technician for the CIDE Network (Canary Innovation and Business Development Centres)
11:00 – 11:30 BREAK
11:30 – 12:30 ROUND TABLE – TRANSPORTATION: AEREAL, SEA AND LAND TRANSPORTS
- Mrs. Lenka Vikova – Founder and Managing Director of Canaria Travel and CSA Airlines
- Mrs. Carolina Herrero – Director of Communications and Institutional Relations for the Spanish Airline Association (ALA)
- Mrs. Paloma Utrera – Head of Sales and Offline Marketing of Iberia Express
- Mr. Mario Otero Andión – Airport Manager for the Canary Group of AENA
- Mr. Juan Francisco Martín – Commercial Manager of the Las Palmas Port Authority
- Mr. Mamerto Cabrera Cabrera – Managing Director of CANARY ISLANDS CAR (CICAR) rental business
- Moderator: Mrs. Marta Cantero Lleó – Regional Content Manager in the Canary Islands for Spanish radio station SER
12:30 – 13:00 REACTIVATION AND DYNAMIZATION OF TOURIST BUSINESSES AND BRANDS
- Mr. Manuel Butler – Chief Executive of the World Tourism Organization
13:00 – 13:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE: FUTURE OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE POST-COVID ERA
- Mr. José Ramón Díez Guijarro – Head of Bankia Studies Service
14:00 – 16:30 BREAK
STARTING TIME 11:15 – EXPOMELONERAS TERRACE
- GASTROFORUM – Coordinator: MR. FRANCISCO ALMEIDA OSSA.
- Several demonstration workshops shall be carried out by different businesses and training centres.
MORE INFO AUDITORIUM HALL
16:30 – 18:00 GASTROFORO – KNOWCOOKING
HALLS: GUAYADEQUE, BALOS AND ARIDANE
16:30 – 19:30 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS – CHALLENGES OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
Friday 11th December 2020
AUDITORIUM HALL
9:00 – 10:00 ROUND TABLE – TOURIST INTERMEDIATION: TRAVEL AGENCIES AND TOUROPERATORS
- Mr. Rafael Gallego Nadal – Vice-President of the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies and Tour Operators (CEAV)
- Mr. Ricardo Fernández Flores – Managing Director of the Destinia Group
- Mrs. Lenka Vikova – Founder and Managing Director of Canaria Travel and CSA Airlines
- Mr. Armando Bojorquez – CEO of Viajez Bojorquez – Mexico
- Moderator: Mr. Ignacio Moll – Director of Tourinews
10:00 – 10:30 PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE
- Mr. Rolf Freitag – Founder of Ipk International
10:30 – 11:30 ROUND TABLE: UPLIFTING TOURISM DESTINATIONS: PANDEMIC LESSONS LEARNED *
- Mr. José Juan Lorenzo – Manager of Canary Islands Tourism Promotur. Council of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of the Canary Government
- Mr. Pere Granados – Major of the Town of Salou and Chairman of the Salou Tourism Board
- Mr. Jorge Luis Olivarez Novalez – General Direction of Political Coordination for the Secretary of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Ignacio Vasallo – Founder and First CEO of Turespaña, Director of International Relations of the Tourism Writers and Journalists Federation
- Mr. Santiago de Armas – President of the Tourism Commission, Official Chamber of Commerce and CEO of the Board of Directors of IFA Hotels
- Moderator: Mr. Alexis Rojas – Executive Producer of La Hora del Turismo (The Tourism Hour)
11:30 – 12:00 BREAK
12:00 – 13:00 ROUND TABLE: LEISURE ACTIVITIES SERVICES, RESTAURANTS AND THEME PARKS IN TOURIST DESTINATIONS
- Mr. Dhiraj Chhabria – President of Fund Grube S.A.
- Mr. Christoph Kiessling – Vice-President of Loro Parque
- Mr. Sebastián Sanso – General Manager of St. Roque University Hospitals in Maspalomas
- Mr. Juanfi Bautista Ramírez – General Manager for Café del Mar Meloneras
- Mr. Juan Padrón León – Chef of El Rincón de Juan Carlos – Tenerife
- Mr. Albert Raurich – Owner Dos Palillos, Barcelona
- Moderator: Mrs. Carmen Vecino – Journalist
13:00 – 14:00 ROUND TABLE: THE LODGING INDUSTRY: HOTELS, APPARTMENTS, VACATION HOMES
- Mr. José María Mañaricúa – President of FEHT – Las Palmas Federation of Hospitality and Tourism
- Mr. Jorge Marichal – President of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Lodgings (Cehat) and of Ashotel (pending confirmation)
- Mr. Eduardo González – Manager and Founder of Sublimotion
- Mr. Fernando Turnes Pérez – Managing Director of Hotel Royal Hideaway Corales Resort – Tenerife
- Moderator: Mr. Nicolás Villalobos Mestres – Managing Director of Be Cordial Hotels & Resorts
14:00 CLOSING SESSION
* The conference/round table shall be carried out in English.
* The conference will be broadcast on streaminng or you tube
Tourismatch 2020: International matchmaking event to reinforce the competitiveness of the tourism sector.
10th December (on site)
Session 1: 11:00-12:00 hr
Session 2: 12:00-13:00 hr
Session 3: 13:00-14:00 hr
10th December (virtual)
Session 4: 15:30-16:30 hr
Session 5: 16:30-18:00 hr
11th December (virtual)
Session 1: 10:00-11:00 hr
Session 2: 11:00-12:00 hr
Session 3: 12:00-13:00 hr
