The Marbella Town Hall in a press statement, dated February 22, has announced to host the 54th edition of Congreso de Skal Internacional de España or the Skal International Congress of Spain, the largest organization of tourism professionals worldwide, from March 10-14th.
Councillor for Tourism, José Luis Hernández confirmed the same by stressing the growing stature of Marbella as an internationally renowned tourist destination. “The choice of city to host the conference is recognition of its leadership role in the international tourist circuit,” he cited.
Founded in 1934, Skal is a professional association of travel and tourism around the world. The selection of Marbella as host city is also greatly influenced by the numerous firsthand activities carried out by the municipality in this area.
Hernandez in the meeting with members of Skal assured all support from the City Council, including logistics and transport for the upcoming conference as it is an important element to overcome seasonality. Moreover, such executive level corporate event favours hotel business and brings more touristic offer of the city.
The General Secretary of Skal, Jim Power, and the national president Jose Segui also agreed that the choice of Marbella is due “to the international and the hotel infrastructure” in the town.
The conference will also hold discussion on the “Past and Present of tourism in Marbella and the seasonality in tourism”. In addition attendees will visit the historic centre of Marbella and make trips to Ronda and Malaga. There is also a post congress tour to the city of Granada.
This apart, as explained by the organizing committee president, Alberto Fernandez, one of the key focus points of the conference is to address the issue of ecotourism. The Skal International itself works towards the quality of tourism and for this reason, support alternative forms of tourism as sports, sightseeing, conferences, conventions and sustainable development.
The entire conference agenda also includes Lecture by D. Rafael de La Fuente on “Marbella and its influence on the history of tourism in Spain”, and performance by the group “Dance and Folklore in Marbella”.
Spread throughout 89 nations with approximately 20,000 members in 480 clubs, Skal is the only international group uniting all stakeholders of travel and tourism industry. Time by time local, regional, national and international level conferences discuss and pursue topics of common interest and the growth of tourism.
Skal International Conferences gives an opportunity to its members to have first-hand observation of the travel and tourism potential around the world. Ever since its foundation, it has developed a good network of professionals who not only do business with each other but also promotes industry’s professionalism through seminars and conferences.
In Marbella the well-known hotel H10 Andalucia Plaza will take care of all hospitality in welcoming the participants. The opening ceremony of 54 Skål International Congress of Spain will be held in the Conference Hall of the Palacio de Congresos de Marbella.
For more information about the organisation, visit: http://skalnet20.skal.org/
