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House says to employees of the Office of Conferences that tourism "is not an expense but an investment" (12/12/2012)

The Mayor has maintained the traditional Christmas meeting with the companies that support the promotion of Murcia as a meetings destination.

For the first time was held in the Hall of Mirrors at the Teatro Romea.

The congress tourism revenue generated in 2011 for the city of nearly 39 million euros.

As has happened in recent years, the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, has met again with the traditional Christmas meeting with the partners of the Congress Bureau of Murcia, which first took place in the Hall of Mirrors Teatro Romea.

At the same attended by the Councillor for Tourism, Miguel Cascales, Office manager, Ramon Palazón, and President of the partners, Jesus Pacheco.

The meeting is seen as an appropriate time to take stock of the management carried out along the past year and also to scrutinize the expectations presented in the next twelve months.

A performance that, as reiterated by the Mayor, is carried out with the conviction that "the money spent on tourism is not an expense but an investment."

House has acknowledged that 2012 has been "a difficult year" but pointed out that "boost economic activity is the surest way to maintain employment."

In any event, the Mayor is confident that "we will end 2013 better than we started because we have the capacity and strength and together we will do."

In this regard, he informed the partners that the Office of tourism policy objective is to continue the Promotion Plan "Murcia 365" to consolidate the town as a tourist destination throughout the year, in addition to continue to invest strongly for conference tourism, which in 2011 generated revenues of 31.8 million euros.

Chamber has also referred to the work of the Office, which, in their view, represents an example of the benefits and achievements that can be obtained from the public-private partnership, as "seeking promotion opportunities arise to Murcia end result in creation of wealth and jobs. "

The Office was founded in 1998 by the City Council in collaboration with public and private companies in the service sector (hotels, professional conference organizers, communication, transportation, etc..), One of its primary objectives the promotion of Murcia to host congresses , conventions and incentives.

Among other actions, is responsible for the coordination of supply and demand for city services, the development of specific technical dossiers, organizing sightseeing, management discounts for conference travel in certain companies The institutional and technical support to the organizers of the events and the distribution of promotional materials and general information about Murcia.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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