Murcia City Council renews its commitment to the Association Office Members Collaborators Congress to continue investing in Murcia as city centers, events and meetings as a strategic sector for tourism in the city
In the last four years have been held in Murcia over 3,300 meetings of all kinds, with a share of more than 500,000 people and revenues to the town of nearly one hundred million euros.
The Convention Bureau is the first of Spain who won the Q of Quality in 2005 - and his work was recognized by the Chamber of Commerce of Murcia in 2003 with a special tribute to Mercury Awards for Tourism Promotion addressed to the Association Members Collaborating Convention Bureau Murcia.
So far this year the Convention Bureau has collaborated in the organization of the 9th Congress of the Spanish Society of Glaucoma, Third International Congress of Autism and 10th National Congress of Surgical Nursing, with the participation of over 2,000 people.
In the coming months will take place on X National Congress of Social Work, XXIX Congress of the Spanish Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (SENPE), 40th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology (Ser) and National Congress of Cardiac Nursing (AEEC) which will include the participation of over 3,000 people.
The Convention Bureau of the City of Murcia was founded in 1998 with the participation of public and private companies to promote Murcia to host conferences.
The partners of the Office include hotels, restaurants, bars, travel agencies, advertising agencies and event organizers, taxis, rental cars, etc..
Currently has 70 partners and associates as El Corte Ingles and Banco Mare Nostrum.
The City Council has approved a grant of 100,000 euros.
The contribution of the partners is 60,000 euros.
The Office, which is headquartered in Annex Auditorium Victor Villegas, is responsible for the coordination of supply and demand for city services, development of specific technical dossiers, organizing visits to Murcia reconnaissance, transport discounts for Congress, institutional and technical support to the organizers of the event, delivery of promotional material and general information of Murcia, broadcast media and nominations for national congresses are held in Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia