Málaga, Costa del Sol, and Gijón to attend EIBTM together for better positioning

The Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board, the City of Málaga, and the Gijón Convention Bureau are attending Barcelona’s EIBTM, The Global Meetings & Events Exhibition. It will be the first activity after they signed a groundbreaking agreement for the promotion of both cities as conference destinations. In a press conference for specialist media today, they [...]

Argentina Ttv to produce shows on Málaga

Argentina Ttv has been to Andalusia on a one-week trip during which they filmed and gathered material. As a result of this press trip, whose programme was designed by the Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board alongside other institutions, they will soon broadcast three 26-minute shows, five 4-minute micro shows, and 30 flashes on Andalusia, many [...]

UK travel agency consortium Hays Travel forecasts positive evolution in number of bookings for winter 2011-2012

Hays Travel, the largest independent travel agency consortium in the UK –which has just held its annual conference in Benalmádena– is optimistic about the number of bookings for the 2011-2012 winter season. The consortium’s founder and Managing Director, John Hays, said he expected the sector to have a positive evolution.   To the Málaga-Costa del [...]

Positive outcome of INTUR, with numerous visitors

The Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board considers the International Interior Tourism Trade Fair (INTUR) to have been very positive, especially in terms of visitors. This year, the Valladolid travel show gathered 306 exhibitors from all over Spain and beyond, representing 1,200 travel companies and tourism organisations. Cities, regions, and countries, transport operators, hotel chains, active [...]

Tourist Board promotes MICE industry in Netherlands

The Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board has carried out an important promotional action in the Netherlands, attending the M!CE & Business Travel Fair in Amsterdam. Our Convention Bureau had been present in this fair (one of the leading events in the sector) in the past.   It was a one-day event held at Mint Hotel, [...]

Leading Romanian TV channel produces show on our travel destination

The representatives of Prima TV, a leading TV channel from Romania, have been shooting in Málaga, invited and escorted by the Tourist Board. This press trip was organised upon request from the travel company Happy Tour in an effort to promote charter flights, group tours and individual trips to our travel destination. Being the only [...]

Tourist Board and Motor Museum organise press trip before Eco Fashion Málaga

The Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Málaga Motor Show have organised a press trip for prestigious journalists from all over Spain coming to town for Eco Fashion, a sustainable fashion show being held at the museum today. The initiative seeks to place Málaga on the global map of the fashion and sustainability industry. [...]

About 20 Tee Off Travel agents get familiar with Costa del Sol travel offer on a fam trip organised by Tourist Board

About 20 travel agents working at Tee Off Travel have been to Málaga and Costa del Sol on a fam trip organised by the Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board and the Spanish Tourist Office in Paris. They were escorted by the Deputy Director of Tee Off Prestige, Michel Geistodt-Kiener, the General Manager of Tee Off [...]

The Tourist Board at TurNexo in Madrid and Barcelona

The Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board has attended TurNexo in Madrid and Barcelona. Organised by Grupo NEXO, this professional travel fair features a workshop for exhibitors to show their promotional materials and work areas where meetings are held with visitors. TurNexo Madrid gathered the largest suppliers to Spanish travel agencies on a single day (with [...]

Schweizerischen Reisebüro-Verband (SRV) considers conference in Málaga as “the best in SRV’s history”

The Manager of the Swiss Federation of Travel Agents (SRV or FSAV, its acronyms in German or French, respectively), Walter Kunz, described the conference held last weekend in Málaga as “the best in history,” considering both the conference programme and the parallel activities, organised by the Málaga-Costa del Sol Tourist Board. Our President, Elías Bendodo, [...]