The Finance Committee and Internal Information gathered this morning for the first time in the new administrative headquarters under the chairmanship of the council responsible for the area, Jose Cabezas, has ruled favorably on the application by Cartagena in Spain Convention Bureau, under the Federation Municipalities.
As explained Cabezos, Spain Convention Bureau (SCB) is a nonprofit organization that now comprises 49 destinations in Congress.
Was established in 1984 within the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), as a section within the Tourism Commission, under the name Spanish Section of Cities Conference.
Its main objectives are to promote the exchange of experiences and information on the tourism sector among the municipalities that make up the section, and make joint efforts to promote both nationally and internationally, in the cities that comprise it.
At present, the Spain Convention Bureau (SCB) is to serve the Congress municipal offices to facilitate making contact between them and the companies that organize national and international events.
To Cabezos Cartagena has achieved in recent years become a tourist town with great resources based on their rich heritage, awarded for its quality beaches and a strong services sector.
The Roman Theatre and Museum, National Museum of Underwater Archaeology (arched), the Regional Museum of Modern Art (Murano) and the network of the consortium interpretation Cartagena Puerto de Culturas, have increased the attractiveness of the city to host of professional meetings and conferences of all kinds.
These meetings have been held in numerous public and private spaces, which in the coming months are added to the halls of the Auditorium and Convention Center of Cartagena, with capacity for 2,800 people.
In addition, the private sector of the municipality provides hotels and service companies in all areas essential to the organization of congresses.
To better organize their participation in conference tourism has recently established the Cartagena Convention Bureau, to serve as a link between local supply and service applicants for the organization of congresses.
The incorporation of the Cartagena Convention Boureau Spain, concluded Jose Cabeza, will serve to consolidate as a congress city, drawing on his extensive experience in resource management and promoting congressional bid.
Good Friday and Carthaginians and Romans, LOCAL HOLIDAYS FOR 2011
Finally, the commission has given the green light to the proposed local holidays for 2011, which will be the usual: on Good Friday, April 15, and the Carthaginians and Romans Friday, 23 September.
It will be recalled that this proposal has been doing for years the city of Cartagena to declare the other traditional regional party in our town: Holy Thursday.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena