Eventos

🗺 En julio 2025, Imserso abrirá solicitudes para su programa de turismo para mayores 2025/2026 en España, ofreciendo 879,213 plazas. De estas, 871,766 tendrán subvención ordinaria y 7,447 una tarifa plana de 50 euros. Inscripciones abiertas a pensionistas y mayores de 60 años, con venta de viajes prevista para septiembre. Las inscripciones pueden hacerse online, por correo, o en registros oficiales. Españoles en el extranjero también pueden participar si cumplen con los requisitos.

✈ Vietjet, a low-cost airline from Vietnam, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 100 Airbus A321neo planes, with an option for 50 more, at the Paris Air Show. This order will double Vietjet's Airbus fleet. Vietjet also ordered 40 Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engines for its A330neo aircraft. There were smaller deals and ongoing negotiations, such as between Boeing and Turkish Airlines, with no final agreements yet. The event highlighted Airbus's strong sales but with less success compared to the previous day.

📊 La Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Spain hosted 59 events with over 86,000 attendees in 2024. For 2025, attendance is expected to surpass 90,000. Managed by Ikigo by Nautalia, the number of events has tripled from 22 in 2022 to over 60 projected for 2025. Attendee numbers rose from 23,300 in 2022 to over 90,000 expected. Verónica Yunta, Ikigo's director, emphasizes the blend of tradition, creativity, and quality in event management.

📱 El 4 y 5 de junio de 2025, el Security Forum se celebrará en Barcelona, organizado por Cuadernos de Seguridad y Peldaño Media Group, con el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. Hoteles implementan tarjetas de proximidad y smartphones para check-in, videovigilancia con IA y ciberseguridad avanzada. Cámaras IP, cajas fuertes electrónicas, y alarmas integradas protegen a los huéspedes y sistemas del hotel. Las tecnologías avanzadas refuerzan seguridad sin comprometer el confort. Participa y descarga acreditaciones en securityforum.es.

📖 Federico González Tejera, CEO of Radisson Hotel Group and Louvre Hotels Group, shared at the Foro Hosteltur 2025 the 21 qualities a leader should have. Key among these is generosity, which involves a win-win mindset and promoting empathy. He emphasized helping teams exceed limits and grow. Citing John Quincy Adams, he highlighted the essence of leadership: inspiring others to dream, learn, and achieve more.

📈 Fernando Corvo, Director Comercial de Balantia, presentará un webinar para profesionales sobre cómo obtener y monetizar los Certificados de Ahorro Energético (CAE). Estos certificados verifican ahorros energéticos en instalaciones, y las empresas pueden vender estos ahorros a terceros para obtener beneficios económicos. Corvo guiará a los participantes a través del proceso y responderá a preguntas de las empresas hoteleras sobre la gestión de CAE.

🗺️ 21 de mayo, Estadio de Fútbol de Son Moix, Mallorca, ConX 2025 reunirá a más de 1,000 profesionales de 400 compañías de 50 países. Bajo el lema "Connected: Business, People, Ideas", se discutirán estrategias B2B, la entrada de marcas no tradicionales y la influencia de India en el turismo. Pedro Camara, CEO de Travelgate, abrirá el evento. Huawei es patrocinador principal, y Johan Lundgren, ex CEO de easyJet, será el orador inspirador.

🛩 Iberia Express has canceled all flights to Israel until May 31st for security reasons, following a missile landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. This comes after several airlines withdrew from Israel due to attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. Air Europa maintains a different approach, canceling flights day by day but still selling tickets for May with six weekly frequencies. Tensions remain high as Israel and the US have retaliated against Houthi targets.

🏖 Hosteltur, a leading marketing solutions provider for the tourism sector, reaches over 400,000 professional users across various platforms. They offer up-to-date information and strategies to enhance digital marketing efforts in the tourism industry.

🏕 Cuba celebrated FITCuba, aiming to boost tourism after a 17-year low of 2.2 million visitors in 2024, excluding pandemic years. In early 2024, tourism fell 30% year-on-year. The event in Havana had 850 international and 2,000 national participants, with China as the guest of honor. Prime Minister Manuel Marrero cited U.S. sanctions as a challenge and plans "structural reforms" and international cooperation projects. After peaking at 4.7 million tourists in 2017, numbers fell to 1.6 million in 2022 and slightly rose to 2.4 million in 2023. Economist José Luis Perelló predicts a tourism rebound by 2030. Despite difficulties, hotel groups like Iberostar and Meliá remain committed to growing in Cuba.