Benidorm rewards the tourist importance of the British market, and the contribution of Dinapsis and the project 'LDV Disrupters'
The City Council grants the special mention of its Tourism award to the comedian and presenter Andreu Buenafuente
More than 20 companies receive the SICTED distinction
Today the City Council has delivered the Tourism Awards 'Ciudad de Benidorm' 2017 with which each year is recognized the work or contribution to the tourist activity carried out by entities or individuals. This year the awards have been for the UK issuing market in the UK, for the Dinapsis center, for the 'LDV Disrupters' project, and for comedian and presenter Andreu Buenafuente.
The mayor, Toni Pérez, has presided over the awards ceremony, which was held in the Assembly Hall of the City Council, and attended by the UK consul in Alicante, Sarah-Jane Morris; the provincial deputy of Water, Francisco Saez; the president of the hotel management Hosbec, Toni Mayor; the manager of the Visit Benidorm Foundation, Leire Bilbao; as well as representatives of the tourism sector and the different groups of the municipal corporation.
Pérez explained that with the delivery of these awards, the events scheduled for the International Tourism Day, dedicated this year to Sustainable Tourism as a development tool. In his speech, he has claimed "the role of Benidorm as one of the most sustainable destinations in the world", from its opening to tourism to the present.
The UK consul in Alicante has collected the 2017 Tourism Award in international category, with which Benidorm has wanted to recognize the importance of this tourist market, which is "83% of annual overnight stays by foreign tourists and 45% of the totals, "as the mayor recalled, that beyond the numbers he valued" the fidelity "of the British to the destination.
Morris has pointed out that "there are very few" destinations that "can enjoy this degree of fidelity" tourism even of several generations, and added that thanks to the treatment received here his compatriots "feel part of the social fabric" of Benidorm
In the national category, the award has been for Dinapsis, the reference center for research and innovation based in Benidorm and linked to Hidraqua and Grupo Suez. The mayor stressed that Dinapsis "is called to become a center of reference nationally and internationally," and thanked those responsible for having chosen Benidorm as the site of the first space of these characteristics. For its part, the manager of Hydraqua in Benidorm, Javier Diez, has indicated that in the first months of activity, Dinapsis is already "a reference in water management, environmental issues and smart cities", and has deepened that the purpose of the solutions which is studied there is "improving the quality of life of citizens"
In the local-autonomous category, the award went to the 'LDV Disrupters' project, aimed at companies and public administrations implementing measures against tourism of excesses and in favor of healthy experiences. Promoted by the international school Lope de Vega in Benidorm, more than a hundred young people from different institutes of the province participated, including L'Almadrava, IES Mediterrania, Bernat de Sarrià and Beautriu Fajardo de Mendoza.
Áurea González, director of the Lope de Vega school, has collected the prize along with several of the students who wrote the project and teachers who have tutored the same. The teacher thanked "the sensibility" when it comes to recognizing the work of these young people and hearing their voice when "they tell us that there are perceptions of them, and their way of life and fun that can be changed." The mayor has extolled the decision of these students and the fact that they have proposed "healthy leisure alternatives related to the healthy emotions that are lived in adolescence."
The latest recognition, has been the Special Mention to the comedian and presenter Andreu Buenafuente, for the special projection of the image of Benidorm by keeping the city skyline as the main fund in the 'Late Motiv' program of Movistar +. The mayor has reported that the same Buenafuente - who has not been able to collect the award due to agenda issues - confessed that initially this image of the skyline was to remain as a fund only one week, although it has remained throughout this time due to its good reception.
SICTED
The event this Monday has also served to recognize the local companies that have joined this year to the distinctions of the Integral System of Spanish Tourist Quality in Destinations (SICTED), and also to those who have renewed this certification.
The companies that have achieved the SICTED distinction this year are: Hotel Bilbaíno, Benidorm Marine, Aquasports Benidorm, Benidorm Cooking Experience, La Tapería, Grupo Aurrera, Agua Azul Hotel, Alameda Hotel and Sawasdeeka Thai Massage.
They have renewed the distinction achieved in previous years the following local companies: Camping Villasol, Camping Villamar, Diving Stones Diving Center, Gran Hotel Bali, Hotel Carlos I, Hotel Centromar, Hotel RH Canfali, Hotel Royal, Hotel Sol, Hotel Victoria, Loix Sport, Speacseavers Optics and Tao Bike Car Rental.
