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Miguel Ángel Prieto and Jaime Viña, Ambassadors of Gijón 2023
The “Ambassadors of Gijón” 2023 award was presented to Dr Miguel Ángel Prieto and Mr Jaime Viña Olay yesterday. Mr. Miguel Ángel Prieto is a Primary Care Physician at the Regional Ministry of Health of the Principality of Asturias and the 3rd Vice President of SEMERGEN, the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians. He is […]
Continue ReadingDUAL RECOGNITION AT THE “AMBASSADORS OF GIJÓN” AWARD 2023
The “Ambassadors of Gijón” award has been recognising the efforts and contributions of professionals from various fields since 2004. These professionals work towards promoting the city as a destination for meetings and events, alongside their regular jobs. By nominating the city as a venue for congresses, they create a positive impact and help position the […]
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IN 2023, #NUESTRAFUERZA GROWS
The first quarter of 2023 marks the arrival of new professionals to the Club de Empresas de Turismo de Negocios of the Principality of Asturias. These companies bring expertise, resources, and professionalism to support the Gijón Convention Bureau, which has managed Gijón as a MICE destination since 2001 through a public-private partnership. Companies and […]
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GIJÓN CONVENTION BUREAU TAKES PART IN THE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WORKSHOP
The Gijón Convention Bureau took part in the first edition of the Association Meetings Workshop -AMW held on 15 and 16 November as a national partnership client. The event showcased Gijón’s strengths as a MICE destination and the Gijon Convention Bureau’s services and providers to 20 Spanish companies and associations that promote and organise congresses […]
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THE REUNION
The event, which illustrates the need to return to in-person congresses and events, took place at the Tendayu of the Ethnographic Museum of the People of Asturias. During the event, tribute was paid to the resilience and far-sighted vision of congress organisers who either postponed events or held them online despite the COVID-19 crisis and […]
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45TH AFEAF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, AN EXAMPLE OF A LEGACY
Gijón was the venue of the 45th AFEAF International Conference, ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE POUR L’ÉTUDE DE L’AGE DU FER, held on 13 to 15 May 2021 as an in-person and online event. The AFEAF was established in 1983 by researchers from various institutions. It promotes knowledge about this period in history. The association holds a national […]
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GIJÓN, AN EVENTS DESTINATION
The Gijón Convention Bureau has sponsored the annual assembly of the Spanish Event Agencies Association – AEVEA, which was held in a hybrid format. Sponsorship is one of Gijón’s strategies to position the city as a corporate events destination once the restrictions due to the pandemic have been lifted. AEVEA brings together 70 of Spain’s […]
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MALENA CATERING SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTS THE GIJÓN RESPONSIBLE TOURISM DECALOGUE
Malena Catering, with its Tierra Norte Sustainable Catering brand, has successfully implemented the Gijon Responsible Tourism Decalogue in 2016. Since 2014, Gijon Calidad Turística (Tourist Quality) and the Club de Empresas de Turismo de Negocios (Business Tourism Enterprise Club) have been coordinating this project which, with the engagement and work of the enterprises, has allowed […]
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