More than 500 attendees will be present at the National Meeting Tourism Congress in

Los Cabos from today until August 23, and hosting the twenty-sixth National Congress for Meetings Tourism.

More than 500 people related to the Meetings Tourism industry and from all regions of the country are expected to be in attendance:

"In the twenty-sixth national congress of the meetings industry, 500 congressmen will come plus special guests, in short, approximately 550 people who are going to discuss, that we are going to work on training, development, business, and most importantly public policies, we are going To work with the federal secretary of tourism, we will work with the tourism commission of the Chamber of Deputies and of course with the State through its Secretary of Economic Development, Tourism and Sustainability with Luis Humberto Araiza and of course with  Rodrigo Esponda and FITURCA "said Jaime Salazar Figueroa, President of the Mexican Council of the Meeting Industry.

He also mentioned that Los Cabos thanks to its hotel infrastructure, its Convention Center, among other aspects, it is ideal for the realization of such events:

"Los Cabos is an ideal destination for the meetings industry in terms of hotel infrastructure, transportation, services, gastronomy, etc., in order to receive congress, conventions, commercial exhibitions, including those of international standing.

The edition done to  the Los Cabos Convention Center already full after  long time of abandonment, now makes Los Cabos fabulous for commercial exhibitions of type B2C, B2B to receiving  world-class congresses, in short Los Cabos is now  ready to be the # 1 destination in the country for the meetings industry. "

Rodrigo Esponda head of FITURCA said that these kinds of events provide important projection for Los Cabos:

"This is the National Congress of the Industry of Meetings the most important event that we will have in the year for the quality of the assistants that attend, they are the main organizers nationwide, they’re the companies that manage congresses, conventions, expos and incentives at the national level and therefore this gives a projection to the destination of the facilities that we have, of the new hotel facilities, of the hospitality and quality that the destination  offers to receive this  kind  of programs in the future ".

It was announced that last year 310 thousand meetings were held in the country, including exhibitions, congresses, conventions and incentive trips, so it’s imperative to have an increasingly growing participation in that market.

"On average, 30.3 million rooms were used by the meetings industry in 2018 throughout the country and generated a spill in round numbers of just over 22.4 billion pesos," said Jaime Salazar.

He also said Los Cabos is so important for tourism, that the Federal secretary of the branch, Miguel Torruco, of Tourism and Sustainable and Economic Development of Baja California Sur Luis Humberto Araiza and the president of the Commission have already confirmed their presence to the event of Tourism of the Chamber of Deputies, Luis Alegre.

The Congress will be held over the next three days at the International Convention Center of Los Cabos and has among its objectives to publicize new tourism products specialized in the meetings industry, as well as support the development of productive chains, business links through networking, as well as the training and professionalization of tourism service providers.

Translation by Tony Perez Dillon

After an exciting game, defeating Taylor Fritz (USA) 7-6 (6) and 6-3, Argentine Diego Schwartzman proclaimed himself ATP champion Los Cabos 2019, being the first Latin American to do so.

The native of Buenos Aires who since his arrival in Baja California Sur, conquered the heart of the public that welcomed him as there great favorite, did not disappoint and won his first title of the year take revenge of the defeat suffered before Fritz during the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo.

“It is spectacular to have the title, very important tournaments come, it’s the last 250 I play in the year, the last one that comes on my calendar, as of now there are 500 or 1000 Masters and a Grand Slam. So it is very important to achieve this title, to have the necessary confidence to know that I am doing things well on the court, that I am physically well, because to advance in the next tournaments, I will have to play against the best in the world, and this title helps all that. ”

On the other hand, the 21-year-old from the USA suffered his second consecutive defeat in a final after losing last week in Atlanta to Australian Alex de Minaur.

“This final and last week's final definitely helped my qualification, but winning this tournament would have helped to advance even more, so I'm really disappointed.

I made mistakes that I wouldn't normally make and then I tried to fight back and just wasn't playing well. I had opportunities in the first and did not take advantage of them. Absolutely, I want to return next year, I love this tournament a lot, it means a lot to me, that's why I'm much more upset and disappointed than usual. But I will always return to the tournament, because I love it here.” said Fritz, who started this tournament as 28th in the world.

Schwartzman, who is about to turn 27 years old, received a champions check of $ 131,430 and 250 points for the ATP world ranking.

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The Tourism Trust of Los Cabos (FITURCA) and the National Chamber of the Restaurant of Food and Spiced Food (Canirac) signed a collaboration agreement in favor of the tourist promotion of Los Cabos at international and national level.

This agreement establishes the bases of collaboration between both organizations to attract more tourists to the destination and generate greater economic development in Los Cabos, all this without compromising the use of additional resources and as a first step to incorporate affiliated restaurants in the private trust of Promotion, recently created.

The agreement considers the support and participation of CANIRAC members, offering tastings in the most important promotional events of the destination and the opportunity to offer complimentary dining experiences for press travel assistants, travel agents and tour operators in restaurants affiliated with CANIRAC, among others. For its part, FITURCA will open spaces in promotional work to recognize the cuisine of Los Cabos and restaurants that are part of the experience of tourists visit the destination.

In this regard, Rodrigo Esponda, General Director of FITURCA mentioned that “gastronomy has become a very important differentiator in Los Cabos, about 70% of visitors go out to enjoy a restaurant in the city for at least 1 night during their stay , therefore the importance of this agreement between FITURCA and CANIRAC ”.

For his part, Gustavo Laborde, President of CANIRAC expressed the following: “We know the importance of gastronomy in the destination, which is why all members affiliated with CANIRAC are committed to this agreement that, the more relationships, negotiations and alliances generated for tourism, more economic resources will be allocated to help the less favored through events and festivals. ”

With this agreement, the efforts of FITURCA and CANIRAC are aligned on the same objective, that of attracting a greater number of tourists to grow the economic spill in Los Cabos.

Argentina took the first blow at the Mifel Tennis Open, presented by Cinemex, with an exciting victory of its partner made up of Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman, over the pair of the Mexican Gerardo López Villaseñor and the British Cameron Norrie, in a duel corresponding to the First round held at the Hot Grandstand.

The albiceleste players, seconds of planting, prevailed in the super tiebreak of the third set; the final partials were 6-1, 4-6 and 10-6, with which they advance to the second round, where they expect rival that will leave the match between Australians Max Purcell and Luke Saville, against the Monegasque Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys.

Pella and Schwartzman started a swinging drum and broke their rivals' service three times to take the first set. However, came the reaction of López Villaseñor and Norrie who encouraged by the public managed to win the second set, to send the game to the definition, where the Argentines showed their highest quality to win the game.

In another doubles duel, the French Lucas Pouille and Gregoire Barrere, qualified for the second round, with a comfortable victory in just over an hour, with a 6-3 double over the Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja Indians.