The 15th edition of Los Cabos VIP Summit began this Wednesday in a hybrid format that connects more than one hundred professionals from the tourism industry. From airlines, travel agencies, tour operators, hotel OTAS and tourism companies, they have gathered in the tourist destination of Los Cabos from November 3 to 5.

Rodrigo Esponda, director of FITURCA: “we're very proud of having all the partners coming down or participating in a hybrid version digitally. We're gonna have 55 partners from eight countries That would be participating with 55 partners in the destination, We're expecting to have more than 1000 meetings in total. Uh that would really paved the way for a very successful 2022 where we're going to have the comeback from different markets such as Australia, Brazil or Europe ”.

Partners from the most important industries in the world met in person or digitally at this VIP Summit 2021, which implemented, in addition to all the health protocols to be carried out safely.

Christine Alestra, director of Signature Travel Network: "signature Travel Network is a consortium of 7000 travel advisors in the United States, we also have global partnerships um with a total of 11,000 advisors, but the primary focus is north american advisers to promote Los Cabos"

 

… ”We focus primarily on the luxury leisure traveler and for us, I work with all the destinations globally and Los Cabos has always stood above all the others, but now with the pandemic, we are outpacing our production even for 2019. So this destination is not only safe, people love it, it's just it meets all the goals and it's outdoors. So it's been just a perfect destination in light of the pandemic. Um and so we're really excited to see as we get out of the pandemic, how it continues to grow ”

 

Rodrigo Esponda, director of FITURCA: “we have all the protocols in place, everyone had to go through a test before coming in uh an antigen test. And with that we're just trying to provide a safer way for the meetings to be able to happen "

 

Los Cabos VIP Summit is the most relevant business summit in Los Cabos that this year facilitates the meeting between members of the local tourism industry with companies that buy primary markets such as Mexico, the United States, Canada and Brazil, in addition to luxury tourism:

 

Xabier Eguren, Virtuoso director: "Virtuoso is a network of agencies and high-end service providers, known as luxury tourism, so we have an end customer who is a distinguished traveler looking for unique experiences and then obviously Los Cabos offers all that"

 

… ”In the first three quarters of 2021, the total of 2019 was exceeded by 7%, which 2019 was the flagship year, the best year in record, then the 9 months of 2021 surpassed the 12 months of 2019, hopefully this quarter that the last quarter is always a strong time for the destination, so we believe that Los Cabos in particular is going to benefit greatly "

 

 The VIP Summit is an event that has been promoting the tourist activity of Los Cabos for 15 years, positioning its attractions and experiences before commercial partners in primary markets. What has made it a connection space, the ideal setting to reinvent the format of meeting events, this time with a hybrid format that demonstrates Los Cabos' ability to adapt to current trends and needs.