Excelencias Awards stand out in the first day of Fitur 2019

The Excelencias Awards were bestowed at the 39th edition of the Fitur 2019 International Tourism Fair, which this year has the Dominican Republic as guest country, and welcomes 886 exhibitors, 8.3% more than last year, with 10,487 companies from 165 countries.

The event was inaugurated by the King and Queen of Spain, Mr. Felipe and Mrs. Leticia, and  in the afternoon, the awards ceremony took place in Pavilion 3 of the Madrid Fair (IFEMA) for projects from Spain, United States, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile, El Salvador, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Cuba and Mexico.

The awards ceremony was attended by His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Santos, Minister of Tourism of the Argentine Nation; His Excellency Mr. Manuel Marrero Cruz, Minister of Tourism of Cuba; His Excellency Mr. Excellency Mr. Napoleón Duarte, Minister of Tourism of El Salvador; Her Excellency Mrs. Rosi Prado from Holguín, Minister of Tourism of Ecuador; Her Excellency Mrs. Sofía Montiel de Afara, Minister of Tourism of Paraguay; and His Excellency Mr. Miguel Torruco, Secretary of Tourism of Mexico.

There were also present Mr. Rafael Ansón Oliart, President of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy, and Mr. Alfonso Marín Caffarena, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Academy of Gastronomy, as well as representatives of Ibero-American governments and the tourism sector worldwide.

Created 14 years ago on the initiative of the Excelencias Group, chaired by José Carlos de Santiago, the EXCELENCIAS Awards aim to promote the best in areas related to tourism, gastronomy and culture in Latin America.

In this Wednesday's ceremony the Winners of the XIV edition of the Excelencias Awards were:

SPIRIT OF TOURIST EXCELENCIAS AWARD

JARDIN NEBULOSA (NEBULA GARDEN)

FOR THE INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIERRA MADRE IN SAN SEBASTIÁN DEL OESTE (JALISCO. MEXICO)

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of the Excelencias Group, and Mr. Rafael Ansón, President of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP: Mr. Marcos Galindo - General Manager of Nebulosa Project

EXCELENCIAS AWARDS 2018:

SPAIN

ESCAPADARURAL.COM

For its project CAPITAL OF RURAL TOURISM 2018

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago, President of the Excelencias Group

PICKED UP BY: Mr. MARÍA MUÑOZ TRIUS, Director of Communications

RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (ADR) SAJA NANSA

For his project "THE TREASURE OF THE TEMPLARS"

DELIVERED BY: Mr.José Carlos de Santiago, President Grupo Excelencias

PICKED UP BY: Mr. SECUNDINO CASO, President of ADR

Mr GABRIEL CÁNAVES

For "HIS EXPERIENCE IN HR MANAGEMENT IN TOURISM"

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago, President of the Excelencias Group

PICKED UP BY: Mr. GABRIEL CÁNAVES, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER (CHRO) MELIÁ HOTELS & RESORTS

REAL MADRID FOUNDATION

For its LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN PARTNER-SPORT PROJECTS

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago, President Grupo Excelencias

PICKED UP BY: Mr. EMILIO BUTRAGUEÑO, Director of Institutional Relations of Real Madrid

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MR. FRED DIXON

For "NYC&CO MANAGEMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS"

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago, President Grupo Excelencias

PICKED UP BY: Mr. FRED DIXON - CEO and President of NYC &Company.

CELEBRITY CRUISES (ROYAL CARIBBEAN)

For his project CELEBRITY EDGE

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. Chairman of the Excelencias Group

PICKED UP BY: Mr. SERGIO ARÉVALO -Head of Sales Spain. Royal Caribbean LTD-

INTERNATIONAL

MGM MUTHU HOTELS

for the diversification of their offer

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. Chairman of the Excelencias Group

PICKED UP BY: Mrs. JAIDEEN KHANNA - Director. Head Sales and Maketing

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

SCOOTERS DR

FOR THE INCLUSIVE GROWTH OF TOURISM FOR VULNERABLE SEGMENTS

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago, President Grupo Excelencias

PICKED UP BY: Mrs. DIANA TORIBIO, Scooter DR Manager.

EXCELENCIAS GOURMET AWARDS

CONFECTIONERS OF EXCELLENCE

CHRISTIAN ESCRIBÀ

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: CHRISTIAN ESCRIBÀ

CHEF OF EXCELLENCE

ENEKO ATXA

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Real Academia de Gastronomía Española.

PICKED UP BY: AINHIZE ZARRABEITIA -General Manager of Azurmendi Restaurant-

SOMMELIER OF EXCELLENCE

ALMUDENA POOL

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: ALMUDENA POOL

HEAD OF SALADE EXCELLENCE

JORGE DÁVILA

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: JORGE DÁVILA - Head of Room A´barra and Álbora- 

SPAIN

OMT and BASQUE CULINARY CENTER

For resulting first in the WORLD START-UPS COMPETITION OF GASTRONOMIC TOURISM

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: Mrs. NATALIA BAYONA -Senior Expert on Innovation and Digital Transformation OMT- and Mrs. IDOIA CALLEJA - Director of Masters and Courses of the BCC-

RESTAURANTS ESPLORE (ILUNION GROUP)

By DESIGN ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group, and Mr. Rafael Ansón, President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: Mr. ANTONIO JOSÉ BAREA - Managing Director of Marketing ILUNION Group-

BBVA AND WORLD´S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS

By BECA 50 BEST BBVA

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group and Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Spanish Royal Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: Mrs. ANA REDONDO -BVA Global Sponsorship- and Mr. TIAGO RESTANI - Director partnership 50 Best-.

OSBORNE FOUNDATION

SPECIAL EXCELENCIAS AWARDS 2018:

CARIBBEAN NEWS DIGITAL AWARD (CND 2018)

ING. MIGUEL TORRUCO

For his professional career in the field of tourism

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of Excelencias Group

PICKED UP BY: Exc. Mr. Ing. MIGUEL TORRUCO -Minister of Tourism of Mexico-

RAMON ALVAREZ EXCELENCIAS AWARD

MELIA HOTELS & RESORTS

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. Chairman of Grupo Excelencias, and Mrs. CHARO TRABADO -CEO of GSAR Marketing-.

PICKED UP BY: Mr. GABRIEL CÁNAVES

NICOLAS MUELA EXCELENCIAS AWARD

STATE OF MISSIONS (ARGENTINA)

FOR: COMÍ COCINA MISIONERA

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. President of the Excelencias Group, His Excellency Mr. Gustavo Santos - Minister of Tourism of the Argentine Republic, Mr. Rafael Ansón President of the Royal Spanish Academy of Gastronomy, and Mr. Alfonso Marín Caffarena, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Academy of Gastronomy.

PICKED UP BY: Mr. HUGO PASSALACQUA - State Governor of Misiones- and Mrs. VANINA VERA - Director of the COcinaMIsionera Program.

SILVIA ZORZANELLO EXCELENCIAS AWARD

STATE OF CEARÁ

DELIVERED BY: Mr. José Carlos de Santiago. Chairman of Excelencias Group and Mr. Eduardo Zorzanello -son of Mrs. Zorzanello-.

PICKED UP BY: Mr. ARIALDO DE MELLO PINO -Secretary of Tourism of Ceará-

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