News 2022

After the good numbers on Holy Week and Easter, Gandia will exceed a 90% of hotel occupancy during this weekend, expecting thousands of tourists from Madrid and surroundings. Gandia's tourism department has prepared a large number of events to welcome tourists, ranging from concerts to sports and children's activities... Source: Valencia Plaza | Borja Abargues (more…)

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has set minimum, globally recognized and coordinated criteria that all hotels must implement in order to carry out travel and tourism responsibly. This initiative focuses mainly on improving the environmental impact of hotels, and must meet at least 8 of the 12 objectives of the 'Hotel Sustainability Basics' in total, the rest can be met in the next 3 years. (more…)

SEGITTUR provides us with the Guide to the best practices of the five destinations with the highest degree of involvement in the methodology of smart tourist destinations. Among the five destinations, we can find Benidorm, in the province of Alicante, with its Smart Office DTI, Technical Office for Innovation and Intelligence. This guide serves as a reference and is a source of inspiration to be able to advance in the change towards the implementation of...

This edition gives value, recognition and rewards to the best projects and experiences with the use of digital technologies in the field of tourism, as well as their application to industry, institutions and public bodies. There are a total of 6 categories to award prizes ranging from the innovation of the tourist offer to a recognition in the improvement of the indicators of fulfillment of the SDGs of the Agenda 2030 linked to the use...

The European Capital of Smart Tourism is in its fourth edition of the competition, rewarding European cities for their outstanding, innovative and sustainable tourism practices. It should be noted that last year, one of the winning capitals was the city of Valencia. "Our goal is to promote innovation to strengthen smart destinations in Europe, improve the tourist offer for visitors and facilitate new partnerships, networks and exchange of best practices," they show on their website...