translated from Spanish: Tourism industry met at Marketplace B2B

This Wednesday, June 5 at the Auditorium University San Se Bastian was held Marketplace B2B, activity to which were convened various operators of the tourism, all partners of Fedetur.
The objective of this day was to bring together companies from different tourist areas in 10-minute meetings, in order to generate commercial contacts for future alliances between the different companies involved. In the case of restaurants, the task was to approach the operators touristic participants to integrate new gastronomic experiences to offer tourists.
During the meeting, more than 300 B2B meetings were held, and according to the participating partners of Achiga, this instance was of great benefit to generate contacts with the tourist companies of the country.
“It happened to us that before it was difficult to reach the operators, it was complicated by the reservations or that they understood how the restaurants are handled. Today this is used to boost tourism, deliver better service and a better profile in general, and that the tour guide, the operator, hotels, know how the restaurants work. These instances bring together food operators and establishments and invite Aconcretar businesses, “said Sebastián Obreque, executive Chef at Ocean Pacific´s Restaurant.
Meanwhile, Javiera Montes, manager general of Achiga thanked the invitation to participate by Fedetur and commented that the positive thing was the event for the restaurants, the association aims to make a new day of meetings of commercial exchange, In order that all Achiga partners can interact and generate new business opportunities with tour operators.
For his part, Helen Kouyoumdjian, Executive Secretary of Fedetur stressed that the participation of the restaurants was very important, since it allowed to incorporate to the gastronomy in the chain of value, being a fundamental element of this one. He also indicated that this instance contributes to enrich the tourist experience for both the national and international public.

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