{"id":145278,"date":"2020-08-12T06:39:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=145278"},"modified":"2020-08-12T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:23:52","slug":"future-tourism-minister-is-in-spain-meeting-with-spanish-hotel-chain-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/future-tourism-minister-is-in-spain-meeting-with-spanish-hotel-chain-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Tourism Minister is in Spain meeting with Spanish hotel chain directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/David-Collado-en-Espa\u00f1a-N-Digital.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/David-Collado-en-Espa\u00f1a-N-Digital.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/David-Collado-en-Espa\u00f1a-N-Digital-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>David Collado, the tourism minister-designate for the Abinader administration that starts on 16 August, traveled to Spain to meet with top executives of the leading Spanish hotel chains. N Digital reports on one meeting at Grupo Meli\u00e1 with Gabriel Escarrer. As reported, President-elect Luis Abinader joined via Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported, the meeting focused on developing a public-private joint work plan to help the Dominican tourism industry recover in the short-, medium- and long-term following the highest international health and security standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For the Dominican Republic your investment is very important. I am here to tell you that the Ministry and the Tourism Cabinet will be taking all measures so that our country is a safe tourism destination and to strengthen the tourism sector,&#8221; reportedly Collado told Escarrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The press release indicates that Grupo Meli\u00e1 operates 18 hotels in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Escarrer also spoke about certifying tourism destinations in these Covid-19 days. &#8220;In the case of Spain, the Bureau Veritas certification has been used,&#8221; explained Escarrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collado spoke of obtaining the international certifications for the Dominican Republic, incentives for continued hotel operation, and the strengthening of the hospital network in tourist areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the visit, Escarrer tweeted: &#8220;Grateful and impressed by @DavidColladoM, the new Dominican Republic Minister of Tourism. In times such as these, we need this kind of politician &#8212; expert and enterprising, favors public-private collaboration and has the vocation to serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his visit to Spain, Collado says he is also visiting executives of Iberostar and Grupo Pi\u00f1ero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collado had recently traveled to Philadelphia to meet with Apple Leisure Group, the leading tour operator for Mexico and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2020\/08\/11\/collado-se-reune-en-espana-con-cadenas-hoteleras\/\">N Digital<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certification.bureauveritas.com\/newsroom\/bureau-veritas-certification-covid-19-statement\">Bureau Veritas<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 August 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Collado, the tourism minister-designate for the Abinader administration that starts on 16 August, traveled to Spain to meet with top executives of the leading Spanish hotel chains. N Digital reports on one meeting at Grupo Meli\u00e1 with Gabriel Escarrer. As reported, President-elect Luis Abinader joined via Internet. As reported, the meeting focused on developing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/future-tourism-minister-is-in-spain-meeting-with-spanish-hotel-chain-directors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[272,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145323,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145278\/revisions\/145323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}