On the 12th and 13th of March, the IV edition of the Air Connectivity Days exclusive to destinations will be held in Santander, organized by Turespaña and Aena, with the collaboration, in this edition, of Cantur, the public tourism promotion company of the Government of Cantabria.
As every year, these days will be a meeting point between airlines, destinations and public tourism promotion agencies with the aim of promoting the development of international air connectivity and coordinating key messages in a unified and effective way, with our destinations and collaborators.
The conference will be formally inaugurated on March 13, in the Palacio de la Magdalena, with the institutional opening by the Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez, together with the General Director of Aena Airports, Elena Mayoral and the Minister of Development, Housing, Regional Planning and Environment of the Government of Cantabria, Roberto Media. Next, the day will be presented by the general director of Turespaña, Miguel Sanz, and the director of Data and Aeronautical Market of Aena, Ignacio Biosca.
As a novelty in this edition, the planned activities will begin on the afternoon of March 12, with the celebration of a workshop, prior to the technical day, at the Sardinero Hotel in the Cantabrian capital, with a series of meetings in speed-dating format, between destinations and airlines, which will give way to a welcome cocktail and Gala dinner that will be held at the Gran Casino Sardinero in Santander.
The technical day of March 13 will consist of a thematic table of the air sector, in charge of some of the main airlines, several thematic panels and two round tables, of destinations and airlines, ending with a farewell lunch.
More than a hundred participants are expected to attend the Conference in person. The session on the 13th can also be followed by streaming, upon registration, at the following link: https://iv-jornada-conectividad-tourspain-aena.eventspain.info/
In addition, attendees will be able to participate in some of the numerous activities organized by Cantur through which some of the main tourist experiences of the Region will be announced, such as the practice of Surfing in the Sardinero Beach; a visit to the Castle Cave or the Cabárceno Park; the realization of a snowshoe excursion through the peaks of Europe or the visit of an anchovy factory in Santoña, among others.
The previous editions were held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Valencia and Seville, with active participation of the industry that shows the importance of knowing the challenges of this industry, planning and developing new routes, as well as the need for joint work and collaboration between all the agents involved in the promotion of connectivity.
Information available in https://www.tourspain.es/es/eventos-ferias/jornadas-conectividad-aerea-turespana-aena-santander/