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This Thursday, February 21, the gala and Excellence Awards Cruises will be held in its XII edition at the El Batel Congress and Auditorium, being the fourth consecutive time that Cartagena hosts this gala.
The event, which will start with a welcome cocktail at 7:00 pm, will be attended by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, together with the Councilor for Tourism and Culture, David Martínez.
The award ceremony will be held at 8:00 p.m. and, finally, a cocktail dinner will be held at 10 p.m.
The choice of the city is due, among other considerations, to the consolidation of the Port of Cartagena as one of the Spanish destinations that have experienced greater growth in recent years.
By 2019 it has planned more than 160 stops with more than 270,000 passengers.
The cruise industry is in a stage of exponential growth with an increasing order book, with 24 new ships in 2019 and 112 that will enter into service until 2027. A very prominent industry in the tourism sector that generates in Spain more than 1480 million euros.
The ceremony will gather, as every year, the main executives of the cruise shipping companies, cruise tour operators, shipping agents, ports and destinations, travel agents, press, collaborators, professionals and businessmen of Cartagena and Murcia, and other suppliers in the sector .
More than 300 attendees will fill the El Batel Auditorium and enjoy a unique gala night in this twelfth celebration of awards whose previous editions were held in Barcelona, ​​Malaga, Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca.
This edition, promoted and sponsored by the Port Authority of Cartagena, the City of Cartagena and the Tourism Institute of the Region of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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