Passion for rice in Benidorm

The 18 restaurants participating in the I Rice Week in Benidorm, from 15th to 21st October, will offer a selection of rice. 

Recipes traditionally prepared in some cases, or other risky touches. Rice with dolphinfish, cod and cauliflower, anchovies and spinach, onion and pumpkin, or rabbit and snails will be part of the menus of these establishments.

But this delicious proposal deserves whet your appetite before. In this great city of Alicante, next to the Nature Park of Serra Gelada, you can enjoy a tour in its streets and squares of the old part of the town. 

Places like the beautiful Mirador, an icon of Benidorm, or the Church of San Jaime and Santa Ana provide the most tourist city in the Region of Valencia with charm. Discover Benidorm and its restaurants.

Freestyle Wakeboard by KU at the Benidorm Cable Ski

On 16 June the 1st Freestyle Wakeboard by Ku Benidorm at Cable Ski, will be held, a championship with local / regional participants amongst which there are national & European wakeboard champions the latest trend in water skiing. Energy Monster is committed to Cable Ski  opening the selection for the  2012 European Tour Waterfront Battle  to where winners of Wake and Wakeskate will travel with  expenses paid as a reward.

Tournament prizes include, a helicopter ride, gifts from Liquid Force, Sugar Shop, Kite Surf courses, Go Pro Camera from Photos Rodon, bikinis from Sugar Shop and for all a SPA circuit at the Dynastic.

A free entry event with thrilling  jumps and spectacular tricks Freestyle. For this Monster Energy will liven up the day with a Hammer on the beach, drinks, music and Ku gifts, Liquid Force and Monster for all. Etrance tickets will also be raffled for the Opening Party 2012 Disco Ku and skiing courses.

The day of qualifying rounds will start at 08:30 and athletes may participate in the category Wakeboard Pro Wake Open, Open Wakeskate and Open Wake female. From 13:00, and with the results of classification, the cable will resume its normal activity, but will continue the party with Monster Energy, music, drinks and gifts to closing. At 21:30 athletes have an appointment at KU Lounge, where they will receive their prizes.

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es
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Benidorm receives the Q for Quality Flag award for its beaches and renew their Blue Flag Awards for the third consecutive year

Another recognition has been awarded to Benidorm's beaches for the quality, cleanliness and service, with the Q Quality Flag award for the beaches of Mal Pas, Poniente and Levante,. In addition the beaches renew their Blue Flag Awards for the third consecutive year.

Another recognition has been awarded to  Benidorm's beaches for the  quality, cleanliness and service, with the Q Quality Flag award for the beaches of Mal Pas, Poniente and Levante. "One of the most important awards for quality tourism."

The Q Quality is the brand that represents quality in the Spanish tourism industry and is one of the most important awards for quality certification of the beaches awarded by the ICTE, the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality, following the rules of quality UNE-EN 187001. This standard identifies the requirements of equipment, cleanliness, safety, rescue, information, etc..
The Q Quality award compiles  the features providing prestige, differentiation, reliability and rigor to certified tourist establishments.

Members who constitute the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality are the national business organisations representing different sectors and public administration, and who are also the board of directors forming this Institute
Another good news is that the Foundation for Environmental Education has recognised, for the third consecutive year, the "high quality" of the beaches of Levante, Poniente and Mal Pas, and the excellence of the services they provide to users. This recognition signifies that Benidorm renews all the blue flag awards.

New this year, Benidorm receives a special mention, the only destination in the Valencia Region  a "thematic distinction for  municipalities with  Blue Flag beaches, which in this case recognises the work carried out regarding information and environmental education,  recalling the intense campaign carried out last winter in relation to the benefits of seagrass and its power of retaining the sand banks.

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es
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The Russian tour operator Versa will connect Alicante with St. Petersburg from June to September

Versa, a major Russian travel agencies announced today the launch of a charter line from June to September, linking the airports of Alicante and St. Petersburg. A new that was made ​​public last week to coincide with the workshop 'Spain 2012', organised by Versa in the picturesque village of Repino, where the manager of Visit Benidorm Tourist Board, Yolanda Pickett participated..

Vladimir Dorofeev, responsible for Versa, said that the launch of this new flight to Spain "responds to market needs, making it easier for Russian tourists to take a holiday in the Valencia region and particularly to the resorts of the Costa Blanca". In addition, Dorofeev said that the Costa Blanca "is perfect for family holidays. At present, Versa has connections to Barcelona.

Yolanda Pickett explained that in the 'workshop' organised by Versa participated some 200 agents tourist, including representatives of travel agencies in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities interested in all kinds of information about Spain especially its beaches and culture

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es 
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Visit Benidorm participates at a Workshop organised by tour operator Versa in Russia

Visit Benidorm Tourist Board will participate in a professional workshop this weekend, organised by Versa a Russian Tour operator, that includes Benidorm in its brochure of holiday packages for the first time this summer, with a direct charter flight from St. Petersburg to Alicante starting on June 1st.

The event will be celebrated in a hotel on the Gulf of Finland Coast 45 kms from St. Petersburg.

The purpose of this weekend event is to present the Spanish product to more than 200 travel agencies invited from St. Petersburg and other northern regions of the country.

Benidorm will particpate with a  presentation that includes a video of Benidorm in Russian and a talk about the resort. This will be  combined with workshops of one to one meetings with the travel agencies. The event has a combination of daily working activities, in which the agencies are going to learn about the destination and leisure nightlife activities including a Spanish party in which assistants will have to wear red clothes and a Russian Ball with traditional Russian dances and costumes. It will all contribute to create an unforgettable environment in which to present our product to potential customers.

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es

Presentation of the 16th International Tourism Forum & the 5th Competition of Ideas Pedro Zaragoza

On the18th and 19th of October Benidorm will host a new edition of the International Tourism Forum, for which this sixteenth edition will have as its theme 'Transforming gastronomy into a tourism experience".

The sixteenth edition of the International Tourism Forum of Benidorm launches its 5th Competition of Ideas Pedro Zaragoza: "Savour tourism in Benidorm: creative proposals for gastronomic tourism", with the aim of promoting proposals that encourage creative thinking about development of new forms of gastronomic tourism that contribute to enriching a visitor´s experience in Benidorm.

Download more information on the 5th Competition of Ideas “Pedro Zaragoza”
Participation Rules for the 5th Competition of Ideas "Pedro Zaragoza"

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es
 

Benidorm chosen as 6th Spanish Destination by tourists in the TripAdvisor Traveller's Choice

In the Ranking of Spanish Destinations, Benidorm occupies the sixth position as voted by travellers worldwide. This is the fourth edition for TripAdvisor's Travellers Choice Destinations Award. TripAdvisor is the world's top travel website and travellers opinion are of great importance to destination. 

This award is in addition to the one recently received by TripAdvisor (2012 Travellers Choice Beach Destinations Awards), in which Benidorm was voted by users as the 2^nd Beach Destination in Spain and the 5^th in Europe. The difference between one award and the other is that this kind of award compares all destinations within Spain, not just beach destinations but also compares with Spain's most important cities. Visit Benidorm Tourist Board Manager Yolanda Pickett stated "This award is very important to Benidorm as although being sixth in the Ranking, Benidorm is the 1^st Summer Beach Destination on the TOP 10 List".

Benidorm, selected the second best beach destination in Spain

TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, today announced the winners of its annual 2012 Travelers’ Choice Beach Destinations awards. One hundred eighty-one top beach locations were named around the world, covering 21 regions around the world, classified in different regional categories.

Award winners were determined based on the most highly rated beach destinations by travellers in TripAdvisor reviews. Benidorm was the second most voted beach Destination in Spain and the 5th In Europe.

Yolanda Pickett from the Visitbenidorm tourist board quotes that “In Benidorm we are delighted and proud to have received this distinction as chosen by trip advisor reviewers as one the best beach destinations in Spain and Europe of Travellers Choice 2012, which for us has more value as is nominated by visitors to Benidorm and also for being part of the leading travel site trip Advisor. The tourist board frequently participates in the Tripadvisor forums and updates articles and photography for Benidorm".

Source: en.visitbenidorm.es

Benidorm stand receives "Special Mention" award in the International Tourism Fair of

The Benidorm stand at the 32nd edition of the International Tourism Fair, FITUR in Madrid, designed by the head of the town hall Design department, Alejandro Guijarro, was honoured today by the trade fair organising committee with a 'Special Mention' award.

As mentioned by the jury, Benidorm "reuses the irony, as it did two years ago, through the use of a symbolic architecture of the national beach tourism is the "mat", reaching a credible definition of a space that transforms the story in a visual and constructive opportunity".

Similarly, the jury reflects a different stand, striking with a strong brand image, which produces a fun identification of the exposed material and the construction of the stand.

The designer of the stand, Alejandro Guijarro, has collected this certification from the hands of the coordinator of the Architecture department of the Camilo Jose Cela University, Fernando Jerez, who was accompanied by the director of Fitur, Ana Larrañaga, and the jury president, Joseph Manuel Maciñeiras.

The exhibition space,of 135 square metres,ceded free of charge to the town of Benidorm by the Valencian Agency of Tourism, includes a structure built with typical Alicante blinds, "a common and easily recognisable product that builds a volumetric concept whose use is unusual and impacts, " said Guijarro.

A simple display, in principle, however has produced an important visual impact of the thousands of professionals and the general public attending FITUR. The creator of the stand has stressed that in a trade show of its kind "must stand out with a powerful design to be in the spotlight. In an event swamped with different statements and messages, it is imperative to stand out for a differentiated promotional effect. " Finally, the design of the stand has been recognised and, therefore, the work of town hall Design department.

The stand has an area for business meetings with meeting tables, subdivided with their own blinds, storage areas and a bar staffed by by the Touristic Development Centre (CDT) Domingo Devesa of Benidorm. The customer service desk has a perimeter of 30 metres and is divided into different sections for institutions and companies involved.

The furniture, tables and chairs, which have been used in the stand are simple and with the same effect of the wooden slats, which use the same colour as the blinds that make up the stand, while the stools also compliment. As regards lighting, 140 60w bulbs have been used, giving a light performance of 360º.

Source: VisitBenidorm
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