Cuba to Host Int''l Gourmet Festival
- Submitted by: manso
- Travel and Tourism
- 03 / 13 / 2011
As part of boosting its luxury tourism offers, Cuba will host the 3rd International Gourmet Festival, its most important meeting on gastronomy and hotels.
The event will be held April 6-8 at the Plaza America convention center in Varadero beach, 140 kilometers (87 miles) east of Havana.
Organizing committee members Rene Garcia, Raudel Garcia and Yubelsi Perez told reporters at a news conference at the Havana Golf Club that some 200 people from Argentina, Jamaica, South Africa and the United States are expected to participate in this important meeting.
The festival will consist of eight presentations and wine-tasting events, including new products from several countries, a surprise prepared by suppliers and a lecture on Cuba's tourism training system FORMATUR.
The meeting will be sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) and the entrepreneurial group Palmares.
Source: www.palmarescuba.com
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