1 - 7 December 2016 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
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FOURTEEN chiringuitos in Torre del Mar and Benajarafe were presented with Q for Tourism Quality certificates and plaques on Monday at the first joint ceremony of its kind in Spain. The event was attended by deputy mayor for Torre del Mar and tourism and beaches councillor Jesus Perez Atencia, general director of the Spanish Tourism Quality Institute Fernando Fraile and general director of certifier OCA CERT
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Leading the way for quality Santiago Oliva. Perez Atencia explained: “the Ministry of Tourism’s Tourism Quality Institute has certified us under regulation 167.000/2006 and we have obtained the Q for Tourism Quality for 14 chiringuitos. We’re the first place to receive this distinction for 14 businesses simultaneously.”
Fraile stressed “Torre del Mar has made a great effort which will reap rewards in the future as a quality certification ensures everyone values the businesses concerned. The keys to the future are sustainability, accessibility, new technologies, training and imagination and all of that comes under the umbrella of the Q for Quality.”
Plate glass window drops out of building Ayuntamiento de Motril
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DANGEROUS DEFECT: The affected area remains cordoned off. By John Smith A HUGE window pane weighing about 200 kilos fell out of the Tourism Development Centre in Motril which cost €14 million of European Union money to build according to a report issued by the town hall. The deputy mayor Francisco Sánchez-Cantalejo and councillor Gloria Chica
viewed the site on Friday November 25 and were horrified at what had happened and questioned whether this was caused by poor construction. In the meantime, officers from the Motril Fire Brigade made a preliminary review of the building checking for other potential defects but have concluded that it is safe although the area where the
problem arose has been cordoned off and they await the arrival of experts from the construction company to give an explanation of the cause of the problem. It has been decided that the cinema and children’s areas are safe and that visitors may continue to enter the building and use its facilities provided that they keep away from the cordoned off area.