Newsletter 03 We welcome you again to Hostelco’s newsletter. Little by little we get closer to the 2012 edition of our exhibition, a platform to promote the equipment and machinery for hospitality industries. In Spain, these industries stand out from the crowd because of their constant innovation and quality. This issue keeps you informed about the event, throughout Hostelco, of the first Hospitality Industry World Congress, which aims to promote the knowledge about trends and perspectives in the hospitality industry. Moreover, mega-trends in the tourist and travel industry is the main subject covered within our ‘Signed by’ section, written by Michael Nowlis, Director of the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School, who will also be holding the first workshop of the first track of the Hospitality Industry World Congress. In addition, we interview Carme Ruscalleda, owner of the Sant Pau restaurant (Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona) and Josep Ramon Subirà, General Director of Distform, a brand of reference in the equipment for industrial kitchens. As always, we hope you enjoy reading the newsletter.
 “When you go abroad, you have to do it with quality in mind”
Carme Ruscalleda,
Cook and owner of Sant Pau restaurant in Sant Pol de Mar (Barcelona)
Carme Ruscalleda is the only woman in the world awarded with five Michelin stars. Her restaurant Sant Pau-Carme Ruscalleda, in Sant Pol de Mar (Barcelona) is a reference in free inspired cooking, based on the Catalan culinary culture and in the use of natural, local and quality products… Read +  “It is essential that everyone in our organisation live and breathe the kitchen”
Josep Ramon Subirà
General Director of Distform
For over 20 years, Distform creates precision equipment for the professional kitchen, offering integral solutions, from stainless steel components to the most advanced technology…
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 Travel and Tourism: Megatrends for 2012 and Beyond
Michael Nowlis,
Director of the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School In the interconnected and interdependent world in which we live, international tourism has become a part of life for a substantial segment of human society…
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Hostelco organises the first edition of the Hospitality Industry World Congress In order to promote the awareness about trends and perspectives of the hostel industry, Hostelco will host the first edition of the international congress of the hospitality sector, which will see a gathering in Barcelona of the top international leaders of the industry.
The Hospitality Industry World Congress 2012 will take place 17th and 18th of October throughout Hostelco and it will offer the delegates the opportunity to hear from the most influential world leaders of the industry. Among those who have already confirmed their presence, a special mention goes to Michael Nowlis, Executive Programme Director of the London Business School, who will open the congress with the keynote of the first block of conferences, titled “New ways to hotel efficiency and profitability”.
“Changes in consumer behaviour, property design, social media, dynamic pricing and IT are rapidly altering the hotel business and require innovative new thinking. Successful business models of the past are no guarantee of profitability in the future. The congress will serve as an insightful forum to examine the changing paradigms revolutionising the lodging industry”, says Nowlis. | |  Facebook will compete against Google for the tourist market In the near future, Facebook will compete with search engine Google for the tourist market… Read +
Innovation and new technologies in tourism, the key to overcome the crisis 
The Spanish Tourism Institute and the Hotel Technological Institute, marked the first session of the IV Workshops on Awareness and Transformation…
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A chocaholics’ hotel The Chocolate Boutique Hotel, in Bournemouth, south of England, offers a stay surrounded by the sweet delicacy… Read + NH Eurobuilding, one of the first hotels in the world to attain the ISO 50001 certification 
The most relevant international norm on Energy Management Systems, is now one of its most famous establishments, the NH Eurobuilding in Madrid, the one that becomes one of the first hotels in the world to qualify… Read + International brands increase by 42 % in Sub-saharan Africa The number of international hotels in the regions has increased by 42% in one year… Read + Hotels for all’, rooms a la carte  It is been launched to the market in order to give clients the option to choose what kind of amenities they want to enjoy during their stay at the hotels… Read + |
