Barcelona -- Following the success of the first edition, Grupo Hotusa holds Hotusa Explora, the 2nd Forum on Tourism Innovation, on the 18th January. It will bring together more than 400 representatives from important tourism companies, institutions and entities of the Latin American market. The second edition of Hotusa Explora will rely on several speakers: Pablo Vázquez, Chairman of Renfe; José María González, CEO of Europcar Spain; José Rivera, Manager of Viajes Carrefour; Claudio Palacios, CEO of de Julia Tours; Javier Faus, Founding Partner & CEO of Meridia Capital; Nacho Giral, Founding of Atrapalo.com; Samy Bessudo, Chairman of Aviatur; Javier Gómez Navarro, Former Minister of Commerce and Tourism and Chairman of the Madrid Tourism Association; Jorge Vilches, Chairman and CEO of Pullmantur; Luis Paulo Luppa, Chairman and CEO of Grupo Trend; Maurizio de Franciscis, CEO of Hotel Urbano; Michael Barkoczy, Chairman of Fly Tours; Javier Bellido, OdigeO Chief Supplier Relations Officer, Country Manager Spain & Head of Corporate Travel; Jorge Gil, CEO of CECA; Javier Delgado Muerza, Head of Vertical Search at Google; Jordi Schoenenberger, Member of Deloitte; Josep Juanpere, Founder member of GCA Arquitectes; Luis Hurtado de Mendoza, Director and Key Accounts EMEA & LATAM at Expedia, or Adolfo Ramírez-Escudero, Chairman and CEO of CB Richard Ellis Spain. The 2nd edition of Hotusa Explora consists of five round tables, especially targeted to: the tourism as an economic and strategic force; expectations on passengers transport; reinvention and development of new commercialisation ways in OTAs; the future of tour operation; and an analysis of the new challenges hotels will be facing in the future. Grupo Hotusa promotes Hotusa Explora as a yearly space of dialogue and fluent knowledge exchange to motivate the development of new projects and cooperative agreements regarding innovation in the tourism sector. People interested in attending Hotusa Explora can register at the application form in www.forohotusaexplora.com, without any additional charges.

Grupo Hotusa 

Set up in 1977 and with headquarters in Barcelona (Spain), Grupo Hotusa is a dynamic organisation composed of different companies related to the most diverse areas of the tourism sector. Aside from Eurostars Hotel Company, the organisation includes the world's biggest hotel consortium, Hotusa Hotels, with over 2,700 associated hotels worldwide; the hotel representative Keytel and the Restel reservation centre.

Clara Cano
Hotusa Communications Dpt
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Hotusa Hotels S.A.