A successful day with the help of Strawberry World's sponsorship, the evening concluded with the Captain's Day prizegiving and a sumptuous banquet. 
left to right... Nicolás Suarez, Fernando Fraile González, Michael Heavey, Pancho
The meeting was held in The Pestana Grand Hotel in the presence of Dr. Patrícia Abreu ( Interreg Madeira) and Dr. Marisa Pimenta - (Secretary of the Interreg) as well as Fernando Fraile González (President of the FEHT), Nicolás Suarez (TOL) and Mr Mike Heavey, CEO Strawberry World.
The event was coordinated by Strawberry World™, and presentations were made by Centro de Design da Madeira (CDM) and Nicolás Suares - Systems Director of 'Tourism Online'.
The project is co-financed by the European Community Initiative Interegg IIIB and constitutes the first phase of the project that includes the conception and publication of holiday destination guides to Madeira, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and the Azores.
As part of the FEHT and TOL's involvement in the project, an 'intranet' has been created that allows all Hotel Federation members to access the latest tourism related news, purchase hotel products online through a cooperative at very special rates and exchange information with each other. Also an interface has been created to allow hotels to send the Police and Customs authorities the information collected on a daily basis from tourists staying on the islands. This digital information is now stored in an online database and replaces the paperwork and laborious collection and storage systems that were previously used. The system was initially introduced to a Police Station in Mogan and has now been widely adopted across the Canary Islands and in Madrid.
New Gran Canaria Tourist Destination Guide
Strawberry World’s new Gran Canaria Tourist Destination Guide has been launched in partnership with the FEHT (Federación de Empresarios de Hosteleria y Turismo de Las Palmas). The Gran Canaria Guide is based on the same model as our successful Madeira Island Tourist Destination Guide. The launch ceremony was held at the Tivoli Ocean Park Hotel and was attended by the Strawberry World team, the President of the FEHT, Fernando Fraile González, the Mayor of Funchal, Miguel Albuquerque, and many other representatives of the official tourism board, major top hotels and Canary’s tourism-related dignitaries.
