Global South Forum 2024

Inmaculada Benito and Oswaldo Betancort join the Global South Forum

The Global South Forum, which will be held on Friday, November 15 at the Castillo de San José in Arrecife, will be inaugurated by President Clavijo and will feature Antonio Catalán as a speaker.

November 8 2024 (10:28 WET)
Updated in November 18 2024 (07:20 WET)
Oswaldo Betancort and Inmaculada Benito
Oswaldo Betancort and Inmaculada Benito

The director of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the CEOE, the main Spanish employers' association, Inmaculada Benito, and the president of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, will join the celebration of the 5th edition of the Global South Forum on November 15. The president of AC Hoteles by Marriott, Antonio Catalán, and the president of the Government of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, who will be in charge of opening the day, will attend the event.

 

Meeting point for sustainable economic development

The Global South Forum, which resumes its activity after the pandemic, offers an unbeatable ecosystem of knowledge and relationships within the Canary Islands and the archipelago, giving a global vision of the tourism sector, combining it with insular and archipelagic actions. All this, from the perspective of a business leader such as Antonio Catalán, through the point of view of the main employers' association in Spain, with Inmaculada Benito, to learn about the actions and challenges facing the island with President Oswaldo Betancort, who intervenes as president of the Lanzarote Tourism Promotion Society, to the expected opening of President Clavijo and the challenges of tourism in the Canary Islands.

 

A forum of maximum prestige

Among others, the Global South Forum has featured great figures in the economic history of our time, such as Enrique Iglesias, Prince of Asturias Award; María Garaña, managing director of Professional Services for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region at Google; or Juan José Toribio, president of the Spanish Banking Association, among others. These speakers have turned the Forum into an unmissable event for those who want to be in contact with the knowledge of the markets, the institutional implications, and the decision-making of the future.

Confirmation of attendance to the event is free until full capacity is reached, and can be done on the website enabled.

The Forum is sponsored by the Government of the Canary Islands, Turismo Lanzarote, Art, Culture and Tourism Centers of Lanzarote and Cicar, with the collaboration of the Chamber of Commerce of Lanzarote, and the main Partner is the media group Lanzarote Media.

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