Los Cabos Welcomes PCMA Professional Exchange.

Press release 0103 – PCMA Professional Exchange 2017

Los Cabos Welcomes PCMA Professional Exchange – LOS CABOS, Baja California Sur, August 29, 2017 — The latest Professional Exchange for the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) took place August 23-27 in Los Cabos, Mexico. For the past three years, the Mexico chapter of PCMA has organized and hosted this successful event in various locations around Mexico, highlighting the values of the convention travel industry. The event brought together key meeting planners with local suppliers of the meeting and convention industry to promote an exchange of best practices and professional enrichment in order to better serve the national and international markets. Among the attendees at the Professional Exchange wereDerrick Johnson of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Alaina Schulner of International Conferences at Tableau, Juan Carlos Lozano of Creativity, Ulises Huitron of Espencon, Bobby Heard of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and Maria Fernanda Salcido of Groups 2 Go, all well-known in the world of meeting and convention travel.

This renowned group was able to connect with the area’s full value chain, made up of local associations, government organizations, hotels, destination management companies, restaurants, AV and catering suppliers, among others, with the goal of continuing educational programs that promote best practices, with which the industry can continue to improve. Among the agreements it was decided that the PCMA Professional Exchange will be held again in Los Cabos in 2018, and that the destination and PCMA will establish a cooperative alliance to continue developing the industry.

For Los Cabos, the event was an opportunity to strengthen its position in national and international meeting and convention travel, and served as a platform to showcase its competitive advantages as a prime destination, including high quality services and notable tourist attractions.

ABOUT LOS CABOS, A DESTINATION OF EXCELLENCE
Located on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, Los Cabos has a perfect terrain that combines two bodies of crystalline water and beautiful beaches, with a desert framed by whimsical mountains that highlight the natural beauty of the area. With its ideal weather year-round, Los Cabos enriches the usual sun and sand activities with an endless variety of sporting and cultural events and entertainment options for everyone, including golf, fishing, and surfing tournaments, as well as food festivals, and art festivals showcasing music and film. The variety of hotels available in Los Cabos all offer the highest caliber of service, with All-Inclusive and European plan options, and the ability to choose from traditional accommodations to the most modern and exclusive packages, with familyfriendly and adult oriented options. Among its many attractions, Los Cabos is also considered the golf capital of Mexico, with 14 available golf courses, and another under construction. Each course has been developed by major designers, including luminaries such as Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tom Fazio, Tom Weiskopf, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Roy Dye and Davis Love III. The teeming Sea of Cortez offers many water-based activities, such as whale watching for 5 different kinds of whales, swimming with whale sharks, surfing, and deep-sea diving into the second largest reef in Mexico, among others. For fans of sport fishing, the Sea of Cortez is home to a wealth of fish and other species, among them the blue, striped, gold, wahoo and sailfish marlin. These natural treasures are complemented by first class nautical facilities, boats and equipment, with two marinas located in Puerto Los Cabos and Cabo San Lucas. If you’re looking for an adrenaline rush, the deserts of Los Cabos offer all-terrain experiences riding ATVs and other vehicles, as well as zip lines that connect from one mountain to
another. Los Cabos has a great infrastructure that includes a modern highway to La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur, an International Convention Center that can accommodate up to 5,000 people, and a modern airport making connections to and from major cities in Mexico, the United States and Canada, with more than 500 weekly flights.

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