Tenerife luxury launches win plaudits

by Clive Walker, Conference & Incentive Travel 21-Apr-09, 09:48

Island attracts corporate clients including Axa and McDonald's

As the largest of the seven Canary Islands, Tenerife is the natural choice for blue-chips looking to organise events on the archipelago. Alcon recently brought 70 UK delegates to the island for five days of karting, a beach Olympics contest, surfing, quad-biking and catamaran outings. Axa, Audi, Lenovo, Cisco, McDonald's and Henkel are among other recent corporate visitors.

"For large conferences, Tenerife has lots going for it - great hotels with decent meeting space, plenty of outdoor activities, good weather and it's just four or five hours from the UK," says Banks Sadler senior project manager Saxon Heffernan.

Tenerife's ever-expanding array of unique C&I venues are helping it to stand out from its neighbours. The abstract Magma Art & Congress Centre now sits alongside the new Siam Park water kingdom, whose attractions include an amphitheatre for an audience of 1,500.
Other new options include the five-star, 331-room Hotel San Blas Reserva Ambiental, which opened in December with capacity for 600 delegates, and the Gran Melia Palacio de Isora, which opened last summer with reception space for up to 1,000.
"Tenerife has changed from mass holiday tourism to a well balanced business destination," says Ovation account manager Thomas Stecher.

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