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| Puerto Vallarta |
| December, 2007 |
New Companies Strengthen Local Economy
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Mayor Javier Bravo said that with the arrival of this new store chain, the destinationhas an important new ally
 Mayor Javier Bravo inaugurated the new shopping mall Galerias Vallarta and the Liverpooldepartment store. Atthe ribbon cutting ceremony, themayor said that “without doubt, the establishing of this company in this municipality, creating 1400 new jobs in one blow is easily said, but it speaks of the strengthening of Puerto Vallarta’s economy”.
Mayor Bravo bade the prestigious commercial chain welcome to Puerto Vallarta, and acknowledged the social responsibility that characterizes it and through which – he said- “we know that in Liverpool we are going to find an ally to achieve the goals and objectives that Puerto Vallarta has set for itself, to have a solid presence both on national and international levels, as to tourism”.
Likewise he said, with the opening of the store Puerto Vallarta’s generous offer to its population is strengthened, by creating an important number of work positions, as a solid reflection of the commitment of the municipal government and the private sector.
Mayor Javier Bravo said that Puerto Vallarta “is reorienting its efforts to reinforce its presence with important, specific projects: the rescue of the Historic Center, endorsed by the state and federal governments, the certification of the police force, certification on environmental issues and indeed, to fully respond to the needs of our municipality”.
Liverpool’s Administration Board Chairman Max David said this is the store number 66 in the country, and was built at  a cost of 312 million pesos, and along with the construction of the Galerias Mall add to a total investment of 826 million pesos, representing an important economic inflow to the municipality, and the creation of 1480 permanent jobs, and 2600 indirect jobs.
“We would like to thank Governor Emilio Gonzalez and Mayor Javier Bravo for the support given to this project, it’s something we began over one year ago and today it has become an important reality” he added.
At the inauguration ceremonies was State Government’s Secretary General Fernando Guzman Perez Pelaez, DIF President Aleyda Bravo Carbajal, Liverpool’s Operations Director Miguel Guichard, Administration Board Vice-president Madeleine Bremond, as well as municipality officials.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
2007 Education Fair, a Successful Event
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David Gibran Aldana said graduates will contribute to the municipality’s development.
 To the end of making Puerto Vallarta educational offer known to the community, the City Hall, through the Vallarta Youth Institute, organized the Education Fair 2007 in the hallways of the City Hall.
Youth Institute Coordinator David Gibran Aldana Barragan emphasized the purpose of the education fair which is to inform young students on the different alternatives as to education choices in both private and public institutions, since it is fundamental to have this type of information which will help them as to their professional development, and they will have better options to continue their education.
He also said that the education these young students receive at schools will determine their contribution to the development of Puerto Vallarta, and added that the institute he coordinates was created to work for the youth of Puerto Vallarta and to benefit this sector of the population.
The event attracted about 15 participating schools and was inaugurated by Marcelo Mantecon Gutierrez, in representation of Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal.
In attendance at the inauguration ceremonies was also Municipal Education Department Director Yolanda Cuevas Cortez, as well as other education officials.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Puerto Vallarta Delegation Attends Internacional Travel Show in Montreal
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Puerto Vallarta Tourism director holds productive meetings with wholesalers and tour operators in one of the most important tourist fairs in Canada
 Puerto Vallarta attended the International Tourism and Travel Show in Montreal Canada, held on October 26 to 28.
This tourist fair is the most important in the Canadian East, and presents visitors with information on different tourist destinations worldwide. Tourism specialists, particularly travel agents and tour operators, as well as students and the general public attend the fair.
Puerto Vallarta is well positioned within this market, and with a solid Canadian economy, it is expected that this year the number of visitors from that country will increase significantly.
Besides the activities within the fair, Marcelo Alcaraz Gonzalez, Director of the Tourism Department of Puerto Vallarta, held meetings with Cesar Castañeda, who’s head of the Mexican Tourist Promotion Council (CPTM) for Montreal and Toronto, to discuss the Canada Park project for Puerto Vallarta. He also met with Martine Desrochers, travel counselor for Voyage Vasco, who operate over 30 travel agencies in Québec; as well as with Diana Torres Alvarez, Account Director for Comunicacion Iberoamericana, the Public Relations agency for the CPTM in Canada the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, to set up the agenda for a trip of journalists from Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver, and another group of journalists specializing in adventure travel, and the support the public relations agency will be giving to Puerto Vallarta as to specific programs and projects.
Within the framework of the travel show, Marcelo Alcaraz along with Jalisco Tourism Secretary Aurelio Lopez Rocha, met with Transat Holidays/Nolitours Product Director Sophie Audet, where it was discussed that Puerto Vallarta receives 30% of the volume operated by the wholesaler in Mexico, and that they have set the goal to double that volume within two years.
They also talked with Domingo Montoro and Rosa Cabral, General Director and Sales Coordinator for Tour East Holidays, who manage the Premium segment of tourism with a la carte programs. Likewise, they met with Camilo Aguilar and Patricia Aguilar, Vice president and Director of Canandes, to discuss the subject of establishing tourist circuits within Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta being the anchor destination for their development.
Finally they held another encounter with Cesar Castañeda and Carlos Behnsen, CPTM’s General Director for North America to fine tune the support Puerto Vallarta’s efforts will be receiving from the Promotion Council within this natural market, and the results expected in the short run.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
International Convention of Creativity, Education and Talent Inaugurated
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Mayor Javier Bravo said that the government he leads is aware that education is vital to the development of any city
 Upon inaugurating the First International Convention of Creativity, Education and Talent, Mayor Javier Bravo said that education is fundamental pillar to the development of a city, therefore the Municipality will continue to support this type of event because “we also understand the work of teachers”.
The mayor said that the principal motor of the educational activity is to educate youth and children, who in the future will continue the growth of Puerto Vallarta, always looking for the common benefit.
A constant motivation of every teacher is “The quest to strengthen and improve the educational praxis, through conventions that allow for continuous knowledge update, and to produce better results for society, since the work of each of them has a direct effect on the community.”
In the presence of educators from the Mexican Republic and other countries such as Cuba and Argentina, the mayor said that the City Hall will decidedly support the different educational activities because they contribute to Puerto Vallarta children having an integral, quality education.
In turn, Julio Betancourt Morejon, Director of the Center for Research on Applied Creativity (CEICREA, Spanish acronym) thanked the mayor and council members for their support of the conventions, in hope that the municipality will be the permanent official Mexico seat of the international convention.
Council members for education María Idalia de León Medina and Concesa Pelayo Arciniega; Councilman Jorge Luis García Delgado, as well as Major Administrative Officer Marcelo Mantecón Gutiérrez; Social Development Director Salvador González Reséndiz; Chief of Municipal Education Yolanda Cuevas Cortéz, among other city officials, were in attendance at the opening ceremonies.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Beach and River Cleanup Campaign Undertaken
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Salvador Gonzalez Resendiz remarked on the interest of youth to contribute to government actions to make this a better municipality.
 To continue actions implemented by the municipal government headed by Javier Bravo Carbajal aiming at improving Puerto Vallarta, last Wednesday the second beach and river cleanup campaign kicked off.
Social Development Director Salvador Gonzalez Resendiz highlighted the participation not only of the City Hall but also the youth of Puerto Vallarta, who have proven their interest in participating and supporting cleanup actions, thus helping promoting a culture among children.
He thanked the enthusiastic participation of students from Conalep Puerto Vallarta, since the actions correspond withthe Cultural and Community Involvement Week organized by the school, always concerned to bring about benefits for the community.
In turn, head of the Citizen participation Department Jose Guadalupe Pelayo Martinez, said that the cleanup tasks were to take place on November 21 to 23, with the participation of personnel from the Departments of Public Services, Public Sanitation, Social Development, Citizen Participation and Social Communication.
As to the task for the first day, the following beaches were cleaned up. Boca de tomates, Holiday Inn, Mona Desnuda, Sheraton and Rosita Hotels. Likewise, on Thursday the same actions were to take place at the Pitillal River banks at Playa Grande, and Cuale, as well as the Mascota River at La Desembocada, where the neighbors’ participation is expected.
On Friday, it will be the turn of Garza Blanca, Punta Negra, Palo Maria and Mismaloya.
These actions are motivated by –it was said- the upcoming arrival of thousands of tourists in the holiday season.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Finance Executives Convention in Puerto Vallarta
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The Sheraton Bugainvilleas Hotel and Convention Center is the venue for the Annual Convention
Last Thursday morning, in the convention center at the Sheraton Bugainvilleas Hotel, the 35th National Convention of the Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF, Spanish initials) began .
The opening ceremonies were presided over by IMEF President Sergio Ruiz Olloqui, State Government Finance Secretary Oscar Garcia Manzano, representing Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez; Municipality’s Secretary General Jose Emigdio Hurtado Rolon, representing Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal; and Vice admiral Jose Santiago Valdez Alvarez, Commander of the 8th Naval Zone; among other dignitaries.
IMEF President Sergio Ruiz Olloqui delivered a welcome speech at the opening ceremonies. He wished all participants success and explained that due to the events in Tabasco , President Felipe Calderon’s agenda changed in recent days, and that is the reason why he appointed Education Minister Josefina Vazquez Mota to represent him at the convention events where his attendance was scheduled.
Oscar Garcia Manzano took the floor to deliver a message from the state governor. He bade attendants to the convention welcome and praised the work of the Finance Executives Institute over the last 40 years. “I was a member thirty years ago” he commented. He highlighted the importance of the finance executive’s work today, which brings about better public organizations and private enterprises. A better management of finances, he said, reflects as greater competitiveness and better life conditions to all society.
He paused to comment that our country is one of contrasts, and cited the fact that Guadalajara is the second city in the country as to competitiveness, while Jalisco, as state, takes position number 16. “You take away Guadalajara , and where does Jalisco stand?” -he said.
He also spoke of the fiscal reform which, he said, represents greater transferences to the states. States are charged with improving their local finances, by means of improved tax revenue via administrative simplification.
At the end of his address, Garcia Manzano made the official statement by which the convention was formally inaugurated.
After the convention was inaugurated, the dignitaries presiding the ceremonies visited the adjacent hall to also inaugurate the Expo Imef, where sponsors and related companies were exhibiting their products and services. IMEF President Sergio Ruiz Olloqui and State Government Finance Secretary Oscar Garcia Manzano were charged with cutting the symbolic ribbon to mark the opening of the expo.
After a brief break, the convention sessions began.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
Expo Oaxaca at the Lazaro Cardenas Park
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 Starting last Friday November 16 and until December 3, the Expo Oaxaca is open at the Plaza Lazaro Cardenas, with an interesting exhibition of handicrafts, clothing, mezcal, typical candy and the most important, the tradicional Oaxacan cuisine: Tlayudas, enmoladas, molotes, quesadillas de quesillo, pan de yema, champurrado, nieves de garrafa, etc.
Conflicts in the state of Oaxaca in recent months have forced Oaxacans to migrate and look for a better life by promoting the riches of their places of origin.
Support the Expo Vallarta.
Source: Ambito Puerto Vallarta Weekly Newspaper
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